Sold Taiwan in April 1971 in B-2027.

Photo via Stefano Pagiola.

my ride to Jakarta arrives - as a freebie every passenger received a packet of local cigarettes! Padang-Tabing now serves as the Sutan Sjahrir Air Force Base, having been replaced by Minangkabau International Airport in 2005. On 24 July 1992 PK-RVU impacted Liliboi Mountain at a height of 2300 feet while on an instrument approach to runway 04 at Ambon-Pattimura Airport, Indonesia, in a heavy rainstorm

Noted on a busy Essendon ramp.

Just under 5 months after this photo was taken, the aircraft was destroyed when it hit Mount Lilliboy in bad weather on approach to Ambon, Indonesia, 1992-07-24.

Brand new off the production line.

Wearing her final TAA livery, sans "The Nation's Jetline"

VH-TVQ seen here with the revised titles worn at the end of its service with TAA. The letters TAA were enlarged and the motto "The Nation's Jetline" dropped. A new blue and ochre livery introduced in 1969 was never applied to Viscounts.

Looking smart in the second ( and much nicer ) "Dayglow" livery. The aircraft was eventually sold to Mandala Airlines as PK-MVU and crashed on 24 July 1992 killing 7 crew and 63 passengers.

Flew with TAA from 1959 to 1970. Sold in Taiwan as B-2027 in 1971