Delivered in January 1961 and scrapped at EGLL in May 1973. So common at Heathrow in the early 1960s it was possible to 'clear' the whole BEA fleet in one or two visits. So reviled by teenage spotters that the name Vanguard became a synonym for anything "slack". They were actually quite an impressive sight with the four Tynes driving 14.5 ft. (4.42 m) diameter propellers.

Two V951 Vanguards at Ringway's domestic pier when operating UK internal schedules. G-APEA is at the rear and a Dan-Air Ambassador is in the holding bay. From Manchester Airport archive 40 years ago.