Aircraft Photo of A4O-VL | Vickers VC10 Srs1101 | Air Ceylon | AirHistory.net #464737
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:A4O-VL
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers VC10
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers VC10/Super VC10
Aircraft Version:Vickers VC10 Srs1101
C/n (msn):814
Operator Titles:Air Ceylon / Gulf Air
Location
City / Airport:London - HeathrowMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLL   IATA: LHR   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:19 March 1978
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 464737
Photo Comment

Leased from Gulf Air. Delivered to BOAC as G-ARVL in 1964. To Gulf Air in 1974 and reregistered as A4O-VL in 1975. Sold to the RAF as ZD140 in 1978 for conversion to a tanker at Filton. Delivered after coversion to the RAF in 1983. Withdrawn from use at St.Athan in 2000 and scrapped in 2001.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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