Aircraft Photo of XR801 | Vickers 744 Viscount | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #465978
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XR801
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 744 Viscount
C/n (msn):89
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:ETPS - Empire Test Pilots School
Location
City / Airport:FarnboroughMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLF   IATA: FAB   Local: -   Other: -
Event:SBAC Farnborough 1966
 
Photo Date:September 1966
Photo from:John Coupland Collection (via Paul Seymour)
Photo ID: 465978
Photo Comment

Delivered to Capital Airlines as N7403 in 1955. Returned to Vickers as G-APKK and leased to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana as YV-C-ANK in 1958. Leased to All Nippon as G-APKK in 1960. To the Empire Test Pilots School as XR801 in 1962. Last flight to Coventry for Shackleton Aviation in 1972. Used for parts and scrapped in 1973.

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