Aircraft Photo of G-ATVR | Vickers 812 Viscount | Channel Airways | AirHistory.net #583091
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-ATVR
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 812 Viscount
C/n (msn):365
Operator Titles:Channel Airways
Location
City / Airport:SouthendMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGMC   IATA: SEN   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:26 October 1969
Photo by:Mike Cain
Photo ID: 583091
Photo Comment

First flew-6 Dec.1958 as N253V for Continental Airlines. Registered to Channel Airways as G-ATVR on -1 June 1966 and delivered to their Southend base the next day. When the company failed in March 1972, this aircraft was on a major check at their Stansted base, with no undercarriage or engines. It was fitted with an undercarriage and parked outside -5 July 1972, thereafter being taken to the Stansted Fire School, where it perished over the following years. Cancelled 14 March 1977 as PWFU.

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

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