Aircraft Photo of G-OPAS | Vickers 806 Viscount | Parcelforce | AirHistory.net #594168
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-OPAS
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 806 Viscount
C/n (msn):263
Operator Titles:Parcelforce / British World Airlines
Location
City / Airport:SouthendMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGMC   IATA: SEN   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:March 1996
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Photo ID: 594168
Photo Comment

Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1958 as G-AOYN for BEA. Cambrian 1971, merged into British Airways 1974. BAF 1981, leased to Capital Airlines suummer 1989. Renamed British World 1993, converted to freighter 1994 as G-OPAS operating for Royal Mail Parcelforce. Withdrawn Southend 1996 and scrapped the following year, cockpit section preserved at Bournemouth.

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