Aircraft Photo of VX580 | Vickers 659 Valetta C2 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #862416
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VX580
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Version:Vickers 659 Valetta C2
C/n (msn):432
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force / Norfolk Air Scouts
Location
City / Airport:Norwich - InternationalMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGSH   IATA: NWI   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:8 May 1976
Photo by:Terry Dann
Photo ID: 862416
Photo Comment

Ex-RAF VIP aircraft with the Metropolitan Communications Squadron at Northolt. Offered to Norfolk Air Scouts on retirement. Flown into Coltishall for removal of parts for other aircraft still in service, then made last flight into RAF Horsham St. Faith, later Norwich Airport, in December 1968. After several years, the aircraft was offered to the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum in 1982 and delivered on 27th May 1983, minus engines, underslung on Chinook HC.1 ZA675 of 7 Squadron as a training exercise. Current with the Museum in 2025.

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