2 results found
Registration / Serial:G-AMGX
Aircraft Original Type:Miles M.60 Marathon
Aircraft Generic Type:Handley Page HPR.1 Marathon
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HPR.1 Marathon Mk1A
C/n (msn):128
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 February 1961
Photo by:Mike CainContact
Photo ID:552853Submit Correction
View count: 227
Built as a Marathon Mk.1, registered 29 December 1950. One of seven of the type earmarked for BEA's island routes, for which it was allotted the class name 'MacLeod' but the order was cancelled due to the high operating costs. To WAAC as VR-NAO 26 September 1952, when it was upgraded to a Mk.1A. Restored to Balfour Marine Engineering as G-AMGX 28 April 1955. It was fitted out with juke boxes for a proposed sales tour of the USA in August 1955, which was aborted and the aircraft languished at Southend until scrapped in 1962. Cancelled 28 November 1962 as PWFU.
Registration / Serial:G-AMGX
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HPR.1 Marathon Mk1A
C/n (msn):128
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 February 1961
Photo by:Mike CainContact
Registration / Serial:G-AMGX
Aircraft Original Type:Miles M.60 Marathon
Aircraft Generic Type:Handley Page HPR.1 Marathon
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HPR.1 Marathon Mk1A
C/n (msn):128
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 February 1961
Photo by:Mike CainContact
Photo ID:552853Submit Correction
View count: 227
Built as a Marathon Mk.1, registered 29 December 1950. One of seven of the type earmarked for BEA's island routes, for which it was allotted the class name 'MacLeod' but the order was cancelled due to the high operating costs. To WAAC as VR-NAO 26 September 1952, when it was upgraded to a Mk.1A. Restored to Balfour Marine Engineering as G-AMGX 28 April 1955. It was fitted out with juke boxes for a proposed sales tour of the USA in August 1955, which was aborted and the aircraft languished at Southend until scrapped in 1962. Cancelled 28 November 1962 as PWFU.
Registration / Serial:G-AMGX
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HPR.1 Marathon Mk1A
C/n (msn):128
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 February 1961
Photo by:Mike CainContact
Registration / Serial:G-APOO
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Version:Vickers 621 Viking C2
C/n (msn):156
Operator Titles:Tradair
Aircraft Name:Mercia
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 February 1961
Photo by:Mike CainContact
Photo ID:550259Submit Correction
View count: 241
First flight 9 October 1947 as VL233. To King's Flight 25 January 1947. Registered G-APOO on 6 August 1958 to Tradair, named 'Mercia' in 1960. Registered to Channel Airways 10 January 1963. Last flight was on 18 August 1964, following which it was Withdrawn from Use at Southend and scrapped there in 1965. Registration cancelled 7 March 1969 as Permanently Withdrawn From Use.
Registration / Serial:G-APOO
Aircraft Version:Vickers 621 Viking C2
C/n (msn):156
Operator Titles:Tradair
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 February 1961
Photo by:Mike CainContact
Registration / Serial:G-APOO
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Version:Vickers 621 Viking C2
C/n (msn):156
Operator Titles:Tradair
Aircraft Name:Mercia
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 February 1961
Photo by:Mike CainContact
Photo ID:550259Submit Correction
View count: 241
First flight 9 October 1947 as VL233. To King's Flight 25 January 1947. Registered G-APOO on 6 August 1958 to Tradair, named 'Mercia' in 1960. Registered to Channel Airways 10 January 1963. Last flight was on 18 August 1964, following which it was Withdrawn from Use at Southend and scrapped there in 1965. Registration cancelled 7 March 1969 as Permanently Withdrawn From Use.
Registration / Serial:G-APOO
Aircraft Version:Vickers 621 Viking C2
C/n (msn):156
Operator Titles:Tradair
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 February 1961
Photo by:Mike CainContact