Delivered new to BEA - British European Airways as G-AOHT on 3 Jul 1957. Merged into British Airways 1 Apr 1974. To British Air Ferries 17 Jul 1981. Various leases while owned by BAF to Bouraq Indonesian, Polar Airways, Euroair and Virgin Atlantic. WFU and stored at Southend SEN Jul 1987. Broken up Mar 1991.

Seen on the 2000 Brize Norton photo call. ZD240 has been scrapped since.

This twin-Beech has no military background but has been restored to resemble an RCAF photographic section aircraft.

Ex-Avensa Convair 580 YV-53C, (note YV-63 behind), in temporary storage at Miami Intl. in November 1979. Later that month it went to Plymouth Leasing as N4806Q and converted to cargo configuration; re-registered N588PL it operated for a number of US and Canadian carriers and in August 1980, whilst operating for Interstate Airlines, it survived a wheels up landing on a foamed runway at Boston Logan after having an undercarriage problem. In April 1986 it was re-registered C-GNMQ with Nordair Metro returning to the US as N118GT in 1990, and is thought to have been scrapped at Detroit soon after.

North Star 17515 shows it is in urgent need of some TLC outside the Canada Aviation Museum at Rockcliffe in 2005.

About to land on runway 33

Final to land r23. Sorry, date not logged at time, estimate given, slide dated July 1984.

sold to Fleetair Services in 1976 (photographer not known)