Delivered new 22nd Sep 1960 and transferred to British Airtours Feb 1977

This aircraft was a part of the British Airways Collection at the RAF Museum Cosford. The collection was later split up with many aircraft broken up including this one, though the front section was beautifully restored and is now displayed in the Museum of Flight, East Fortune in a BOAC livery.

After withdrawal from service, 'PFJ was preserved at Cosford for many years before being dismantled. The front fuselage survives at The Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland.

All aircraft in this museum are in excellent condition. And admission is free!

In the climbout from runway 31.

Photo taken from the balcony of the then control tower, now demolished. The background is the Sydney suburb of Tempe. In 1968 Tempe was best known for its tip, where household garbage was dumped in old clay pits. The seagull-attracting qualities of the Tempe Tip proved dangerously incompatible with the nearby airport and dumping was restricted to rubble from building sites. The forward fuselage of G-APFJ is now preserved at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland.

Compare those first generation "fan jets" to those of today.

Once part of the Cosford collection, when the aircraft was eventually broken up, the front section was beautifully restored and is now displayed in the Museum of Flight