
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | G-APEB |
Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Vanguard |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Vanguard/Merchantman |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 951 Vanguard |
C/n (msn): | 705 |
Operator Titles: | BEA - British European Airways |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | London - HeathrowMap |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGLL IATA: LHR Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | September 1971 |
Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
Photo ID: | 21089 |
Photo Comment |
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Here is the third Vanguard to be built, towards the end of her life but still in the classic BEA red square livery. FF 7.59 at Weybridge and exhibited at that year's Farnborough show before leaving for tropical and high altitude trials in Africa (KRT & JNB) with demonstration flights on the way back at Salisbury, Nairobi, Cairo & Beirut. Delivered to BEA 3.61; wfu 6.73 and b/u at LHR. TT 23,853 hrs This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 20 November 2017, and has since been viewed 2224 times. |