
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | 9Q-COE |
Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW-650 Argosy |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW-650/660 Argosy |
Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW-660 Argosy C.1 |
C/n (msn): | 6778 |
Operator Titles: | ORAS - OTRAG Range Air Services |
Aircraft Name: | Chevron |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Nottingham - East MidlandsMap |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGNX IATA: EMA Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | November 1978 |
Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
Photo ID: | 22388 |
Photo Comment |
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Retains the cheatline and name "Chevron" from its RAF days as XP446, having first served in March 1963. Also showing the extra large 'nipple' fitted later in her career which ended with OTRAG Range Air Services on rocket range support. She was wfu at Lubumbashi, Zaire, after a hard landing on a strip at Manono (Shaba) on 1.6.79, being broken up the following year This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 22 November 2017, and has since been viewed 818 times. |