Aircraft Photo of 9Q-COE | Armstrong Whitworth AW-660 Argosy C.1 | ORAS - OTRAG Range Air Services | AirHistory.net #22388
Aircraft
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
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

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.

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