| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | XW626 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4 |
| C/n (msn): | 6419 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Sirius |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Glasgow - PrestwickMap |
| Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGPK IATA: PIK Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 2 July 1973 |
| Photo by: | David A. Montgomery |
| Photo ID: | 346964 |
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Fitted with a Nimrod tail fin, XW626 "Sirius" makes a stop in Prestwick Main Terminal's old Bay1, before proceeding transatlantic to Goose Bay as ASCOT5251. Originally with BOAC as G-APDS, had been bought by the Ministry of Supply and became a testbed for the ill-fated Nimrod AEW3 project, displaying at Farnborough in 1978 further modified with the bulbous radar nose." This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 23 March 2021, and has since been viewed 659 times. |