Aircraft Photo of A4O-VI | Vickers VC10 Srs1101 | Gulf Air | AirHistory.net #461578
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:A4O-VI
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers VC10
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers VC10/Super VC10
Aircraft Version:Vickers VC10 Srs1101
C/n (msn):811
Operator Titles:Gulf Air
Local Operator Name:طيران الخليج
Location
City / Airport:London - HeathrowMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLL   IATA: LHR   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:18 March 1977
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 461578
Photo Comment

First flew as G-ARVI in 1963. Delivered to BOAC in 1964. Merged into British Airways then to Gulf Air in 1974. Reregistered as A4O-VI in 1975. Repainted into the Golden Falcon colour scheme by the time this photo was taken. Sold to the RAF as ZD142 in 1978 for conversion to a tanker at Filton. Delivered after coversion to the RAF in 1984. Withdrawn from use at St.Athan in 2001 and scrapped in 2004.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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