Aircraft Photo of VH-TVA | Vickers 720 Viscount | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA | AirHistory.net #503396
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-TVA
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 720 Viscount
C/n (msn):44
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:John Batman
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
 
Photo Date:September 1954
Photo from:David Caughey Collection
Photo ID: 503396
Photo Comment

Publicity photo probably taken by Vickers ahead of VH-TVA's delivery to Australia. It never entered service after suffering a training accident at Mangalore, Victoria, on October 31, 1954. The crew was attempting a three-engine take-off when control was lost.

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