Aircraft Photo of VH-TVR | Vickers 816 Viscount | AirHistory.net #566109
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-TVR
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 816 Viscount
C/n (msn):318
Aircraft Name:John Murray
Location
City / Airport:Melbourne - MoorabbinMap
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YMMB   IATA: MBW   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Australian National Aviation Museum
 
Photo Date:24 January 2020
Photo by:Andy Anderson
Photo ID: 566109
Photo Comment

The second VH-TVR (the first completed in TAA colours was not taken up but eventually came to Australia as RAAF A6-435). First flown 19/11/58 as a V.818 model and delivered to Cubana Airlines as CU-T622. Purchased by Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) on 15/3/62 and converted to V.816 standard. WFU on 28/12/69 but briefly returned to service from 1/3/70 to 4/4/70 before retiring with 21213 hours of flight time. TAA donated the aircraft to the Moorabbin Air Museum in June 1970 but due to lack of space it was stored off site for 17 years before returning to Moorabbin for static display (minus tail).

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