![Aircraft Photo of G-OPAS | Vickers 806 Viscount | Parcelforce | AirHistory.net #594168](/photos/0594168.jpg)
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | G-OPAS |
Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 806 Viscount |
C/n (msn): | 263 |
Operator Titles: | Parcelforce / British World Airlines |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | SouthendMap |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGMC IATA: SEN Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | March 1996 |
Photo from: | Michael Roeser Collection |
Photo ID: | 594168 |
Photo Comment |
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Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1958 as G-AOYN for BEA. Cambrian 1971, merged into British Airways 1974. BAF 1981, leased to Capital Airlines suummer 1989. Renamed British World 1993, converted to freighter 1994 as G-OPAS operating for Royal Mail Parcelforce. Withdrawn Southend 1996 and scrapped the following year, cockpit section preserved at Bournemouth. This photo was added on 15 August 2023, and has since been viewed 222 times. |