Aircraft Photo of G-ASXN | Armstrong Whitworth AW-650 Argosy 222 | Transair | AirHistory.net #618401
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-ASXN
Aircraft Original Type:Armstrong Whitworth AW-650 Argosy
Aircraft Generic Type:Armstrong Whitworth AW-650/660 Argosy
Aircraft Version:Armstrong Whitworth AW-650 Argosy 222
C/n (msn):6802
Operator Titles:Transair
Location
City / Airport:Glasgow - PrestwickMap
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGPK   IATA: PIK   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1970
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 618401
Photo Comment

Departing Prestwick from Runway 31. Formerly with BEA Cargo - British European Airways from new in 1965. Seen here in the colours of Transair Canada with whom it became CF-TAJ. In June 1974 sold to Safe Air Cargo in New Zealand as ZK-SAE. On retirement in 1990, preserved by the Argosy Trust and on static display at the Argosy Cafe adjacent to RNZAF Woodbourne Air Base, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand.

This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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