Aircraft Photo of G-BKWU | Airbus A310-203 | British Caledonian Airways | AirHistory.net #744576
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-BKWU
Aircraft Original Type:Airbus A310
Aircraft Generic Type:Airbus A310
Aircraft Version:Airbus A310-203
C/n (msn):306
Operator Titles:British Caledonian Airways
Aircraft Name:Sir Robert Watson-Watt - The Scottish Radar Pioneer
Location
City / Airport:London - GatwickMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGKK   IATA: LGW   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:May 1984
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 744576
Photo Comment

An order for three A310s and three options was announced by BCal in 1979, the first two (G-BKWT and G-BKWU) being delivered in March 1984. But by mid-1985 changes in the airline's route network meant that the type was no longer viable on its routes - too big for short-haul and too small for long-haul. So the third on order and the options were cancelled. In a devious set of sanction-busting transactions, 'WU found its way to Libyan Arab as 5A-DLB in June 1986, later becoming 7T-VJF, JY-AGV and TS-IGV. Used as an instructional airframe from 2006 at Amman. Right wing now broken off.

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

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