F/F 3 May 1958. Delivered to BEA 16 May 1958 as 'RMA John Napier'. To Cambrian Airways 20 January 1971. To British Airways (BA) 31 July 1973 as part of corporate merger of Cambrian A/W into BA. To British Air Ferries (BAF) 7 April 1981. Leased to Air Algérie, Jersey Air Ferries & Virgin Atlantic on various dates in the period May 1981 to May 1989. Corporate name change of BAF to British World Airlines 1 April 1993 and reregistered G-PFBT 22 March 1994. Stored at Southend 2 March 1996 until sold to Heli-Jet Aviation 23 May 1997. To Lanseria June 1997 and stored there until scrapped April 2006.

First flight 3 July 1958 as SU-AKN for Misrair (later United Arab A/L). Delivered to British Eagle 6 May 1965 and registered G-ATDR 11 May 1965. When British Eagle ceased operations 6 November 1968, it was WFU and stored at Speke until it was ferried to Blackbushe 20 November 1969. After all useful spares had been removed it was eventually broken up there May 1970.

First flown as G-ASDS and delivered to CAAC in September 1963 as 406. Re-registered B-406 circa 1974 and transferred to the Chinese Air Force as 50258 in April 1983. Withdrawn from use in 1988, transferred to the museum in 1990 and initially displayed as seen here in China United Airlines colours. By 2010 it had been re-painted in Chinese Air Force marks.

Another look at this Viscount but in March 1976.

Sold in 1969 to Arkia Israel for parts as 4X-AVB. With DC-6A OO-ABE (BIAS) and BAC One Eleven 320AZ G-AVBW (Laker).

Ex JY-ADB, G-APND. Registration cancelled on 7 November 1973 when it was bought by BAC and refurbished for sale to Arkia as 4X-AVF, flying for a short while in class 'B' marks as G-16-20 before delivery on 21 December 1973. It was broken up at Tucson by 1993.

slide scan from the NK collection.

Delivered to Trans-Canada Airlines March 8, 1958, Air Canada retired this Viscount in April 1973 to Winnipeg, MB for storage. It became one of the two dozen Viscounts sold to Beaver Enterprises a year later. Sold to Zaire Aero Service in September 1978, the airliner ferried to East Midlands for service by Field Aircraft Services before delivery as 9Q-CPD. It was involved in a non-fatal accident when it crashed into a swamp on take-off at Kinshasa on August 28, 1984 and written off.

F/F 19 Sept.1953. Delivered to Air France as F-BGNO 12 Dec.1953. Transferred to Air Inter 31 May 1962. Withdrawn from use Dec.1974.

F/F 9 March 1959 and delivered on 17 March 1959 to Transair, which airline was merged into BUA 1 July 1960. Leased to Alia-Royal Jordanian Airlines as JY-ADA 16 Oct.1966. Following a landing accident at Kuwait 18 Nov.1966 it was registered back to BUA and ferried back to Gatwick 6 Dec.1966. Sold to British Midland Airways 1 April 1967 and to Arkia as 4X-AVE Sept.1972. To Go Transportation May 1982 and ferried to Tucson, Arizona for storage and parts recovery. The remains were donated to Pima Community College Aviation School circa Jan.1992 for instructional use, still in Arkia livery.

Only seven months away from retirement, in March 1984.

Built in 1956 as N7420 for Capital Airlines and here on ferry back to Vickers-Armstrong where it was re-cycled for Philippine Airlines as PI-C773. Later it went to Aerolineas TAO as HK-1057 and scrapped circa 1975 at Bogota (SKBO).

Originally it was the Vickers 810 deveolpment aircraft painted in Continental livery. Here on delivery, it became CX-BIZ with PLUNA in 1975 and lasted until 1986. Note the additional small window between the S and R.

In transit through Prestwick to be re-registered as N145RA with Royal American Airways in the United States. Entered airline service in 1959 as Lufthansa's D-ANIP. Returned to the UK in 1973 to become G-BAPE with British Midland. Sold to Royal American in 1981.

With Lufthansa 747 D-ABYA taxiing behind.