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Registration / Serial:VK-500
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Version:Vickers 610 Viking 1B
C/n (msn):260
Operator Titles:Jordan - Air Force
City / Airport:Blackbushe (EGLK / BBS)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:632345Submit Correction
View count: 309
No longer wearing 'Arab Legion Air Force' titles. The Arab Legion was renamed the Jordanian army as per 1 March 1956. The photo was probably taken that month at Blackbushe. Ex G-AJDK of BEA, the Viking was used by King Hussein. It was replaced as the royal aircraft by a Varsity, VK-501, ex WF416, which was delivered from Eagle Aviation at Blackbushe in late 1956. The Viking fatally crashed in the Taurus mountains in Syria on 13 December 1956.
Registration / Serial:VK-500
Aircraft Version:Vickers 610 Viking 1B
C/n (msn):260
Operator Titles:Jordan - Air Force
City / Airport:Blackbushe (EGLK / BBS)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VK-500
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Version:Vickers 610 Viking 1B
C/n (msn):260
Operator Titles:Jordan - Air Force
City / Airport:Blackbushe (EGLK / BBS)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:632345Submit Correction
View count: 309
No longer wearing 'Arab Legion Air Force' titles. The Arab Legion was renamed the Jordanian army as per 1 March 1956. The photo was probably taken that month at Blackbushe. Ex G-AJDK of BEA, the Viking was used by King Hussein. It was replaced as the royal aircraft by a Varsity, VK-501, ex WF416, which was delivered from Eagle Aviation at Blackbushe in late 1956. The Viking fatally crashed in the Taurus mountains in Syria on 13 December 1956.
Registration / Serial:VK-500
Aircraft Version:Vickers 610 Viking 1B
C/n (msn):260
Operator Titles:Jordan - Air Force
City / Airport:Blackbushe (EGLK / BBS)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VK-500
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Version:Vickers 610 Viking 1B
C/n (msn):260
Operator Titles:Jordan - Air Force
City / Airport:Blackbushe (EGLK / BBS)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:10 September 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:22435Submit Correction
View count: 512
Jordanian (Arab Legion Air Force) Viking 1B ex British European Airways G-AJDK at Blackbushe for servicing. Operated by Jordan from October 1953 until lost in a crash in December 1956.
Registration / Serial:VK-500
Aircraft Version:Vickers 610 Viking 1B
C/n (msn):260
Operator Titles:Jordan - Air Force
City / Airport:Blackbushe (EGLK / BBS)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:10 September 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Registration / Serial:VK-500
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Version:Vickers 610 Viking 1B
C/n (msn):260
Operator Titles:Jordan - Air Force
City / Airport:Blackbushe (EGLK / BBS)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:10 September 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:22435Submit Correction
View count: 512
Jordanian (Arab Legion Air Force) Viking 1B ex British European Airways G-AJDK at Blackbushe for servicing. Operated by Jordan from October 1953 until lost in a crash in December 1956.
Registration / Serial:VK-500
Aircraft Version:Vickers 610 Viking 1B
C/n (msn):260
Operator Titles:Jordan - Air Force
City / Airport:Blackbushe (EGLK / BBS)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:10 September 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield