G-AZLP_1974-10_MUC_1200_NK

 

Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl. Scan kindly provided by Michael Röser for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

October 1974

 

G-AZLP

Vickers 813 Viscount

346

British Midland Airways (BMA)

 

 

Information from flickr - thanks to Ken Fielding (slightly shortened):

This aircraft was delivered to SAA South African Airways in Oct-58 as ZS-CDT. The aircraft was sold to BMA British Midland Airways in Jan-72. In May-86 it was sold to British Aerospace in part exchange for B.Ae ATP's. In Jun-86 it was sold to Dowty Aerospace for spares recovery of specific parts (props & gearboxes). It was sold to Technical Aeroparts later the same month and stripped for remaining spares. The hull was donated to the Civil Aviation Authority Fire School at Teesside in late 1986. It was finally broken up in late 2013 and the nose section was donated to the Brooklands Museum.

 

Detailed history of this airframe including many photos:

www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount346History.aspx

 

This airframe as ZS-CDT with South African Airways at JNB ca. late 1950s:

live.staticflickr.com/65535/49378942678_0a3a4e2b4b_b.jpg

 

ZS-CDT with South African Airways at JNB in December 1971 (later colours):

www.vickersviscount.net/images/Photos_Medium/101731.jpg

 

G-AZLP with BMA in basic South African Airways colours at JNB in January 1972:

www.flickr.com/photos/brunogeiger/24080399904

 

G-ALZP’s fuselage at North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland, in September 2012:

www.flickr.com/photos/39845522@N04/7984779320

 

G-AZLP’s nose section preserved at Brooklands Museum in February 2019:

www.flickr.com/photos/erwinalexander/47147413771

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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