246_1977-04-15_MUC_1290_NK

 

Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl. Scan kindly provided by Stephan Barth for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

1977-04-15 (15 April 1977)

 

246

Vickers 794D Viscount

c/n 246

Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force)

 

Stopped at Munich-Riem on its return flight to Turkey from maintenance in the UK. This shot was taken on the Munich ramp after a snow storm. Assigned to VIP Transport Sqd based at Ankara, this aircraft was for personal use by the Turkish Air Force Commander-in-Chief (source: Günter Grondstein, planepictures.net).

 

First flight 9 January 1958 from Bournemouth-Hurn. Delivered to Türk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines, THY) on 21 January 1958 as TC-SEC. Transferred to Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force) on 28 March 1978. Noted withdrawn from service and stored at Etesmigut Air Base, Ankara, Turkey, in August 1986. Presumably scrapped by October 2001. (Source: vickersviscount.net)

 

Detailed history of this airfame:

www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount246History.aspx

 

TC-SEC with THY at BOH in 1958 (initial colours):

abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1231711

 

TC-SEC with THY at FRA in April 1963 (later colours):

www.airteamimages.com/pics/213/213164_big.jpg

 

246 with Türk Hava Kuvvetleri in May 1978 at CGN:

www.planepictures.net/a/43/02/1136331882.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodak slide.

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