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G-AOYI_1983-10_MUC_1290_WHC

 

Photo from the Wilhelm Hell collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

October 1983

 

G-AOYI

Vickers 806 Viscount

257

Guernsey Airlines

 

An EgyptAir B707 can be seen in the distance.

 

Information on this airframe from vickersviscount.net:

First flight 14 November 1957 at Weybridge, Surrey. Delivered to British European Airways as G-AOYI on 2 January 1958. Went on to Cambrian Airways on 15 July 1970, transferred to British Airways (BA) on 31 July 1973, purchased by British Air Ferries on 12 July 1981, leased to Esso Standard Libya Inc., Occidental of Libya Inc, Sirte Oil Company, Polar Airways, Guernsey Airlines; sold to London European Airways on 8 February 1985 and re-registered G-LOND; sold to Caicos International Airways Ltd. in March 1986 and leased to British Air Ferries. Scrapped in February 1993.

 

Detailed history of this airframe including many photos:

www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount257History.aspx

 

G-AOYI with BEA at LHR (initial colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/5485268405

 

G-AOYI with BEA at JER ca. mid-1960s (Red Square livery):

www.flickr.com/photos/78213075@N04/7604177118

 

G-AOYI with Cambrian Airways at LHR in April 1971 (earlier colours):

www.vickersviscount.net/images/Photos_Medium/101876.jpg

 

G-AOYI with Cambrian Airways at ORY in June 1973 (later colours:

www.flickr.com/photos/baettig/49810777132

 

G-AOYI with British Airways at GLA late 1970s:

www.flickr.com/photos/43804460@N08/38321036325

 

G-AOYI with Polar Airways at ABD in March 1982:

www.flickr.com/photos/26268110@N02/49792369052

 

G-AOYI with British Air Ferries at CVT in May 1983:

www.flickr.com/photos/131806380@N05/40453869411

 

Another shot of G-AOYI with Guernsey Airlines at Riem, in September 1983:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/9/4/0725499.jpg?...

 

G-AOYI with British Air Ferries at CVT in October 1984 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/brunogeiger/30966201368

 

This airframe as G-LOND with London European at JER in July 1985:

www.flickr.com/photos/60580721@N06/25273457808

 

G-LOND with British Air Ferries stored at SEN in July 1989:

www.flickr.com/photos/93373926@N04/15064829739

 

The remains of G-LOND at West Hanningfield, Essex, in March 1993:

www.flickr.com/photos/alanwz581/50586491966

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide (on Kodak Photo CD).

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Uploaded on June 12, 2023
Taken in October 1983