G-AVFK_1971_MUC_1600_GRC

 

Photo from the Günter Rötzer collection, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiß.

 

 

München-Riem

1971

 

G-AVFK

Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E

2150

British European Airways (BEA)

 

G-AVFK is taxiing past Riem’s viewing terrace to runway 07 for take-off. A JAT Caravelle and Condor B727 can be seen on the ramp in the background.

 

First flight 2 November 1968, delivered to BEA on 17 January 1969. Merged into British Airways in 1974. Broken up at Heathrow in 1982. Fuselage to Hounslow Heath for use as an anti-terrorist trainer, moved to Valley by 1997 and Lyneham in 1998. Scrapped in 2011. (Source: Paul Seymour on airhistory.net, planelogger.com)

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=327122

 

G-AVFK with British Airways (BEA colours), landing at Athens in July 1977:

www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/000/953/953343...

 

G-AVFK with British Airways in July 1980 (small British Airways titles):

www.flickr.com/photos/ragnarok31/37658557995

 

G-AVFK used for anti terrorist training at Hounslow Heath in 1987:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/7/4/8/0793847.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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