N501TL Viscount 812
Seen at East Midlands in 1975, this Viscount had an interesting career.
www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount353History.aspx
Alidair made only limited use of this machine and never put it onto the UK register. Its livery remained essentially unchanged from its days with Tenneco in the USA. Note also that it is fitted with additional external “slipper” fuel tanks. I saw it at Dublin on 25 October 1975, probably on a cargo service. It was disposed of to Far Eastern Air Transport the following year.
What is also interesting about this aircraft is that it crashed in Indonesia in 1980 while in service with Bouraq as PK-IVS. The cause was traced to failure of an elevator trim tab and subsequent separation of the right elevator. When a detailed review of the 1968 loss of Aer Lingus Viscount EI-AOM was carried out in 2001/2, the Indonesian accident was among those cited as indicative of structural issues with the Viscount design.
Scan of a Kodachrome slide from my collection.
N501TL Viscount 812
Seen at East Midlands in 1975, this Viscount had an interesting career.
www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount353History.aspx
Alidair made only limited use of this machine and never put it onto the UK register. Its livery remained essentially unchanged from its days with Tenneco in the USA. Note also that it is fitted with additional external “slipper” fuel tanks. I saw it at Dublin on 25 October 1975, probably on a cargo service. It was disposed of to Far Eastern Air Transport the following year.
What is also interesting about this aircraft is that it crashed in Indonesia in 1980 while in service with Bouraq as PK-IVS. The cause was traced to failure of an elevator trim tab and subsequent separation of the right elevator. When a detailed review of the 1968 loss of Aer Lingus Viscount EI-AOM was carried out in 2001/2, the Indonesian accident was among those cited as indicative of structural issues with the Viscount design.
Scan of a Kodachrome slide from my collection.