201b. G-AOCC 2 Vickers V755 Viscount Invicta Airways (ex British Eagle) LPL 02FEB68
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 14-Apr-15.
Just emerged from British Eagle Engineering at Liverpool after painting and being made ready for delivery to Invicta Airways.
G-AOCC was ordered by Airwork Ltd., but it was cancelled before delivery and delivered to Cubana in Jun-56 as CU-T605. In Apr-61, Eagle Airways (Bermuda) Ltd bought it. It was registered VR-BBM and operated services from Bermuda to the US mainland.
It was transferred to Cunard Eagle Airways as G-AOCC in Sep-62. Cunard Eagle was renamed British Eagle International in Sep-63 when Cunard threw in their lot with BOAC to form BOAC Cunard (a lot of good it did them, within 2 years the Cunard name had vanished and it was back to BOAC!).
It was sold to Invicta Airways in Feb-68 and Invicta was merged into British Midland Airways in Jan-69, although Invicta Cargo continued as a separate company with the C-54's. The aircraft was retired at East Midlands Airport in Apr-69 and broken up there in Aug-69 after a lifespan of just 13 years.
201b. G-AOCC 2 Vickers V755 Viscount Invicta Airways (ex British Eagle) LPL 02FEB68
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 14-Apr-15.
Just emerged from British Eagle Engineering at Liverpool after painting and being made ready for delivery to Invicta Airways.
G-AOCC was ordered by Airwork Ltd., but it was cancelled before delivery and delivered to Cubana in Jun-56 as CU-T605. In Apr-61, Eagle Airways (Bermuda) Ltd bought it. It was registered VR-BBM and operated services from Bermuda to the US mainland.
It was transferred to Cunard Eagle Airways as G-AOCC in Sep-62. Cunard Eagle was renamed British Eagle International in Sep-63 when Cunard threw in their lot with BOAC to form BOAC Cunard (a lot of good it did them, within 2 years the Cunard name had vanished and it was back to BOAC!).
It was sold to Invicta Airways in Feb-68 and Invicta was merged into British Midland Airways in Jan-69, although Invicta Cargo continued as a separate company with the C-54's. The aircraft was retired at East Midlands Airport in Apr-69 and broken up there in Aug-69 after a lifespan of just 13 years.