List of preserved Vickers aircraft explained

This article is a list of aircraft that were manufactured by Vickers and are in preservation.

List

Valiant

AircraftPhotographBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLocationStatusNotesRef.
XD8181956September 4th, 1956January 1965Royal Air ForceRAF Museum Cosford, RAF Cosford, Shropshire, EnglandOn static display[1] [2] [3]
XD816195619561968Royal Air ForceBrooklands Museum Weybridge, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayCockpit only[4] [5]
XD8751957August 27th, 1957November 9th, 1962Royal Air ForceMorayvia, Kinloss, Moray, ScotlandOn static displayLast Vickers Valiant ever built. Cockpit in preservation[6] [7]
XD8261956December 15th, 1956December 1964 Royal Air ForceImperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, EnglandOn static displayCockpit only[8] [9]
XD8571957January 5th, 1957February 19th, 1965Royal Air ForceNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton, Suffolk, EnglandOn static displayCockpit only[10] [11] [12]

Vanguard

AircraftPhotographTypeBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLocationStatusNotesRef.
G-APEJ953/953C1961August 16th, 1961December 24th, 1992 Brooklands Museum, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Ajax" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Nose only on static display
G-APEP953/953C1961December 13th, 1961September 30th, 1996 - October 17th, 1996 Brooklands Museum, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Superb" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines
G-APES953/953C1962January 24th, 1962May 1975 (British Airways)
February 4th, 1995 (Hunting Cargo Airlines)		 East Midlands Aeropark, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Swiftsure" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Nose only on static display

Viscount

AircraftPhotographTypeBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLocationStatusNotesRef.
G-ALWF701A1952December 1952December 24th, 1971 Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Sir John Franklin"[13] [14]
G-AMOG7011953February 11th, 1953March 31st, 1976 National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, East Lothian, ScotlandOn static displayNamed "Sir Robert Falcon Scott"[15] [16]
PP-SRO701C1955May 4th, 1955February 28th, 1969 Museu Eduardo André Matarazzo, Jardim Recantro, Bebedouro, State of São Paulo, BrazilOn static displayNamed "R. M. A. William Dampier" by British European Airways[17] [18]
F-BGNR708October 12th, 1953 - December 11th, 1953May 6th, 1954December 1996 Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire, EnglandOn static displayOnce named "Victoria Lynne"[19] [20] [21]
F-BGNU708January 25th, 1954 - March 10th, 1954July 5th, 1954March 26th, 1975 Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, GermanyOn static display[22] [23]
VH-TVR953C1958November 19th, 1958April 4th, 1970Trans-Australia AirlinesAustralian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, AustraliaOn static displayNamed "John Murray"[24] [25]

VC-10

AircraftPhotographTypeBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLocationStatusNotesRef.
G-ARVF11011963July 6th, 1963Spring 1981 Flugausstellung Hermeskeil at Hermeskeil, GermanyOn static display[26] [27]
G-ARVM11011964July 6th, 1964October 22nd, 1979 Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayFuselage only[28] [29]
A4O-AB/G-ASIX11031964October 17th, 1964July 5th, 1987 Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Loch Maree" by Caledonian Airways, British United Airways and British Caledonian.[30] [31]
G-ASGC11511965January 1st, 1965April 22nd, 1980BOAC-CunardImperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, EnglandOn static display[32] [33]
ZA148/5Y-ADA11641967March 21st, 1967August 28th, 2013 South Wales Aviation Museum, Bro Tathan North, St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, WalesOn static display[34] [35]
ZA149/5X-UVJ11641969April 19th, 1969March 18th, 2013 Al Mahatta Museum, Sharjah, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesOn static display[36] [37]
ZA150/5H-MOG11641970February 16th, 1970September 20th, 2013 - September 24th, 2013 Kepler AerospaceAwaiting restoration to airworthy status[38] [39] [40] [41]
XR80811801966June 9th, 1966July 29th, 2013Royal Air ForceRoyal Air Force Museum Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Kenneth Campbell VC, Hugh Malcolm VC & Thomas Mottershead VC" by the Royal Air Force.[42] [43]
XV10611801967November 17th, 1967July 26th, 2017United States Air ForceAvro Heritage Museum, Woodford, Greater Manchester, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Thomas Mottershead VC, W" by the Royal Air Force. Forward fuselage only in preservation[44]
XV10811801968June 7th, 1968November 7th, 2012Royal Air ForceEast Midlands Aeropark, EnglandOn static displayNamed "William Rhodes-Moorhouse VC" by the Royal Air Force. Forward fuselage only in preservation

Formerly preserved, scrapped

VC-10

AircraftModelPhotographBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLast seenScrap dateCause of scrappingNotesRef.
ZD241K.4April 11th, 196326 February 1968May 7th, 1980 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United KingdomApril 20th, 2022Aging Airframe, Lack of Air Tanker Conversion, Dismantling for Spares and Research[45]
ZA147K.3March 1965October 12th, 1966September 2013 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United KingdomNovember 2021Aging airframeCockpit section was saved for preservation[46]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/press_releases/cosford/60th_Anniversary_of_Valiants_First_Flight.pdf "60th Anniversary of Valiant's First Flight."
  2. Web site: Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD818 . 2024-04-07 . www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk.
  3. Web site: Vickers Valiant . 2024-04-07 . plane-crazy.k-hosting.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Brooklands Museum . 2024-04-07 . www.brooklandsmuseum.com.
  5. Web site: Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD816 . 2024-04-07 . www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk.
  6. Web site: Exhibits . 2024-04-07 . Morayvia . en.
  7. Web site: Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD875 . 2024-04-07 . www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk.
  8. Web site: Conservation in Action . 2024-04-07 . Imperial War Museums . en.
  9. Web site: Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD826 . 2024-04-07 . www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk.
  10. http://www.aviationmuseum.net/our_aircraft.htm "Our Aircraft."
  11. Web site: Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD857 . 2024-04-07 . www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk.
  12. Web site: Vickers Valiant Tribute -1st Of The V-Bombers Key Aero . 2024-04-07 . www.key.aero . en.
  13. http://www.das.org.uk/viscount.htm "Vickers V701 Viscount – G-ALWF."
  14. Web site: Vickers Viscount G-ALWF c/n 5 . 5 November 2015 . Vickers Viscount Network . Geoff Blampied.
  15. Web site: Vickers Viscount G-AMOG c/n 7 . 31 October 2015 . Vickers Viscount Network . Geoff Blampied.
  16. Web site: BRITISH AIRWAYS DONATE G-AMOG TO THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT . 2024-04-07 . www.vickersviscount.net.
  17. Web site: c/n 44 G-ANHD/PP-SRO . 3 November 2015 . Vickers Viscount Network . Geoff Blampied.
  18. Web site: Viscount c/n 64 operational record . 2024-04-07 . www.vickersviscount.net.
  19. Web site: Vickers Viscount F-BGNR c/n 35 . 5 November 2015 . Vickers Viscount Network . Geoff Blampied.
  20. Web site: F-BGNR to be restored to running condition . 2024-04-07 . www.vickersviscount.net.
  21. Web site: Viscount c/n 1 operational record . 2024-04-07 . www.vickersviscount.net.
  22. Web site: Vickers Viscount F-BGNU c/n 38 . 5 November 2015 . Vickers Viscount Network . Geoff Blampied.
  23. Web site: Viscount c/n 38 operational record . 2024-04-07 . www.vickersviscount.net.
  24. Web site: Vickers Viscount VH-TVR c/n 318 . 31 October 2015 . Vickers Viscount Network . Geoff Blampied.
  25. Web site: VH-TVR Vickers Viscount 818 . 2024-04-06 . www.aussieairliners.org.
  26. http://www.flugausstellung.de/flugzeuge.html "Flugzeuge Flugausstellung Peter Junior"
  27. Web site: C/n 808 - G-ARVF . 2024-04-06 . www.vc10.net.
  28. http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/vickers-1103-vc10-ex-g-asix-a4o-ab-1964/ "Vickers 1101 VC10 G-ARVM (1964)."
  29. Web site: C/n 815 - G-ARVM . 2024-04-06 . www.vc10.net.
  30. http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/vickers-1103-vc10-ex-g-asix-a4o-ab-1964/ "Vickers 1103 VC10 ex G-ASIX/A4O-AB (1964)."
  31. Web site: C/n 820 - G-ASIX - A4O-AB . 2024-04-05 . www.vc10.net.
  32. http://www.das.org.uk/Vickers%20Super%20VC10%20Type%201151%20G-ASGC.htm "Vickers Super VC10 Type 1151 G-ASGC."
  33. Web site: C/n 853 - G-ASGC . 2024-04-05 . www.vc10.net.
  34. http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/08/28/news-ex-raf-vickers-vc10-k3-za148-joins-classic-air-force-collection/ "Aviation News – Ex-RAF Vickers VC10 K.3 ZA148 Joins Classic Air Force Collection."
  35. Web site: C/n 883 - 5Y-ADA - ZA148 . 2024-04-05 . www.vc10.net.
  36. https://www.sharjah24.ae/en/sharjah/169333-al-mahatta-museum-showcases-historical-vickers-vc10- "Al Mahatta Museum showcases historical Vickers VC10”
  37. Web site: C/n 884 - 5X-UVJ - ZA149 . 2024-04-05 . www.vc10.net.
  38. http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/news/story/queen-of-the-skies-retires-to-dunsfold-park/ "‘Queen of the Skies’ retires to Dunsfold Park."
  39. Web site: Brooklands Museum . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160611102921/http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?%2Fnews%2Fstory%2Fvc10-stuns-crowds-at-wings-and-wheels-2015%2F%20%5B . 11 June 2016 . 2015-09-10 . www.brooklandsmuseum.com . dmy-all.
  40. Web site: 2020-08-24 . Kepler Aerospace aims to get former RAF VC10 flying again . 2022-08-26 . UK Aviation News . en-GB.
  41. Web site: C/n 885 - 5H-MOG - ZA150 . 2024-04-05 . www.vc10.net.
  42. http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/whats-going-on/news/vc10-xr808-prepares-for-final-move-to-cosford/ "VC10 XR808 prepares for final move to Cosford"
  43. Web site: C/n 828 - XR808 . 2024-04-05 . www.vc10.net.
  44. http://avroheritagemuseum.co.uk/vc10/ "Avro Heritage Museum - Vickers VC10 XV106"
  45. Web site: C/n 863 - G-ASGM - ZD241 . 2024-03-24 . www.vc10.net.
  46. Web site: C/n 882 - 5H-MMT - ZA147 . 2024-03-24 . www.vc10.net.

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