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List of Vickers aircraft in preservation
This article is a list of aircraft that were manufactured by Vickers and are in preservation.
Valiant[edit]
Aircraft
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Photograph
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Build date
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First flight
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Last flight
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Operator
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Location
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Status
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Notes
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Ref.
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XD818
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1956
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September 4th, 1956
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January 1965
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Royal Air Force
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RAF Museum Cosford, RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England
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On static display
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[1][2][3]
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XD816
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1956
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1956
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1968
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Royal Air Force
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Brooklands Museum Weybridge, Surrey, England
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On static display
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Cockpit only
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[4][5]
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XD875
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1957
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August 27th, 1957
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November 9th, 1962
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Royal Air Force
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Morayvia, Kinloss, Moray, Scotland
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On static display
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Last Vickers Valiant ever built. Cockpit in preservation
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[6][7]
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XD826
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1956
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December 15th, 1956
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December 1964
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Royal Air Force
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Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England
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On static display
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Cockpit only
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[8][9]
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XD857
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1957
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January 5th, 1957
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February 19th, 1965
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Royal Air Force
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Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton, Suffolk, England
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On static display
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Cockpit only
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[10][11][12]
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Vanguard[edit]
Aircraft
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Photograph
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Type
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Build date
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First flight
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Last flight
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Operator
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Location
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Status
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Notes
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Ref.
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G-APEJ
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953/953C
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1961
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August 16th, 1961
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December 24th, 1992
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Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England
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On static display
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Named "Ajax" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Nose only on static display
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[13]
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G-APEP
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953/953C
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1961
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December 13th, 1961
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September 30th, 1996 - October 17th, 1996
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Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England
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On static display
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Named "Superb" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines
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[14]
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G-APES
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953/953C
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1962
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January 24th, 1962
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May 1975 (British Airways) February 4th, 1995 (Hunting Cargo Airlines)
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East Midlands Aeropark, England
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On static display
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Named "Swiftsure" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Nose only on static display
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[15]
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Viscount[edit]
Aircraft
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Photograph
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Type
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Build date
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First flight
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Last flight
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Operator
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Location
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Status
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Notes
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Ref.
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G-ALWF
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701A
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1952
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December 1952
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December 24th, 1971
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Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England
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On static display
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Named "Sir John Franklin"
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[16][17]
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G-AMOG
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701
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1953
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February 11th, 1953
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March 31st, 1976
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National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland
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On static display
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Named "Sir Robert Falcon Scott"
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[18][19][20]
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PP-SRO
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701C
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1955
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May 4th, 1955
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February 28th, 1969
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Museu Eduardo André Matarazzo, Jardim Recantro, Bebedouro, State of São Paulo, Brazil
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On static display
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Named "R. M. A. William Dampier" by British European Airways
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[21][22]
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F-BGNR
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708
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October 12th, 1953 - December 11th, 1953
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May 6th, 1954
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December 1996
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Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire, England
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On static display
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Once named "Victoria Lynne"
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[23][24][25]
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F-BGNU
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708
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January 25th, 1954 - March 10th, 1954
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July 5th, 1954
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March 26th, 1975
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Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany
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On static display
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[26][27]
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VH-TVR
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953C
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1958
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November 19th, 1958
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April 4th, 1970
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Trans-Australia Airlines
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Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia
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On static display
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Named "John Murray"
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[28][29]
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Aircraft
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Photograph
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Type
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Build date
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First flight
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Last flight
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Operator
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Location
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Status
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Notes
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Ref.
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G-ARVF
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1101
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1963
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July 6th, 1963
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Spring 1981
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Flugausstellung Hermeskeil at Hermeskeil, Germany
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On static display
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[30][31]
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G-ARVM
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1101
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1964
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July 6th, 1964
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October 22nd, 1979
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Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England
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On static display
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Fuselage only
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[32][33]
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A4O-AB/G-ASIX
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1103
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1964
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October 17th, 1964
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July 5th, 1987
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Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England
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On static display
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Named "Loch Maree" by Caledonian Airways, British United Airways and British Caledonian.
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[34][35]
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G-ASGC
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1151
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1965
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January 1st, 1965
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April 22nd, 1980
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BOAC-Cunard
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Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England
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On static display
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[36][37]
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ZA148/5Y-ADA
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1164
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1967
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March 21st, 1967
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August 28th, 2013
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South Wales Aviation Museum, Bro Tathan North, St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
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On static display
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[38][39]
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ZA149/5X-UVJ
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1164
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1969
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April 19th, 1969
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March 18th, 2013
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Al Mahatta Museum, Sharjah, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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On static display
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[40][41]
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ZA150/5H-MOG
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1164
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1970
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February 16th, 1970
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September 20th, 2013 - September 24th, 2013
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Kepler Aerospace
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Awaiting restoration to airworthy status
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[42][43][44][45]
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XR808
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1180
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1966
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June 9th, 1966
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July 29th, 2013
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Royal Air Force
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Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England
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On static display
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Named "Kenneth Campbell VC, Hugh Malcolm VC & Thomas Mottershead VC" by the Royal Air Force.
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[46][47]
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XV106
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1180
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1967
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November 17th, 1967
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July 26th, 2017
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United States Air Force
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Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford, Greater Manchester, England
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On static display
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Named "Thomas Mottershead VC, W" by the Royal Air Force. Forward fuselage only in preservation
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[48]
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XV108
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1180
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1968
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June 7th, 1968
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November 7th, 2012
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Royal Air Force
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East Midlands Aeropark, England
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On static display
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Named "William Rhodes-Moorhouse VC" by the Royal Air Force. Forward fuselage only in preservation
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Formerly preserved, scrapped[edit]
Aircraft
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Model
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Photograph
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Build date
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First flight
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Last flight
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Operator
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Last seen
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Scrap date
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Cause of scrapping
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Notes
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Ref.
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ZD241
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K.4
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April 11th, 1963
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26 February 1968
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May 7th, 1980
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Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
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April 20th, 2022
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Aging Airframe, Lack of Air Tanker Conversion, Dismantling for Spares and Research
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[49]
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ZA147
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K.3
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March 1965
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October 12th, 1966
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September 2013
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Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
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November 2021
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Aging airframe
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Cockpit section was saved for preservation
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[50]
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References[edit]
- ^ "60th Anniversary of Valiant's First Flight." Royal Air Force Museum, 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD818". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Vickers Valiant". plane-crazy.k-hosting.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Brooklands Museum". www.brooklandsmuseum.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD816". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Exhibits". Morayvia. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD875". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Conservation in Action". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD826". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Our Aircraft." Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Retrieved: 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD857". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Vickers Valiant Tribute -1st Of The V-Bombers | Key Aero". www.key.aero. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "G-APEJ Hunting Cargo Airlines Vickers Vanguard". www.planespotters.net. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "G-APEP Hunting Cargo Airlines Vickers Vanguard". www.planespotters.net. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "G-APES Hunting Cargo Airlines Vickers Vanguard". www.planespotters.net. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Vickers V701 Viscount – G-ALWF." Archived 15 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Duxford Aviation Society, 2010. Retrieved: 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Vickers Viscount G-ALWF c/n 5". Vickers Viscount Network. Geoff Blampied. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Vickers Viscount G-AMOG c/n 7". Vickers Viscount Network. Geoff Blampied. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "BRITISH AIRWAYS DONATE G-AMOG TO THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT". www.vickersviscount.net. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Vickers 701 Viscount, c/n 7, c/r G-AMOG". www.aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "c/n 44 G-ANHD/PP-SRO". Vickers Viscount Network. Geoff Blampied. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Viscount c/n 64 operational record". www.vickersviscount.net. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Vickers Viscount F-BGNR c/n 35". Vickers Viscount Network. Geoff Blampied. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "F-BGNR to be restored to running condition". www.vickersviscount.net. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Viscount c/n 1 operational record". www.vickersviscount.net. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Vickers Viscount F-BGNU c/n 38". Vickers Viscount Network. Geoff Blampied. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Viscount c/n 38 operational record". www.vickersviscount.net. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Vickers Viscount VH-TVR c/n 318". Vickers Viscount Network. Geoff Blampied. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "VH-TVR Vickers Viscount 818". www.aussieairliners.org. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Flugzeuge Flugausstellung Peter Junior" Archived 31 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Flugausstellung Junior, Retrieved: 19 October 2015.
- ^ "C/n 808 - G-ARVF". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Vickers 1101 VC10 G-ARVM (1964)." Archived 21 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brooklands Museum, Retrieved: 13 April 2015.
- ^ "C/n 815 - G-ARVM". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Vickers 1103 VC10 ex G-ASIX/A4O-AB (1964)." Archived 21 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brooklands Museum, Retrieved: 15 March 2013.
- ^ "C/n 820 - G-ASIX - A4O-AB". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Vickers Super VC10 Type 1151 G-ASGC." Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Duxford Aviation Society, Retrieved: 15 March 2013.
- ^ "C/n 853 - G-ASGC". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Aviation News – Ex-RAF Vickers VC10 K.3 ZA148 Joins Classic Air Force Collection." Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Global Aviation Resource, 28 August 2013.
- ^ "C/n 883 - 5Y-ADA - ZA148". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Al Mahatta Museum showcases historical Vickers VC10” 7 November 2016 (retrieved 18 December 2018) Sharjah24.ae
- ^ "C/n 884 - 5X-UVJ - ZA149". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "‘Queen of the Skies’ retires to Dunsfold Park." Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brooklands Museum, 24 September 2013.
- ^ "Brooklands Museum". www.brooklandsmuseum.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Kepler Aerospace aims to get former RAF VC10 flying again". UK Aviation News. 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ^ "C/n 885 - 5H-MOG - ZA150". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "VC10 XR808 prepares for final move to Cosford" Archived 24 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine 6 May 2015 RAF Museum
- ^ "C/n 828 - XR808". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Avro Heritage Museum - Vickers VC10 XV106" 18 December 2018 Avro Heritage Museum
- ^ "C/n 863 - G-ASGM - ZD241". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "C/n 882 - 5H-MMT - ZA147". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.