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List of preserved Vickers aircraft

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

List

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Valiant

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Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref.
XD818 1956 September 4th, 1956 January 1965 Royal Air Force RAF Museum Cosford, RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England On static display [1][2][3]
XD816 1956 1956 1968 Royal Air Force Brooklands Museum Weybridge, Surrey, England On static display Cockpit only [4][5]
XD875 1957 August 27th, 1957 November 9th, 1962 Royal Air Force Morayvia, Kinloss, Moray, Scotland On static display Last Vickers Valiant ever built. Cockpit in preservation [6][7]
XD826 1956 December 15th, 1956 December 1964 Royal Air Force Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England On static display Cockpit only [8][9]
XD857 1957 January 5th, 1957 February 19th, 1965 Royal Air Force Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton, Suffolk, England On static display Cockpit only [10][11][12]

Vanguard

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Aircraft Photograph Type Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref.
G-APEJ 953/953C 1961 August 16th, 1961 December 24th, 1992 Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England On static display Named "Ajax" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Nose only on static display [citation needed]
G-APEP 953/953C 1961 December 13th, 1961 September 30th, 1996 - October 17th, 1996 Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England On static display Named "Superb" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines [citation needed]
G-APES 953/953C 1962 January 24th, 1962 May 1975 (British Airways)
February 4th, 1995 (Hunting Cargo Airlines)
East Midlands Aeropark, England On static display Named "Swiftsure" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Nose only on static display [citation needed]

Viscount

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Aircraft Photograph Type Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref.
G-ALWF 701A 1952 December 1952 December 24th, 1971 Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England On static display Named "Sir John Franklin" [13][14]
G-AMOG 701 1953 February 11th, 1953 March 31st, 1976 National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland On static display Named "Sir Robert Falcon Scott" [15][16]
PP-SRO 701C 1955 May 4th, 1955 February 28th, 1969 Museu Eduardo André Matarazzo, Jardim Recantro, Bebedouro, State of São Paulo, Brazil On static display Named "R. M. A. William Dampier" by British European Airways [17][18]
F-BGNR 708 October 12th, 1953 - December 11th, 1953 May 6th, 1954 December 1996 Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire, England On static display Once named "Victoria Lynne" [19][20][21]
F-BGNU 708 January 25th, 1954 - March 10th, 1954 July 5th, 1954 March 26th, 1975 Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany On static display [22][23]
VH-TVR 953C 1958 November 19th, 1958 April 4th, 1970 Trans-Australia Airlines Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia On static display Named "John Murray" [24][25]

VC-10

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Aircraft Photograph Type Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref.
G-ARVF 1101 1963 July 6th, 1963 Spring 1981 Flugausstellung Hermeskeil at Hermeskeil, Germany On static display [26][27]
G-ARVM 1101 1964 July 6th, 1964 October 22nd, 1979 Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England On static display Fuselage only [28][29]
A4O-AB/G-ASIX 1103 1964 October 17th, 1964 July 5th, 1987 Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England On static display Named "Loch Maree" by Caledonian Airways, British United Airways and British Caledonian. [30][31]
G-ASGC 1151 1965 January 1st, 1965 April 22nd, 1980 BOAC-Cunard Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England On static display [32][33]
ZA148/5Y-ADA 1164 1967 March 21st, 1967 August 28th, 2013 South Wales Aviation Museum, Bro Tathan North, St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales On static display [34][35]
ZA149/5X-UVJ 1164 1969 April 19th, 1969 March 18th, 2013 Al Mahatta Museum, Sharjah, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates On static display [36][37]
ZA150/5H-MOG 1164 1970 February 16th, 1970 September 20th, 2013 - September 24th, 2013 Kepler Aerospace Awaiting restoration to airworthy status [38][39][40][41]
XR808 1180 1966 June 9th, 1966 July 29th, 2013 Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England On static display Named "Kenneth Campbell VC, Hugh Malcolm VC & Thomas Mottershead VC" by the Royal Air Force. [42][43]
XV106 1180 1967 November 17th, 1967 July 26th, 2017 United States Air Force Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford, Greater Manchester, England On static display Named "Thomas Mottershead VC, W" by the Royal Air Force. Forward fuselage only in preservation [44]
XV108 1180 1968 June 7th, 1968 November 7th, 2012 Royal Air Force East Midlands Aeropark, England On static display Named "William Rhodes-Moorhouse VC" by the Royal Air Force. Forward fuselage only in preservation

Formerly preserved, scrapped

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VC-10

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Aircraft Model Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes Ref.
ZD241 K.4 April 11th, 1963 26 February 1968 May 7th, 1980 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom April 20th, 2022 Aging Airframe, Lack of Air Tanker Conversion, Dismantling for Spares and Research [45]
ZA147 K.3 March 1965 October 12th, 1966 September 2013 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom November 2021 Aging airframe Cockpit section was saved for preservation [46]

References

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  4. ^ "Brooklands Museum". www.brooklandsmuseum.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
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  6. ^ "Exhibits". Morayvia. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
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  10. ^ "Our Aircraft." Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Retrieved: 19 August 2012.
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  12. ^ "Vickers Valiant Tribute -1st Of The V-Bombers | Key Aero". www.key.aero. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  13. ^ "Vickers V701 Viscount – G-ALWF." Archived 15 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Duxford Aviation Society, 2010. Retrieved: 14 September 2010.
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  15. ^ "Vickers Viscount G-AMOG c/n 7". Vickers Viscount Network. Geoff Blampied. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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  21. ^ "Viscount c/n 1 operational record". www.vickersviscount.net. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  22. ^ "Vickers Viscount F-BGNU c/n 38". Vickers Viscount Network. Geoff Blampied. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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  24. ^ "Vickers Viscount VH-TVR c/n 318". Vickers Viscount Network. Geoff Blampied. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  25. ^ "VH-TVR Vickers Viscount 818". www.aussieairliners.org. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  26. ^ "Flugzeuge Flugausstellung Peter Junior" Archived 31 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Flugausstellung Junior, Retrieved: 19 October 2015.
  27. ^ "C/n 808 - G-ARVF". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  28. ^ "Vickers 1101 VC10 G-ARVM (1964)." Archived 21 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brooklands Museum, Retrieved: 13 April 2015.
  29. ^ "C/n 815 - G-ARVM". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  30. ^ "Vickers 1103 VC10 ex G-ASIX/A4O-AB (1964)." Archived 21 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brooklands Museum, Retrieved: 15 March 2013.
  31. ^ "C/n 820 - G-ASIX - A4O-AB". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  32. ^ "Vickers Super VC10 Type 1151 G-ASGC." Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Duxford Aviation Society, Retrieved: 15 March 2013.
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  34. ^ "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.
  35. ^ "C/n 883 - 5Y-ADA - ZA148". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
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  37. ^ "C/n 884 - 5X-UVJ - ZA149". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  38. ^ "‘Queen of the Skies’ retires to Dunsfold Park." Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brooklands Museum, 24 September 2013.
  39. ^ "Brooklands Museum". www.brooklandsmuseum.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  40. ^ "Kepler Aerospace aims to get former RAF VC10 flying again". UK Aviation News. 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  41. ^ "C/n 885 - 5H-MOG - ZA150". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  42. ^ "VC10 XR808 prepares for final move to Cosford" Archived 24 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine 6 May 2015 RAF Museum
  43. ^ "C/n 828 - XR808". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  44. ^ "Avro Heritage Museum - Vickers VC10 XV106" 18 December 2018 Avro Heritage Museum
  45. ^ "C/n 863 - G-ASGM - ZD241". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  46. ^ "C/n 882 - 5H-MMT - ZA147". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.