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The Vickers Vanguard was a short/medium-range turboprop airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs.. The Vanguard was developed during the mid-to-late 1950s in response to a specification issued by British European Airways (BEA) for a 100-seat airliner; Vickers decided to design such an airliner as a follow-up to the existing Viscount series, the ...
The 1965 British European Airways Vickers Vanguard crash was a domestic flight operated by a Vickers Vanguard 951 aircraft of British European Airways (BEA). On Wednesday, 27 October 1965, the aircraft crashed during landing at London Heathrow Airport, causing the deaths of all 36 people on board.
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 ...
British European Airways Flight 706 (BE706/BEA706) was a scheduled international passenger flight from London, England to Salzburg, Austria. On 2 October 1971, whilst en route at 19,000 feet (5,791 m), [1] the Vickers Vanguard the pressure bulkhead at the rear of the cabin failed. The resulting depressurisation of the tail section caused the ...
Invicta International Vanguard G-AZRE at Pisa Airport in 1974. Vickers V952 Vanguard, c/n 729. First flight on 19 November 1960. Delivered on 7 January 1961 to Trans Canada Air Lines as CF-TKF. Airline changed name to Air Canada on 1 June 1964. Sold on 18 March 1972 to Air Holdings, re-registered G-AZRE.
In the foreground a Vickers Viscount 802, right background a Vickers Vanguard, left background a Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C (note the red port wing of the aircraft in the foreground). From the late-1950s to the late-1960s, BEA's aircraft wore its red, black and white livery, which was uniformly applied to the entire fleet from September 1959 ...
Developed from the earlier Victoria with the introduction of a wider fuselage, the Vanguard was a 22-passenger twin-engined biplane. Originally built for the Air Ministry as the Type 62 the aircraft powered by two 450 hp Napier Lion engines first flew on 18 July 1923. [1]
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