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List of preserved Vickers aircraft

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This document enumerates the aircraft produced by Vickers that have been preserved.

Valiant

Aircraft Image Manufacture Year Inaugural Flight Final Flight User Current Location Condition Remarks Reference
XD818 1956 4 September 1956 January 1965 Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England Displayed statically [1][2][3]
XD816 1956 1956 1968 Royal Air Force Brooklands Museum Weybridge, Surrey, England Displayed statically Cockpit section only [4][5]
XD875 1957 27 August 1957 9 November 1962 Royal Air Force Morayvia, Kinloss, Moray, Scotland Displayed statically Final Vickers Valiant constructed. Cockpit preserved. [6][7]
XD826 1956 15 December 1956 December 1964 Royal Air Force Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England Displayed statically Cockpit section only [8][9]
XD857 1957 5 January 1957 19 February 1965 Royal Air Force Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton, Suffolk, England Displayed statically Cockpit section only [10][11][12]


Vanguard

Aircraft Photograph Model Year Built Maiden Flight Final Flight Operators Current Location Condition Remarks Ref.
G-APEJ 953/953C 1961 16 August 1961 24 December 1992 Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England Displayed statically Referred to as "Ajax" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Only the nose section is exhibited. Template:Fix/category[citation needed]
G-APEP 953/953C 1961 13 December 1961 30 September 1996 – 17 October 1996 Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England Displayed statically Known as "Superb" by both Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Template:Fix/category[citation needed]
G-APES 953/953C 1962 24 January 1962 May 1975 (British Airways)
4 February 1995 (Hunting Cargo Airlines) 		East Midlands Aeropark, England Displayed statically Designated "Swiftsure" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Only the nose is on display. Template:Fix/category[citation needed]

Viscount

F-BGNU VH-TVR
Aircraft Photograph Model Year Built First Flight Date Last Flight Date Operators Current Location Condition Remarks Ref.
G-ALWF 701A 1952 December 1952 24 December 1971 Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England Exhibited statically '‘Sir John Franklin’'
G-AMOG 701 1953 11 February 1953 31 March 1976 National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland Exhibited statically '‘Sir Robert Falcon Scott’'
PP-SRO 701C 1955 4 May 1955 28 February 1969 Museu Eduardo André Matarazzo, Jardim Recantro, Bebedouro, State of São Paulo, Brazil Displayed statically 'R. M. A. William Dampier' named by British European Airways.
F-BGNR 708 "12 October – 11 December 1953" "6 May 1954" "December 1996" "Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire, England" "Displayed statically" "Formerly named ‘Victoria Lynne’"
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708

"25 January – 10 March 1954" "5 July 1954" "26 March 1975" "Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany" "Displayed statically" ""
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953C

"19 November 1958" "4 April 1970" "Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia" "Displayed statically" '‘John Murray’' named aircraft.


VC-10

Aircraft Photograph Type Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref.
G-ARVF 1101 1963 6 July 1963 Spring 1981 Flugausstellung Hermeskeil, Hermeskeil, Germany Displayed statically [13][14]
G-ARVM 1101 1964 6 July 1964 22 October 1979 Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England Displayed statically Only fuselage preserved [15][16]
A4O-AB/G-ASIX 1103 1964 17 October 1964 5 July 1987 Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England Displayed statically 'Loch Maree' was the name given by Caledonian Airways, British United Airways and British Caledonian. [17][18]
G-ASGC 1151 1965 1 January 1965 22 April 1980 BOAC-Cunard Imperial War Museum Duxford, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England Displayed statically [19][20]
ZA148/5Y-ADA 1164 1967 21 March 1967 28 August 2013 South Wales Aviation Museum, Bro Tathan North, St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales Displayed statically [21][22]
ZA149/5X-UVJ 1164 1969 19 April 1969 18 March 2013 Al Mahatta Museum, Sharjah, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Displayed statically [23][24]
ZA150/5H-MOG 1164 1970 16 February 1970 (20–24 September) 2013 Kepler Aerospace Currently pending restoration to flying condition

[25][26][27][28]

- XR808 1180 1966 9 June,1966 29 July,2013 Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, Cosford, Shropshire, England Static exhibit Named in honour of "Kenneth Campbell VC, Hugh Malcolm VC & Thomas Mottershead VC" by the Royal Air Force. [29][30] - XV106 1180 1967 17 November,1967 26 July,2017 United States Air Force Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford, Greater Manchester, England Static display Forward fuselage preserved; named "Thomas Mottershead VC, W" by the Royal Air Force. [31] - XV108 1180 1968 7 June,1968 7 November,2012 Royal Air Force East Midlands Aeropark, England Static exhibit Only forward fuselage retained; named "William Rhodes-Moorhouse VC" by the Royal Air Force.

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VC-10

Aircraft Model Photograph Construction Date maiden Flight Final Flight Operator Last Location Date Scrapped Reason for Scrapping Remarks Ref.
ZD241 K.4 April 11, 1963 February 26, 1968 May 7, 1980 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom April 20, 2022 Structural aging, absence of air tanker modification, dismantled for parts and study purposes [32]
ZA147 K.3 March 1965 October 12, 1966 September 2013 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom November 2021 Airframe deterioration due to age Cockpit preserved for historical conservation [33]
  1. ↑ "60th Anniversary of Valiant's First Flight." Royal Air Force Museum, 17 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD818". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  3. ↑ "Vickers Valiant". plane-crazy.k-hosting.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  4. ↑ "Brooklands Museum". www.brooklandsmuseum.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  5. ↑ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD816". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  6. ↑ "Exhibits". Morayvia. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD875". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  8. ↑ "Conservation in Action". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  9. ↑ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD826". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  10. ↑ "Our Aircraft." Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Retrieved: 19 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - Survivor XD857". www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  12. ↑ "Vickers Valiant Tribute -1st Of The V-Bombers | Key Aero". www.key.aero. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  13. ↑ "Flugzeuge Flugausstellung Peter Junior" Archived 31 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Flugausstellung Junior, Retrieved: 19 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "C/n 808 - G-ARVF". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  15. ↑ "Vickers 1101 VC10 G-ARVM (1964)." Archived 21 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brooklands Museum, Retrieved: 13 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "C/n 815 - G-ARVM". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  17. ↑ "Vickers 1103 VC10 ex G-ASIX/A4O-AB (1964)." Archived 21 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brooklands Museum, Retrieved: 15 March 2013.
  18. ↑ "C/n 820 - G-ASIX - A4O-AB". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  19. ↑ "Vickers Super VC10 Type 1151 G-ASGC." Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Duxford Aviation Society, Retrieved: 15 March 2013.
  20. ↑ "C/n 853 - G-ASGC". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  21. ↑ "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.
  22. ↑ "C/n 883 - 5Y-ADA - ZA148". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  23. ↑ "Al Mahatta Museum showcases historical Vickers VC10” 7 November 2016 (retrieved 18 December 2018) Sharjah24.ae
  24. ↑ "C/n 884 - 5X-UVJ - ZA149". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  25. ↑ "‘Queen of the Skies’ retires to Dunsfold Park." Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brooklands Museum, 24 September 2013.
  26. ↑ "Brooklands Museum". www.brooklandsmuseum.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  27. ↑ "Kepler Aerospace aims to get former RAF VC10 flying again". UK Aviation News. 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  28. ↑ "C/n 885 - 5H-MOG - ZA150". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  29. ↑ "VC10 XR808 prepares for final move to Cosford" Template:Webarchive url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524051144/http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/whats-going-on/news/vc10-xr808-prepares-for-final-move-to-cosford date=24 May 2015 RAF Museum, retrieved on May 6, 2015
  30. ↑ Template:Cite web title=C/n 828 – XR808 url=https://www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn 828 XR808.html access-date=2024‑04‑05 website=www.vc10.net
  31. ↑ "Avro Heritage Museum – Vickers VC10 XV106" Avro Heritage Museum, retrieved on December 18, 2018
  32. ↑ "C/n 863 - G-ASGM - ZD241". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  33. ↑ "C/n 882 - 5H-MMT - ZA147". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.

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