9G-ABO Ghana Airways Vickers VC-10 approaches runway 28L for departure at London Heathrow

My very last VC-10 slide / transparency scan to upload!
Just 28 scans of the wonderful VC-10s uploaded to Flickr - such a great aircraft!

The beautiful sleek lines of the VC-10. I only got a handful of photos of the few remaining VC-10s in 1980, including this rather battered looking Ghana Airways example seen heading for Accra on flight GH703.

9G-ABO - despite being the flagship of Ghana Airways at the time - always looked decidedly scruffy when I saw her, as seen in this picture! The aircraft was withdrawn from service later in 1980.

9G-ABO c/n 823 - Vickers VC-10-1102 - delivered new to Ghana Airways in January 1965. The aircraft flew with the airline until being replaced by a DC-10 leased from KLM late in 1980. Ghana Airways eventually bought their own DC-10 9G-ANA in 1983 which became a regular sight at Heathrow for a number of years.

After withdrawal, 9G-ABO was flown to Prestwick for open storage, finally being broken up there in 1983.

A full history of 9G-ABO here: www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn_823__9gabo.html

Visit my VC-10 gallery here - full of superb images of a perfect plane! www.flickr.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/galleries/7215770818...

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith E camera and 300mm lens.

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

Taken in: UK / England / Hillingdon / Heathrow (show map)

Taken on: July 27, 1980

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