G-AOHV Vickers V802 Viscount Euroair Transport MAN 17JAN84

            Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 17-Jan-24.

In Jan-09, after 52 years in service, this aircraft is thought to have operated the last ever flight by a Viscount anywhere in the world.  When it retired it had flown 53,014 hours and operated 50,631 flight cycles, an average flight time of around 1 hour 5 minutes.

Delivered to BEA British European Airways as G-AOHV in Jul-57.  BEA merged with BOAC in Apr-74 to form British Airways.  The aircraft was retired by British Airways in Mar-80 and it was stored at Cardiff.

It was sold to BAF British Air Ferries in Jan-81 and wet leased to the Oasis Oil Company, Libya, the following month, returning to BAF in May-81.  The aircraft was leased to the Oasis Oil Company again between Jul/Sep-81 and sub-leased to the Esso Standard Oil Company (Libya) between Sep/Oct-81 when it returned to Oasis Oil until it was returned to BAF in Aug-82.

It was sold to Polar Airways in Mar-83.  They ceased trading the following month and the aircraft was stored at Teesside, UK, until BAF bought it back again in Jul-83 and leased it to Alexandra Aviation Ltd, trading as Euroair Transport in Aug-83.  In Jun-84 Alexandra Aviation bought it and re-registered it G-BLNB while Euroair continued to operate it.

It was sub-leased to Tunisavia in Jul-84 for 1 year, but returned to Euroair in Dec-84 and was stored at Exeter, UK.  The aircraft returned to service in May-85 and in Aug-85 it was sold back to BAF British Air Ferries.  BAF were renamed British World Airlines in Apr-93.  The aircraft was re-registered G-OPFI in Mar-94.

It was retired and stored at Southend, UK, in Jan-98.  However, even after 41 years in service, it's career was far from over.  In Apr-99 it was sold to Airwing 2000 Ltd, and sold on to Interflight (Swaziland) in Aug-99 as 3D-PFI and stored at Wonderboom, South Africa the following month.

Two years later it was sold to Transtel (Togo) in Oct-01 as 5V-TTP.  It was leased to the Ivory Coast Government in Nov-02 as TU-VAB.  The aircraft was returned to Transtel in Jul-03 and immediately sold to Pegasus Aviation, becoming 3D-PFI again.

In Jan-09 it was sold to Global Airways (Dem Republic of Congo) as 9Q-COD and stored at Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo, at the end of Jan-09 after 52 years in service.  This ferry flight is thought to be the last flight by a Viscount anywhere in the world.  The aircraft never flew again.  It was sold to GTRA Airways in Jan-11 and remained stored at Lubumbashi.  It was broken up there sometime between Jul-12 & Oct-15.

Taken on: January 17, 1984

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