This article is a list of aircraft that were manufactured by Vickers and are in preservation.
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Valiant AircraftPhotographBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLocationStatusNotesRef.XD8181956September 4th, 1956January 1965Royal Air ForceRoyal Air Force Museum Midlands, RAF Cosford, Shropshire, EnglandOn static display"60th Anniversary of Valiant's First Flight." Royal Air Force Museum, 17 May 2011.XD816195619561968Royal Air ForceBrooklands Museum Weybridge, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayCockpit onlyXD8751957August 27th, 1957November 9th, 1962Royal Air ForceMorayvia, Kinloss, Moray, ScotlandOn static displayLast Vickers Valiant ever built. Cockpit in preservationXD8261956December 15th, 1956December 1964 Royal Air ForceImperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, EnglandOn static displayCockpit onlyXD8571957January 5th, 1957February 19th, 1965Royal Air ForceNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton, Suffolk, EnglandOn static displayCockpit only"Our Aircraft." Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Retrieved: 19 August 2012.
Vanguard AircraftPhotographTypeBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLocationStatusNotesRef.G-APEJ953/953C1961August 16th, 1961December 24th, 1992 British European Airways British Airways Air Bridge Hunting Cargo AirlinesBrooklands Museum, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Ajax" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Nose only on static displayG-APEP953/953C1961December 13th, 1961September 30th, 1996 - October 17th, 1996 British European Airways British Airways Air Bridge Hunting Cargo AirlinesBrooklands Museum, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Superb" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo AirlinesG-APES953/953C1962January 24th, 1962May 1975 (British Airways)February 4th, 1995 (Hunting Cargo Airlines) British European Airways British Airways Air Bridge Hunting Cargo AirlinesEast Midlands Aeropark, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Swiftsure" by Air Bridge and Hunting Cargo Airlines. Nose only on static display
Viscount AircraftPhotographTypeBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLocationStatusNotesRef.G-ALWF701A1952December 1952December 24th, 1971 British European Airways Channel AirwaysImperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Sir John Franklin""Vickers V701 Viscount – G-ALWF." Duxford Aviation Society, 2010. Retrieved: 14 September 2010.G-AMOG7011953February 11th, 1953March 31st, 1976 British European Airways Cambrian Airways British Overseas Airways Corporation British AirwaysNational Museum of Flight, East Fortune, East Lothian, ScotlandOn static displayNamed "Sir Robert Falcon Scott"PP-SRO701C1955May 4th, 1955February 28th, 1969 British European Airways Viação Aérea São PauloMuseu Eduardo André Matarazzo, Jardim Recantro, Bebedouro, State of São Paulo, BrazilOn static displayNamed "R. M. A. William Dampier" by British European AirwaysF-BGNR708October 12th, 1953 - December 11th, 1953May 6th, 1954December 1996 Danish Air Charter Air Inter/Lignes Aériennes IntérieuresMidland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire, EnglandOn static displayOnce named "Victoria Lynne"F-BGNU708January 25th, 1954 - March 10th, 1954July 5th, 1954March 26th, 1975 Air France Air Viet Nam Air France Air Inter/Lignes Aériennes IntérieuresSinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, GermanyOn static displayVH-TVR953C1958November 19th, 1958April 4th, 1970Trans-Australia AirlinesAustralian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, AustraliaOn static displayNamed "John Murray"
VC-10 AircraftPhotographTypeBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLocationStatusNotesRef.G-ARVF11011963July 6th, 1963Spring 1981 British Overseas Airways Corporation British Airways United Arab Emirates GovernmentFlugausstellung Hermeskeil at Hermeskeil, GermanyOn static display"Flugzeuge Flugausstellung Peter Junior" Flugausstellung Junior, Retrieved: 19 October 2015.G-ARVM11011964July 6th, 1964October 22nd, 1979 British Overseas Airways Corporation British AirwaysBrooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayFuselage only"Vickers 1101 VC10 G-ARVM (1964)." Brooklands Museum, Retrieved: 13 April 2015.A4O-AB/G-ASIX11031964October 17th, 1964July 5th, 1987 British United Airways Caledonian Airways British Caledonian Royal Flight of OmanBrooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Loch Maree" by Caledonian Airways, British United Airways and British Caledonian."Vickers 1103 VC10 ex G-ASIX/A4O-AB (1964)." Brooklands Museum, Retrieved: 15 March 2013.G-ASGC11511965January 1st, 1965April 22nd, 1980BOAC-CunardImperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, EnglandOn static display"Vickers Super VC10 Type 1151 G-ASGC." Duxford Aviation Society, Retrieved: 15 March 2013.ZA148/5Y-ADA11641967March 21st, 1967August 28th, 2013 East African Airways Royal Air ForceSouth Wales Aviation Museum, Bro Tathan North, St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, WalesOn static display"Aviation News – Ex-RAF Vickers VC10 K.3 ZA148 Joins Classic Air Force Collection." Global Aviation Resource, 28 August 2013.ZA149/5X-UVJ11641969April 19th, 1969March 18th, 2013 East African Airways Royal Air ForceAl Mahatta Museum, Sharjah, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesOn static display"Al Mahatta Museum showcases historical Vickers VC10” 7 November 2016 (retrieved 18 December 2018) Sharjah24.aeZA150/5H-MOG11641970February 16th, 1970September 20th, 2013 - September 24th, 2013 East African Airways Royal Air ForceKepler AerospaceAwaiting restoration to airworthy status"‘Queen of the Skies’ retires to Dunsfold Park." Brooklands Museum, 24 September 2013.XR80811801966June 9th, 1966July 29th, 2013Royal Air ForceRoyal Air Force Museum Midlands, Cosford, Shropshire, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Kenneth Campbell VC, Hugh Malcolm VC & Thomas Mottershead VC" by the Royal Air Force."VC10 XR808 prepares for final move to Cosford" 6 May 2015 RAF MuseumXV10611801967November 17th, 1967July 26th, 2017United States Air ForceAvro Heritage Museum, Woodford, Greater Manchester, EnglandOn static displayNamed "Thomas Mottershead VC, W" by the Royal Air Force. Forward fuselage only in preservation"Avro Heritage Museum - Vickers VC10 XV106" 18 December 2018 Avro Heritage MuseumXV10811801968June 7th, 1968November 7th, 2012Royal Air ForceEast Midlands Aeropark, EnglandOn static displayNamed "William Rhodes-Moorhouse VC" by the Royal Air Force. Forward fuselage only in preservation
Formerly preserved, scrapped
VC-10 AircraftModelPhotographBuild dateFirst flightLast flightOperatorLast seenScrap dateCause of scrappingNotesRef.ZD241K.4April 11th, 196326 February 1968May 7th, 1980 British Overseas Airways Corporation Royal Air ForceBruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United KingdomApril 20th, 2022Aging Airframe, Lack of Air Tanker Conversion, Dismantling for Spares and ResearchZA147K.3March 1965October 12th, 1966September 2013 East African Airways Royal Air ForceBruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United KingdomNovember 2021Aging airframeCockpit section was saved for preservation
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