"The Home Of Eagle"
Cunard Eagle & British Eagle
1948 to 1968
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"The Home Of Eagle" Cunard Eagle & British Eagle 1948 to 1968 |
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G-AKBH
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Vickers Viking Type 610
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c/n 264
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Entered Service
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First Flew 6th April 1949 |
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Left Service
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Sold
to Airnautic on1st April 1961 as F-BJRS. Continued in service with Air Dauphine and Transports Aeriens Reunis. Withdrawn from service and broken up in Perpignan,France in January 1975. |
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Named
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"Sir Henry Morgan" |
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History
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On
6th June 1953 G-AKBH flew Eagle Aviations first scheduled passenger flight.
This was between London(Blackbushe Airport) and Belgrade, via Munich. Was badly damaged in a "belly landing" in Gothenburg on 24th February 1954, but was repaired and returned to service. |
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