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    On 2 September 1958, an Independent Air Travel Vickers VC.1 Viking (registration G-AIJE), with three crew members aboard and loaded with two Bristol Proteus...
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  • The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited...
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  • infant nephew when his house caught fire following the 1958 Independent Air Travel Vickers Viking crash in Southall in 1959. The first person to receive a...
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    The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee...
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  • error, killing 25 of 34 on board. September 2 – An Independent Air Travel Vickers VC.1 Viking crashed near Southall, Middlesex, killing all three crew on...
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  • non-scheduled domestic and international air services that were initially operated with Douglas Dakota and Vickers Viking piston airliners from the company's...
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    three. On 22 October 1958, Flight 142, a Vickers Viscount 701C (G-ANHC), was struck by an Italian Air Force F-86E Sabre and crashed at Anzio, Italy with...
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  • transmitting station was aware of the crash. 2 September – Independent Air Travel Vickers Viking G-AIJE crashed at Southall, Middlesex killing all three...
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  • The Vickers VC.1 Viking was a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited...
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  • four nmi off course in bad weather conditions. 1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash, crashed into a mountain near Stavanger, killing all 39 people on board...
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  • following a takeover by Air Holdings of Air Ferry. A provisional base was established at Ramsgate Airport. Two Vickers Viking aircraft were purchased...
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    Percival Proctor Vickers Valetta Vickers Viking Vickers Viscount In August 1950, Eagle Aviation's fleet comprised five aircraft. In April 1958, Eagle Airways's...
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  • renamed Federal Aviation Administration). September 2 – An Independent Air Travel Vickers VC.1 Viking cargo aircraft carrying two Bristol Proteus turboprop...
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  • British 5th Army - During an operation in Celle in Germany the lorry he was travelling in skidded and went off a bridge into the River Aller. Even though he...
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    located in Egypt. Two more Beech C-45s were delivered in 1947, and the Vickers Viking was incorporated in 1948. In May 1949, all the capital and the aircraft...
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    Airways (BEA). Because of Aer Lingus' growth the airline bought seven new Vickers Viking aircraft in 1947, however, these proved to be uneconomical and were...
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    7X. On 21 March 1944, a Royal Air Force Halifax Bomber crashed in Moordown soon after takeoff. On 28 January 1972, Vickers Viscount D-ANEF of Airwork Services...
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  • The Times. No. 54050. London. 16 January 1958. col B, p. 10. ASN Aircraft accident description Vickers 614 Viking 1 G-AHPH – Southend Municipal Airport (SEN)...
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  • 45 Solent (1946–50) Vickers VC10 & Super VC10 (1964-1974) Vickers Viking (1946–47) Vickers Warwick - one aircraft (1944–45) Vickers Wellington (1942–43)...
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  • List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1955–1959) (category Aviation accidents and incidents in 1958)
    Argentine Air Force Vickers VC.1 Viking T-5 crashed at Resistencia, Argentina. 6 July "ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (UP)-A U.S. Air Force tanker exploded and crashed in...
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  • September 2021. "Platinum Air Charter Executive". rzjets. Retrieved 18 September 2021. Kittle; Rayner G. C.: The Vickers Viscount. Air-Britain (Historians)...
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    2010. Retrieved 4 December 2013. Stephens, Going Solo, pp. 446–47. "Vickers Viking". RAAF Museum. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved...
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    DC-4, the new type had 16 additional seats. In 1958, BEA began replacing its piston airliners with Vickers Viscount 701 turboprop aircraft, in a high-density...
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    (29 November 2013). "On This Day in 1975: F1 legend Graham Hill dies in air crash | Motorhead". Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 9...
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    a routing of Kingston, Jamaica - Grand Cayman - Belize City with a Vickers Viking twin-prop aircraft with this service being timed to connect to other...
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  • services for a short time and were sold within a few years. The 28-seat Vickers Viking served the airline briefly, before being sold to British European Airways...
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  • failure, killing four of five on board. 2 September An Independent Air Travel Vickers VC.1 Viking crashed near Southall, Middlesex due to pilot error following...
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  • station was closed. 30 May 1958: The first commercial air service to use the rebuilt airport was operated by Transair with a Vickers Viscount carrying troops...
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  • passed away in Delhi Vickers Muere la periodista Jennifer Wolff Conde (in Spanish) Robert M. Young Dies: Groundbreaking Independent Film Director, Camera...
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    of the attention, the key architect of this strategy was Michael G. Vickers. Vickers was a young Paramilitary Operations Officer from SAD/SOG. The CIA's...
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