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PHOTO VICKERS VIKING 1B [G-AIVG] C/N 220 BUILT IN 1946 AS G-AIVG FOR THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION IN LONDON. JOINED BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS (BEA) IN MAY 1947 AND FLEW WITH THEM UNTIL WRITTEN OFF AT PARIS LE BOURGET IN AUGUST 1953 WHEN A TYRE BURST DURING TAKE-OFF LUCKILY WITH NO CASUALTIES. BY 1970 SHE WAS AT THE MUS�?©E NATIONAL DE L'AUTOMOBILE DE MULHOUSE WEARING BALAIR COLOURS BUT SHE IS NOW STORED OUTSIDE AT BASEL AIRPORT UNDER THE CARE OF WWW.SAVE-A-VIKING.ORG. THE UNDERCARRIAGE FROM VALETTA VX577 WAS DONATED TO THE PROJECT FROM THE NORTH EAST AIR MUSEUM AT SUNDERLAND FOLLOWING AN ARSON-ATTACK WHICH DESTROYED MUCH OF THE VALETTAS AIRFRAME. THIS HOPEFULLY MEANS THAT A COMPLETE VIKING CAN ONE DAY BE PUT ON DISPLAY HERE. EUROAIRPORT BASEL MULHOUSE FREIBURG FRANCE. 12TH MAY 2022 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) A WILLSONPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches
CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO
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