Vickers Vanguard

The Vickers Vanguard was introduced in 1959 as a development of the successful Viscount. It came into service just before the first of the large jet-powered airliners that in the end stole it's thunder. Just 44 were built, with deliveries to Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) and British European Airways (BEA).

Both airlines converted a lot of them to freighters and this gave them a new lease of life as they ended up with other carriers. The last one retired to Brooklands in 1996 and is the only one remaining fully intact.

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See it landing for the last time here:

ABC's G-APEK  recording a TV add near Stansted 1983

ABC's Vanguard G-APEJ  at Woodford 1991

Prototype 950 G-AOYW 

A nice shot from above of G-APEM of ELAN

Based at Bromma Airport Sweden. Air Trader started operations  in late 1971,
operating cargo flights as far away as Hong Kong  with a fleet of 3 ex-Air Canada
Vanguards. A fourth aircraft was  acquired and used for spares. They finally went
bankrupt March 1973. Photo credit unknown taken at East Midlands

In 1957, TCA places an order worth $67,000,000 for the British-made 

Vickers Vanguard, the big brother of the Viscount.  By 1964, TCA had

23 of the aircraft in its fleet. Photo and details Air Canada.

 G-APEI in BEA colours when it carried pax