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    Airframe Family: Vickers 630-870 Viscount
    Latest Model:798D Viscount
    Construction Number:226
    Last Civil Registration:XC-POV
    Latest Owner or Location:Paula Gudino

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a 745D.

    1957

    Civil registration N7464 reserved but not taken up.
    Aircraft painted in Capital Airlines colors (Fleet No. 381 )- but not delivered.

    14 May 1957

    To Vickers Armstrong Aircraft (Ltd) with c/r G-APBH.

    From 3 May 1958 to 12 June 1958

    Leased to Continental Air Lines.

    February 1959

    Converted to a 798D.

    27 February 1959

    To Northeast Airlines with c/r N6599C.

    September 1963

    Aircraft repossessed by Vickers Armstrong Aircraft.

    October 1963

    To Essex International.

    16 November 1970

    To North American Rockwell.

    July 1971

    To Travis Ward.

    November 1971

    To Westernair.

    5 May 1972

    To Comision Federal de Electricidad with c/r XC-POV.

    August 1975

    To Westernair.

    April 1976

    To Distribute Air Inc.

    April 1976

    To SAETA.

    May 1976

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Quito and used for spares.

    Circa 1985

    To Carlos Alfredo Gudino.

    June 1985

    Transported by ground.
    From Quito Aeroport to private residence in Puembo.

    Markings Applied: HC-CAG
    Repainted in the fictitious airline AERO PUEMBO and with the false registration HC-CAG - the intials of the owner - Carlos Alfredo Gudino.

    To Hacienda Chaupi-Pifo-Tumbaco, Pichincha.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Paula Gudino.
    Following death of Carlos Gudino.

    23 September 2008


    Photographer: Stefano Rota

    2014

    Markings Applied:
    Repainted - but now with no visible registration.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier was started by a contributor.
    An initial preliminary of the submitted data is pending.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Vickers Viscount.net
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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