BRITISH AIRWAYS VICKERS VC-10, G-AVRM, LONDON HEATHROW

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British Airways started off as Aircraft Transport and Travel in 1919.  Soon after their collaboration with Qantas to launch the first flight to Australia and with the acquiring of more aircraft, British Airways Limited was created.  This was a merger between Imperial Airways and the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).  After World War II, with more transatlantic flights, another airline was also created, known as the British European Airways (BEA).  British Airways has continues growth, incorporating newer and more sophisticated aircraft as well as running the Concorde since 1979.

Info:    Vickers VC-10, G-Avrm - British Airways, London Heathrow Airport, 1977
Scale:    1:144
Wingspan:    12 inches
Length:    14 inches

Item Number:    AA37002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Price:    $119.95

Historical Note:    It was through BOAC's many changes in their orders that G-ARVM became the last of the BOAC’s ‘Standard’ VC-10s. When production of the VC10 commenced the order book listed 15 Standard VC10s and 30 Super VC10s for BOAC, both numbers that had already changed many times. In December 1961 the contract was once more amended to reduce the numbers to 12 Standards and 20 Supers. But another result of this change was that the already planned c/n's 816, 817 and 818, to be registered as -VN, -VO and -VP, would not be built which automatically made G-ARVM the last Type 1101 Standard VC10.