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    Airframe Family: Vickers 630-870 Viscount
    Latest Model:720C Viscount
    Construction Number:48
    Last Civil Registration:VH-TVE
    Compressed ID:Vickers 720C cn 48 cr VH-TVE
    Latest Owner or Location:Simsmetal

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 720A by Vickers at Vickers-Armstrong Hurn.

    22 June 1954

    Assigned civil registration: VH-TVE

    23 December 1954

    First flight.

    Circa December 1954

    To Australian National Airlines Commission (TAA).
    Named *Charles Sturt*.

    From Unknown to 22 January 1955

    Ferry flight.
    Route Hurn - Hamburg - Rome - Athens - Beirut - Bahrain - Delhi - Calcutta - Rangoon -Singapore - Jakarta - Denpasar - Darwin - Alice Springs - Melbourne.

    Circa 1957

    Converted to a 720C by Vickers at Vickers-Armstrong Hurn.

    From 6 March 1960 to 12 October 1966

    Leased to Ansett-ANA.

    Circa 1964


    Photographer: Ansett Collection

    23 November 1966

    Returned to service with Trans Australia Airlines, Renamed *John Ross*.

    1 April 1968

    Withdrawn from use.
    Withdrawn from T.A.A. service and placed in storage at Melbourne (Essendon) Airport.

    18 December 1969

    To Simsmetal.

    18 December 1969

    Scrapped.
    At Melbourne (Essendon) Airport.

    30 January 1970

    Civil registration, VH-TVE, cancelled.
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