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    Airframe Family: Vickers 950/951/953 Vanguard / 953 Merchantman
    Latest Model:952 Vanguard
    Construction Number:744
    Last Civil Registration:PK-MVA
    Compressed ID:Vickers 952 cn 744 cr PK-MVA
    Latest Owner or Location:Merpati Nusantara Airlines

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    Dates

    Event

    1962

    Constructed as a 952.

    11 July 1962

    To Trans-Canadian Airlines with new c/r CF-TKU.

    14 November 1969

    To Air Holdings keeping c/r CF-TKU.

    13 April 1972

    To Air Trader with new c/r SE-FTI.

    April 1973

    To Templewood Aviation with new c/r G-AZNG.

    April 1973

    Leased to Merpati Nusantara.
    Leased using registration PK-MVC.

    To Invicta International Airlines keeping c/r G-AZNG.

    To Europe Aero Services with new c/r F-BVUY.

    10 September 1976


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At London Gatwick Airport

    From March 1981 to November 1985

    To Merpati Nusantara Airlines with new c/r PK-MVA.

    Circa 1986

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Jakarta, Indonesia.
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