C/n 855 - G-ASGE

Date
6 March 1965	First flight.
27 March 1965	Delivery to BOAC as G-ASGE.
17 May 1966	Registered to 'BOAC-Cunard'.
11 November 1966	Registration details changed, registered to BOAC.
27 March 1967	Operated BA500/561 between Kingston, Montego Bay and Freeport, crewed by Captain Clark and F/O Frish.
23 July 1967	Operated BA537/039 from Manchester to Prestwick and onwards to New York, crewed by Captain Frish.
3 May 1969	Operated New York to Bermuda and back (BA490/491) with Captain Frish in command.
1972-1973	Used a 20in version of the carbon brakes designed for Concorde as an operational test.
30 November - 2 December 1973	Operated London-Melbourne service via New York, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Fiji and Sydney.
1 April 1974	Ownership transferred to British Airways.
9 February 1975	Operated BA098 from Cairo to London crewed by Captain Frish and F/O Thomas.
Early 1980	Retired from airline service at Heathrow.
6 May 1980	Ferried to Prestwick for storage.
12 May 1981	Ferried to RAF Brize Norton, crewed by W. Outram, A. Luscombe and K. Brotherhood.
19 May 1981	Registration cancelled. ZD233 allocated but never used.
September 1985	Broken up at Brize Norton.
September 1985	Fuselage section moved to Fire Fighting and Safety school at RAF Catterick. Hastings nose added at a later stage.
May 1988	Rear fuselage moved to RAF Manston Fire School. By 1990 combined with ZD239 (G-ASGK) front fuselage.
1999	Scrapped by White's of Oxford.

1. The fifth BOAC Super, which would be registered as G-ASGE, on the fuselage assembly line.
2. Jim Ferris visited New York in 1965 and flew back on G-ASGE.
3. The Super VC10 sported BOAC-Cunard titles at this point.
4. A nice view over the wing while over the North Atlantic.

1. Super VC10 G-ASGE seen in the BOAC/Cunard colours during the period that the airline and shipping line co-operated on UK-USA routes.
2. Although the cooperation between the airline and Cunard shipping was short-lived, there are several photos of the Super VC10s with these markings.
3. After 1974, G-ASGE was repainted in the full British Airways 'Negus' colourscheme, as seen here at Heathrow Airport.
4. In contrast, the 707 in the background is still in its BOAC scheme.

1. G-ASGE being pushed back for another flight.
2. G-ASGE was flown to Brize Norton in May 1981. By June 1984, G-ARVJ looks more complete than G-ASGE, which has lost a few parts to the spares collection.
3. At Catterick, the remains of ZD233 were combined with a Hastings nose at one point.
4. At Manston, a Super-Super VC10 was created by combining the front end of ZD239 with the remaining fuselage from ZD233.

BOAC	Second version of BOAC 'Golden Speedbird' scheme, golden edge on cheatline removed and cheatline now arcs smoothly down towards the nose without the step of the previous scheme. Initially carried 'BOAC-Cunard' titles.
BOAC/BA	As above but with British Airways titles on the forward fuselage.
BA	First British Airways ('Negus') scheme, white over dark blue fuselage with grey wings. Top of fin and stabilizer in red with Union Jack section. British Airways titles and small Speedbird on front fuselage.