This aircraft was ordered new by Transair Limited, England

Built at the Vickers-Armstrong Weybridge factory

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-AOXU (CofR R.5156/1) - November 20, 1956

Registered to Transair Limited, Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England

First flown - August 31, 1957

Accepted by Transair at Weybridge - September 17, 1957

Ownership was transferred to British United Airways when the airlines merged - July 01, 1960

Registered to British United Airways Ltd -July 13, 1960

The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at London (Gatwick) - July 16, 1962

Sold to Hunting-Clan Airservices, London

Registered to Hunting-Clan Airservices, London (CofR R.5156/2) - July 16, 1962

Sold to LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze, Poland - November 11, 1962

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - November 15, 1962

Entered onto the Polish Aircraft Register as SP-LVC - November 1962

The aircraft was observed stored at London (Gatwick) - November 30, 1962

It was observed in service with LOT at London (Heathrow) - February 10, 1963

The aircraft was withdrawn from service and prepared for sale - 1966

Cancelled from the Polish Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NAI - December 13, 1966

Registered to New Zealand National Airways Corporation, Wellington, New Zealand

Test flown London (Heathrow) - January 20, 1967

Sold to New Zealand National Airways Corporation - January 24, 1967

Departed London (Heathrow) on the ferry flight to New Zealand - January 25, 1967

It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight from the United Kingdom - February 06, 1967

Flight crew: Captains J. Nevill-Jackson, R. F. Hoyle, W. T. Elby

The aircraft was named 'City of Palmerston North'

It was rolled out following repainting into the new livery to match the Boeing 737 fleet - 1968

The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Christchurch - June 1975

It was prepared for sale and acquired 'Pearl Air' titles for its sale to Pearl Air, West Indies

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - July 05, 1975

Entered onto the Grenada Aircraft Register as VQ-GAB - July 05, 1975

Registered to Pearl Air, Grenada, West Indies

Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to the Netherlands - July 05, 1975

It arrived at Maastricht (Beek) on completion of the ferry flight - July 22, 1975

It was observed at Rotterdam (Zestienhoven) undergoing maintenance - August 16, 1975

Commenced operations with Pearl Air - 1975

It was observed stored at Albenga, Italy - 1977

Sold to Southern International Air Transport Limited, England - May 1978

Cancelled from the Grenada Aircraft Register - May 1978

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CSZB (CofR G-CSZB/R1) - May 12, 1978

Registered to Southern International Air Transport Limited, Crawley, England

Test flown in the Southern International livery - August 06, 1978

Entered service with Southern International - August 15, 1978

The aircraft was leased to Dan-Air London as the registered operator - January 10, 1979

Repainted into the Dan-Air London livery - May 1979

It was damaged when it ran off the runway at London (Gatwick) due to heavy snow - January 1980

Performed a three-engined ferry flight to Eastleigh, Hampshire for repairs

The aircraft was returned to Southern International at the end of the lease - March 1980

It resumed services with Southern International in the basic Dan-Air livery

The aircraft was withdrawn from serviceand stored at Lndon (Stansted) - January 04, 1981

A proposed sale to Royal American Airways did not proceed

Ferried London (Stansted) - Eastleigh for storage - August 15, 1982

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - October 04, 1982

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CSZB (CofR G-CSZB/R2) - November 01, 1982

Registered to Philstone International Limited, Jersey, Channel Islands

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - March 30, 1983

The aircraft was sold to Britsh Air Ferries - November 03, 1983

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CSZB (CofR G-CSZB/R3) - January 25, 1984

Registered to Seatgrove Limited, London

Registered to Sean Thomas Hully, Colchester, Essex (CofR G-CSZB/R4) - July 03, 1984

Registered to Sean Thomas Hully t/a Business Air Centre Limited, London (CofR G-CZSB/R5) - July 18, 1984

Sold to Euroair, England - December 07, 1984

Leased to British Air Ferries as the registered operator - May 1985

Sold to British Air Ferried, Essex - August 05, 1985

Registered to British Air Ferries Limited, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (CofR C-CSZB/R6) - August 05, 1985

British Air Ferries was renamed British World Airlines - April 01, 1993

The aircraft was converted to a freighter configuration and operated by Parcelforce - August 1996

It operated its final Parcrlforce service - October 14, 1996

The aircraft was ferried to Southend (Rochford) for storage - October 15, 1996

It had flown 46,220 hours with 40,643 cycles

Cancelled from the Britsh Aircraft Register - August 19, 1998

The aircraft was reduced to scrap except for the nose section that was rretained for preservation - October 1998

Some parts were obtained by the Morrabbin Air Museum to assist in the restotration of their Viscount VH-TVR

The nose section was stored in the yard of J. A. Renton & Sons Haulage, Coalville, Leicestershire - May 09, 2002

It was later moved to the 'Fox Inn' hotel at Thringstone, Leicestershire

The nose section was offered for sale for 500.00 Pounds

It was sold to Colin Jacobs who loaned it t the Aeropark Collection at East Midlands Airport - January 2003

The nose section is still in existence

ZK-NAI. NZNAC - in the basic 'LOT' livery at Hurn Airport, January 1967.

(J. Mounce Collection Copyright Image 0128-094.)

ZK-NAI. NZNAC - in the basic 'LOT' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 04, 1967.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0128-082.)

ZK-NAI. NAC National Airways - 'City of Palmerston North' in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, circa 1975.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0128-046.)

ZK-NAI. NAC National Airways - 'City of Palmerston North' in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, circa 1975.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0128-061.)

ZK-NAI. NAC - in the basic livery at Christchurch Airport, June 11, 1975.

(J. Mounce Copyright Image 0128-067.)

VQ-GAB. Pearl Air - in the basic 'NAC' livery at Christchurch Airport, July 01, 1975.

(J. Mounce Copyright Image 0128-101.)

VQ-GAB. Pearl Air - in the basic 'NAC' livery at Dusseldorf Airport, May 1976.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0128-092.)

VQ-GAB. Pearl Air - in the basic 'NAC' livery at an unknown airport, July 1976.

(J. Mounce Collection Copyright Image 0128-093.)

VQ-GAB. Pearl Air - in the basic 'NAC' livery at an unknown airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0128-102.)

G-CSZB. Southern International - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 1979.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0128-074.)

G-CSZB. Dan-Air London - in the basic livery at London Gatwick Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0128-075.)

G-CSZB. Dan-Air London - in the basic livery at London Gatwick Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0128-103.)

G-CSZB. Dan-Air London - in the standard livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, March 1980.

(N. Roozen Copyright Image 0128-076.)

G-CSZB. Euroair - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, February 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0128-078.)