Julien Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy. ZK-SAE, "Merchant Enterprise" Ex SAFE Air Cargo now on diaplay at Woodbourne Airport, Blenheim, New Zealand. Pics thanks to Mike0179. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Argosy C Mk.1 XP411. This airframe was delivered in 1962. It flew in support of operations airlifting fuel to Zambia, unloading at Ndola andLusaka and then flying across the Congolese border to Elizabethville to refuel for the return flight to Nairobi. Also resuppliing the temporary RAF base at Majunga in Malagasy used by detachments of Shackletons patrolling the Mozambique Channel to enforce the UN blockade of Rhodesia. It ferried troops of the Staffordshire Regiment from Khormaksar to Entebbe to put down a mutiny by the Ugandan Army. In addition air dropping supplies during the fighting in Aden & Borneo. Now at the RAF Museum Cosford, pic thanks to Frank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy G-BEOZ at Aeropark, East Midlands Airport, pics thanks to Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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