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Registration: N896U

Construction Number: 6651

Model Armstrong Whitworth AW650 Argosy 102

Operator: Duncan Aviation

Airport: Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC / PANC), USA - Alaska

Photographer: David Dickins

Date Taken: 06/1984

Date Submitted: 24/07/2019

This is the very first Argosy built. This prototype was delivered to British European as G-AOZZ in December 1961. Exactly seven years later they sold it to Detroit-based Universal Airlines as N896U, and it kept those marks ever since. The aircraft is seen here during the twilight of its active career flying for the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska. It returned to its former home at Detroit / Willow-Run airport, for preservation in the Yankee Air Force Museum. Regrettably, it was completely broken up in 2013 for financial reasons, despite still being in very good condition.

Picture ID:1663164

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