AK200 BEA Argosy G-AOZZ Scale 1/200 AK019

VERY LIMITED EDITION ONLY 312 WORLDWIDE

G-AOZZ c/n 6651 WAS THE FIRST ARGOSY TO COME OFF THE PRODUCTION LINE,AND WAS ONE OF THREE ORDERED BY BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS (BEA) THE ARGOSY FIRST FLEW ON THE 8th JANUARY 1959 AND WAS DELIVERED TO BEA  ON THE 19th DECEMBER 1961.ZZ THEN WENT INTO SERVICE WITH ITS TWO SISTER SHIPS ALLOWING BEA TO RETIRE THEIR DC-3 DAKOTA FREIGHTERS.G-AOZZ SERVED FAITHFULLY WITH BEA UNTIL MID 1965 WHEN IT WAS RETURNED TO ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH,AND BEA THEN TOOK DELIVERY OF FIVE NEW ARGOSY 222 AIRCRAFT WITH ENHANCED CAPABILITY.

ZZ WAS SOLD TO UNIVERSAL AIRLINES IN THE USA TAKING UP ITS NEW IDENTITY AS N896U IN DECEMBER 1968.IN 1971 IT PASSED TO DUNCAN AVIATION INITIALLY ON LEASE AND THEN WAS PURCHASED BY THEM.IT REMAINED IN SERVICE FOR 20 YEARS,UNTIL ITS RETIREMENT IN DECEMBER 1991 WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE YANKEE AIR MUSEAM AT WILLOW RUN AIRPORT,MICHIGAN WERE IT CAN STILL BE SEEN TODAY