This article is a list of aircraft that were scrapped during preservation

Aero Spacelines

Supper Guppy

Aircraft Type Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes Ref.
F-BTGV/N211AS B-377-SGT 1970 August 24th, 1970 1996 Airbus Skylink Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom December 2020 Aging airframe Cockpit was saved by the South Wales Aviation Museum. [1][2][3]

Airbus

A310

Aircraft Type Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes Ref.
5N-AUG A310-222 1984 December 1984 September 8, 1987 Nigeria Airways Gilly, Belgium Destroyed in a fire on November 17, 2020 [4][5]

Lockheed

RAF Tristars

Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes Ref.
ZD948 1978 October 1978 March 1983 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom February 2022-March 2022 Aging airframe Named "The Princess Margaret Rose" by British Airways [6]
ZD950 1979 April 1979 March 24th, 2014 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom March 13th, 2022 Aging airframe Named "The English Miss Rose" by British Airways [7]
ZD951 1979 May 1979 March 23rd, 2014 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom February 24th, 2022 Aging airframe Named "The Astral Rose" by British Airways [8]
ZD953 1980 May 1980 March 19th, 2014 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom March 28th, 2022 Aging airframe Named "Elizabeth of Glamis" by British Airways [8]
ZE704 1980 June 1980 March 25th, 2014
  • Pan Am
  • Royal Air Force
  • CSDS Aircraft Sales and Leasing
  • LJ Properties
  • Aero Airtanker
  • Tempus Applied Solutions
 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom April 10th, 2022 Aging airframe Named "Clipper Bald Eagle" by Pan Am [9]
ZE705 1980 July 1980 March 12th, 2014
  • Pan Am
  • Royal Air Force
  • CSDS Aircraft Sales and Leasing
  • LJ Properties
  • Aero Airtanker
  • Tempus Applied Solutions
 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom April 4th, 2022 Aging airframe Named "Clipper Golden Eagle" by Pan Am [10]

McDonnell Douglas

DC-9

Aircraft Type Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Last seen Scrap date Notes Ref.
N779NC DC-9-51 1968 1968 2002 Delta Air Lines Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina January 2017 [11][12][13][14]

Vickers

VC-10

Aircraft Type Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes Ref.
ZD241 K.4 April 11th, 1963 26 February 1968 May 7th, 1980 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom April 20th, 2022 Aging Airframe, Lack of Air Tanker Conversion, Dismantling for Spares and Research [15]
ZA147 K.3 March 1965 October 12th, 1966 September 2013 Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom November 2021 Aging airframe Cockpit section was saved for preservation [16]

References

  1. ^ Valduga, Fernando (December 20, 2020). "Primeiro Super Guppy da Airbus começa a virar sucata". Cavok (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Turbines Story!". Aviationtag (in German). 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  3. ^ "F-BTGV Airbus Industrie Aero Spacelines 337SGT-201F Guppy - PlaneLogger". planelogger.com. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  4. ^ "5N-AUG Nigeria Airways Airbus A310-200". www.planespotters.net. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  5. ^ Noëth, Bart (2020-11-17). "Famous Airbus A310, located on a terrain in Gilly, Belgium, burns down". Aviation24.be. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  6. ^ "N304CS Tempus Applied Solutions Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 500". www.planespotters.net. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  7. ^ "N405CS Tempus Applied Solutions Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 500". www.planespotters.net. 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  8. ^ a b "N705CS Tempus Applied Solutions Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 500". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  9. ^ "N507CS Tempus Applied Solution Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 500". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  10. ^ "N703CS Tempus Applied Solutions Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 500". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  11. ^ "Delta Air Lines last DC-9, N779NC". Carolinas Aviation Museum. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  12. ^ "N779NC Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  13. ^ Washburn, Mark (23 January 2014). "Delta's last DC-9 retires at Charlotte museum". CharlotteObserver.com. The McClatchy Company. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  14. ^ "N779NC Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 – cn 48101 / 931". Planespotters.net. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  15. ^ "C/n 863 - G-ASGM - ZD241". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  16. ^ "C/n 882 - 5H-MMT - ZA147". www.vc10.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
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