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1965
1965 - 0095.PDF
The first VC10 for Ghana Airways (9G-AB0), which was officially handed over on December 18 ("Flight" December 31, page 1111) GHANA'S LONG-HAUL JET /~\N February 1 Ghana Airways' first VC10 will, if all goes well, ^ go into service on the Accra-London service and, later, on the Accra-Rome-Zurich-London services. It will take over first from the Britannia 309 at present used by Ghana Airways and later from the Convair 990 leased to Ghana from Swissair. In due course Ghana Airways plans to develop further long-haul services and also to expand its freight operations with the second and third VClOs which are to have large freight doors and mechanized loading systems. Flight crews have been under training at Wisley since December. These crews include six captains who have previously commanded Britannias. The work of crew conversion has been handled by BOAC, which also exercises ultimate technical control of the airline's VC10 programme. The trainee team at Wisley has been led by Capt. G. W. Daggett who is flight captain of Ghana Airwavs VC10 fleet. Layout of the first VC10 for Ghana is arranged for 20 first-class and 87 economy-class seats. Crews will consist of two pilots, a navigator and an engineer on the flight deck, with a total of six cabin crew consisting of three stewards and three stewardesses. Ghana Airways' plans for expansion of long-haul service are still under consideration, but it is possible that the initial develop- ment will be that of services to the Middle East and beyond, via Cairo and Beirut. There will possibly also be extension of the present European services into Western Germany. Services to the Far East are also under consideration. Large freight doors, which are planned for the second and third aircraft, and the first VC10 has the 4 per cent extra chord at the wing leading edge. This first aircraft, 9G-ABO, was handed over to Ghana Airways on December 18, when Mr. A. J. Dowuona- Hammond, Ghana's Minister of Communications, signed the documents which made Ghana Airways the first overseas airline to buy the VC10.
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