Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
    Latest Model:Series 3 Twin Pioneer
    Last Military Serial:XT610 RAF
    Construction Number:561
    Last Civil Registration:G-APRS
    Compressed ID:Scottish Aviation Series 3 sn XT610...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mains Farm, Thornhill, Scotland

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Series 3.

    16 March 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XT610.

    September 1967


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At Prestwick Air Show, Scotland

    7 July 1973


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Twin Pioneer CC.2 of Boscombe Downs Empire Test Pilots School at the 1973 International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire.

    1974


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: 1974 photo at Greenham Common

    From 30 January 1975 to 2 November 1993

    To Flight One Ltd with new c/r G-BCWF.

    January 1988


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer G-BCWF of Flight One, seen at Staverton (Gloucestershire Airport) in January 1988

    Circa 1991


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
    Notes: Taken from a Cessna during my work time at Atlantique

    From 2 November 1993 to 9 December 1993

    To Atlantic Air Transport Ltd keeping c/r G-BCWF.

    From 9 December 1993 to 7 July 2005

    To Bravo Aviation Ltd with new c/r G-APRS.

    14 July 1996


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: G-APRS in Atlantic Airlines colours at Flying Legends 1996

    19 July 1997


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Atlantique Aviation Historic Flights Twin Pioneer on display at the 1997 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford retained the Empire Test Pilots School markings when it served as XT610.

    7 July 2005

    To Aviation Heritage Ltd, Dakota House, Coventry Airport, Baginton, Coventry keeping c/r G-APRS.

    8 July 2006


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: G-APRS at Flying Legends, Duxford in 2006.

    Placed on display with Airbase, Coventry Baginton Airport, Baginton, Warwickshire/Warks, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    2 November 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Airbase Museum, Coventry Airport

    30 March 2016


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Coventry, Warwickshire, England

    9 July 2018

    Transported by ground.
    To Mains Farm, Thornhill, Stirling, Scotland.

    By August 2018

    To Mains Farm, Thornhill, Scotland.
    View the Location Dossier
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Wrecks and Relics
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=63096][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Scottish Aviation Series 3 Twin Pioneer, s/n XT610 RAF, c/n 561, c/r G-APRS[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=63096
    Copyright 1993-2025 www.m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.