Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 23-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 11-Apr-23.
United Arab Airlines eventually became Egypt Air.
Only in service for 10 years and broken up 2 years later...
British Eagle bought 4 Viscounts from United Arab Airlines which had been sitting in the desert. This one, SU-AKN became G-ATDR. The others being G-ANRS, G-ATDU & G-ATFN. They were full of particularly nasty creepy-crawlies and on one ferry flight from Cairo the F/O was bitten by a spider and they had to divert to Paris. On arrival at Liverpool they had to be fumigated (the aircraft, not the crew!).
This aircraft was delivered new to Misrair Egyptian Airlines in Jul-58 as SU-AKN. After an agreement between the Egyptian and Syrian Governments, Misrair and Syrian Arab Airlines were merged to form United Arab Airlines in Aug-60 (although Syria changed it's mind in 1961 and went it's own way).
After being stored at Cairo for a while it was sold to British Eagle International Airlines in May-65. It was stored at Liverpool in Nov-68 when British Eagle ceased operations. It was ferried to Blackbushe, UK, a year later in Nov-69 and broken up there by May-70.
