BEA Vickers Vanguard crew undergoing a 6-month check by Captain Ron Gillman in a rudimentary early flight simulator, 1963. The simulator was located in the airline’s training centre at Viking House, Heston. | Airline Secrets Exposed

Heading back to 1959 for this week’s video from the Pathé archive. It was on this day that the first flight of the prototype Vickers Vanguard G-AOYW was made from Brooklands by 'Jock' Bryce and Brian Trubshaw. | Brooklands Museum

We’ve pulled a lovely bit of footage from the Pathé Archive of the first Vickers Vanguard being delivered to BEA on 3rd December 1960. Our Vickers Vanguard, G-APEP, made its first flight almost a year later, on the 29th November 1961, joining the BEA fleet a few weeks later. | Brooklands Museum