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Old 18th Jan 2018, 18:42
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by Cole Burner
I have heard the callsign "Vicars" a few times - Church of England Air Services maybe?
Sadly, the explanation is more earthly - VSEL (Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, latterly part of BAE Systems Marine) to whom the prefix (VSB) and callsign (Vickers) is still allocated.

They had (may still have) a couple of King Air 200s based at Walney Island.
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