rogerk,
Your story about the Viscount strikes a chord. Must say I think I prefer the original CAA livery, having seen them arriving new at SAY in 1956/7 (but not VP-YN
I, don't know where that came from).
Here's a link to another Brooklands-built aeroplane that regularly graced the same Southern African airfield, sometimes even circuit-bashing, on Thursday afternoons in late 1964. In this photo it's sporting a more striking colour scheme than in those early days, and finds itself at MAN:
Photos: Vickers VC-10 1103 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
[No old jokes about soccer clubs, please...]
And the same one at GIG in 1972, now sporting a Lion Rampant, with a sister ship:
Photos: Vickers VC-10 1103 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net