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Originally Posted by ANTHONY F DUVA JR
The airline lasted until the spring of 1977. Each nation then formed its own flag carrier. The color scheme on the VC-10 is the final scheme, but I forgot whether or not the VC-10 lasted until the very end.
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Of the five VC10s that East African purchased, four of them flew until the end. That included the one released by Gemini, registration 5H-MOG.
Officially, the airline went bankrupt on January 28, 1977. 5H-MOG made its final flight from Nairobi, Kenya to Bristol, England on August 3, 1977. In 1978, it was converted to a RAF refuelling tanker along with the others.
Sources: 1) East African, An Airline Story by Peter J. Davis. 2) Wikepedia - East African Airways.