The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee...
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War Museum Duxford, England. Vickers Viking G-AGRU is on display at the Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England. Vickers Viscount 701 G-ALWF is on display at...
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Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth...
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The Vickers Viscount was a medium-range airliner driven by four turboprop engines. The type was designed and manufactured in the United Kingdom from 1948...
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The Vickers Vanguard was a short/medium-range turboprop airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs. The Vanguard...
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on board. July 13 – In the 1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash, an Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan on a test flight from Croydon Airport, England...
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manufactured by Rolls-Royce Limited. First run in 1946, it powered the Vickers Viscount on its maiden flight in 1948. A flight on July 29 of that year, which...
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The following is a list of past and present operators of the Vickers Viscount. ♠ Original operators 318975 Ontario Ltd. 515489 Ontario Ltd ASS - Australian...
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– Cambrian Airways Vickers Viscount G-AMOL crashed on approach to Speke Airport, Liverpool, Lancashire. 27 October – BEA Vickers Vanguard G-APEE crashed...
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fleet of Vickers Viscount turboprop airliners was built up from late 1954 and these were used on many intra-North American routes. The Viscount was followed...
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to withdraw from its loss-making regional routes and to retire its Vickers Viscount turboprop fleet, BAF acquired the entire 18-strong fleet along with...
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Inter Flight 2611 occurred on 12 August 1963 (1963-08-12), when a Vickers Viscount 708 (registered F-BGNV) operated by Air Inter, which was on a scheduled...
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on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-12. "A Virtual Museum dedicated to the Vickers-Armstrongs Viscount". Vickers Viscount Museum. Retrieved 2023-06-12....
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6 mi) 1977-05-27 69 7 62 0 † COM Merpati Nusantara Airlines Viscount (PK-MVS) Vickers Viscount 828 indonpMentawai Strait, off Padang, Indonesia ENR 1971-11-10...
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lost three Comet 4C's, two Caravelles, a Boeing 707, the Vickers VC10, and the Vickers Viscount - MEA restarted by acquiring a Convair 990A from American...
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The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited...
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of the British manufactured, four engine Vickers Viscount, the first passenger turboprop airliner. The Viscount propjets were deployed on the flagship Washington-Chicago...
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DC-3 Dakotas, 12 Vickers Vikings, 3 Douglas DC-4s and various smaller types from the seven airlines that made it up. Vickers Viscounts were introduced...
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Investigation Report, Air Inter Vickers Viscount 708 (F-BGNV) Accident Investigation Report, Air Inter Vickers Viscount 724 (F-BMCH) Accident Investigation...
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São Paulo, killing all 20 passengers and crew. 22 December 1959: a Vickers Viscount 800 registration PP-SRG while on approach to land at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão...
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Brabazon Committee the Vickers Viscount was created: this was a medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs, making it the...
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scheduled service, flying a leased Vickers Viscount from Vienna to Zürich and London; it subsequently purchased its own Viscount fleet. On 18 February 1963,...
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Halifax Miles Gemini Miles Hawk Trainer Percival Proctor Vickers Valetta Vickers Viking Vickers Viscount In August 1950, Eagle Aviation's fleet comprised five...
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following aircraft types: On 26 August 1980 at 06:29 local time, a Vickers Viscount (registered PK-IVS) crashed near Jakarta during a scheduled passenger...
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its inter-island flights at this time with the Fairchild F-27 and Vickers Viscount turboprops. Soon, the airline made the move to pure jets, with its...
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However, the type was quickly outperformed by the turboprop-powered Vickers Viscount, with BEA opting to withdraw its Ambassadors in 1958. Secondhand aircraft...
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9, 1968, the Vickers Viscount operating the flight had an in-flight fire. The crew began an emergency descent, during which the Viscount lost control...
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Collection". 1000 Aircraft Photos. Retrieved 8 March 2020. "Viscount c/n 283". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 8 March 2020. "Hostesses' New Look". The...
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route structure, the airline became one of the early purchasers of Vickers Viscount 700s in 1951, which were placed in service in April 1954. In 1952,...
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Mozambique; and Blantyre in Malawi. Air Rhodesia's mainstay aircraft were Vickers Viscount 700D turboprops and Boeing 720 jetliners, three of which were successfully...
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