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Vickers Viscount
Vickers Viscount 707, G-APZC, Tradair.jpg
Vickers Viscount landing.
Role Airliner
National origin UK.
Manufacturer Vickers
First flight 1948
Introduction 1950
Status Out of service
Produced 1948-1963
Number built 445 examples

The Vickers Viscount was a famous British airliner. It was a special kind of aircraft because it used four turboprop engines. These engines are like a mix between a jet engine and a propeller engine. The Viscount was built to carry people, usually between 65 and 75 passengers. Many big airlines around the world used it, like Air France, BOAC, and United Airlines. A bigger version, called the Vanguard, was made to carry cargo.

What is the Vickers Viscount?

The Vickers Viscount was designed and built in the United Kingdom. It was one of the first planes to use turboprop engines for passenger flights. This made it quite advanced for its time. The first flight of a Viscount happened in 1948. It started carrying passengers in 1950.

How Many Viscounts Were Built?

Vickers, the company that made the Viscount, built a total of 445 of these planes. They were produced between 1948 and 1963. The Viscount became very popular with airlines worldwide.

Who Used the Viscount?

Many different airlines bought and used the Vickers Viscount. It was a common sight at airports from the 1950s through the 1970s. Its design, especially its large oval windows, made it easy to spot.

Images for kids

  • BRITISH AIR FERRIES VICKERS VISCOUNT 806 G-APIM VISCOUNT STEPHEN PIERCEY CABIN VIEW AT THE BROOKLANDS MUSEUM WEYBRIDGE SURREY JUNE 2014 (14617759204)

    Five-abreast cabin

  • Vickers 663 Tay Viscount

    Type 663 Tay Viscount demonstrating at Farnborough in September 1950

  • Air Zimbabwe Viscount 1981

    The Viscount's large oval windows, Air Zimbabwe 1981

  • Viscount 700 G-AMAV NZ Air Race

    Viscount 700 prototype G-AMAV as competitor No. 23 in the NZ Air Race at London Airport, 8 October 1953

  • Trans-Canada Airlines Vickers Viscount (1)

    Trans-Canada Airlines Viscount making a low pass sometime in the 1960s

  • Vickers Viscount 807 ZK-BRD Wellington 210471

    National Airways Viscount at Wellington Airport, 1971

  • Cambrian viscount g-amon in 1963 arp

    Viscount 701 of Cambrian Airways at Bristol Airport, 1963

  • Bea vickers viscount g-aohj arp

    British European Airways Vickers Viscount 802 at London Heathrow Airport in 1964. Behind it is a BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident and on the right a BEA Vickers Vanguard

  • Viscount2 wcam

    Tail fin of a Viscount 757 at the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • Vickers Viscount at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Vickers Viscount Type 724 (Registration N22SN c/n 40) in Viscount Air Services Inc. colours at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

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