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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 November 2024. British four-engined medium-range turboprop airliner, 1948 Viscount Cambrian Airways Vickers Viscount General information Type Turboprop airliner National origin United Kingdom Manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs Status Retired Primary users British European Airways Capital Airlines Trans ...
Viscount 814. Improved longer-range variant with 1,991 hp (1,485 kW) Dart 525 engines, 84 built Type 810 Prototype for the improved 810 series with Dart 525 engines and a 52-seat interior with an additional four-seat rear lounge, one built and first flown on 23 December 1957. [4] Type 811
Last Vickers Valiant ever built. Cockpit in preservation [6] [7] XD826 1956 December 15th, 1956 December 1964 Royal Air Force: Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England: On static display Cockpit only [8] [9] XD857 1957 January 5th, 1957 February 19th, 1965 Royal Air Force: Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton, Suffolk ...
Vickers was a pioneer in producing airliners, early examples being converted from Vimy bombers. Post-WWII, Vickers went on to manufacture the piston-engined Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner, the Viscount and Vanguard turboprop airliners and (as part of BAC) the VC10 jet airliner, which was used in RAF service as an aerial refuelling tanker until 2013.
Capital Airlines was a United States trunk carrier, a scheduled airline serving the eastern, southern, southeastern, and midwestern United States.Capital's headquarters were located at Washington National Airport (now Reagan Washington National Airport) across the Potomac river from Washington, D.C., where crew training and aircraft overhauls were also accomplished. [2]
Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, ...
♠ Original operators Australia Royal Australian Air Force. No. 34 Squadron RAAF - Two Type 839s bought in 1964 with VIP interior, [26] sold in 1969. Brazil Brazilian Air Force ♠ - One Type 742 delivered in November 1956 and one Type 789 December 1957 both with VIP interior.
The prototype of the turboprop civil transport Vickers Viscount was flown from Wisley Airfield by Summers and Jock Bryce for 10 minutes on 16 July 1948. The very last prototype to have Summers at the controls on its maiden flight was the Vickers Valiant , once again with Jock Bryce as co-pilot, flown from Wisley Airfield on 18 May 1951.