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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 ...
The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 720C manufactured in 1954 and assigned serial number 45. It was immediately acquired by Trans Australia Airlines and entered airline service in Australia as VH-TVB. In 1959 it appeared at that year's Farnborough Airshow. It was sold to Ansett-ANA in 1962 and re-registered as VH-RMQ. In September 1968 the ...
Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref. XD818 1956 September 4th, 1956 January 1965 Royal Air Force: RAF Museum Cosford, RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England: On static display [1] [2] [3] XD816 1956 1956 1968 Royal Air Force: Brooklands Museum Weybridge, Surrey, England: On static display Cockpit ...
The Viscount was also operated by corporate operators particularly in the United States, the following bought the aircraft new: Canadian Department of Transport ♠ - One Type 737 delivered in March 1955. [31] was followed by a Type 797 in 1957 [32] Iranian Government ♠ - One Type 839 delivered in May 1961
The aircraft operating the flight was a Vickers Viscount, Makers Serial Number (MSN) 394. It was built in 1958 for Misrair, the Egyptian airline, and sold to British Eagle International Airlines on September 3, 1965. [3] Upon purchase it was registered as G-AFTN and named “City of Truro".
Production aircraft for the Indian Air Force with Dart 506s and a VIP interior, one built, delivered in December 1955. [4] Type 724 Production aircraft for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) of Canada with Dart 506s, included increased electrical power, new fuel system, and cold-weather operation provisions (ice-guard panels of fuselage and anti-skid ...
A similar Vickers Viscount to the accident aircraft, depicted in 1972. Flight 618 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight on 15 January 1977. [1] It was conducted using a Vickers 838 Viscount with registration SE-FOZ and serial number 372. The aircraft was bought used by Skyline in 1976 to replace an existing, small Viscount 784. [1]
Austrian Airlines Flight 901 was a flight from Vienna, Austria to Moscow, USSR (now Russia) via Warsaw, Poland.On the night of 26 September 1960, the aircraft operating the flight, a Vickers Viscount, crashed near Moscow while on its approach to land, killing 31 of the 37 passengers and crew on board.