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Viscount c/n 113

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Below are the 13 photos we have on file for Viscount c/n 113 together with either the actual date that the photo was taken or an estimate of that date based on clues such as the livery worn or other background information.

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Capital Airlines (USA)
N7415
June 1956

Delivered new to Capital Airlines with fleet number ‘334’. Taken at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti , Michigan, USA circa June 1956 with three other Capital Viscounts and a Capital Douglas DC-3.

Photo source - Karl Smalley

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Austrian Airlines (AUA)
OE-LAO
February 1961

Purchased from Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd. Taken at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland 4 February 1961 after its arrival from the USA via the northern route still in its basic Capital Airlines livery.

After refuelling it moved south to Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England for formal customs clearance and then to Teversham Airport, Cambridge, England for overhaul and a repaint with Marshall's.

Photo source - Brian R Burrage collection (gallery 2)

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
June 1963

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken at Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA circa June 1963 in the first livery.

Note the integral front 'airsteps', which was part of the original Capital Airlines specification.

Photo source - Peter Gates collection

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
November 1963

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken at Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA in November 1963 and about to depart from the stand.

This was certainly the best Aloha livery on the Viscount.

Photo source - Bob O'Brien collection

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
June 1964

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken at Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA in June 1964.

Photo source - Peter Gates collection

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
May 1965

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). A nice closeup view of the front of the aircraft taken at Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA in May 1965.

Note the integral front 'airsteps', which was part of the original Capital Airlines specification.

Photo source - Brian R Burrage collection (gallery 2)

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
June 1967

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken landing at Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA circa June 1967 now repainted in the blue and white second livery to match the BAC One-Eleven fleet.

Photo source - Nicholas M Williams

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
July 1967

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken departing from Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA circa July 1967 now repainted in the blue and white livery to match the BAC One-Eleven fleet.

Photo source - Nicholas M Williams

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
July 1968

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken departing from Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA in July 1968.

Photo source - Mel Lawrence

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
August 1969

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken at Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA in August 1969 in the third livery which was also adopted on their Boeing 737 fleet.

The aircraft in the left background is a fairly rare Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan.

Photo source - William H Blunt collection

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
June 1970

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken at Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA circa June 1970 with passengers boarding via the integral front 'airsteps', which was part of the original Capital Airlines specification.

This was certainly useful for the relatively short island hopping services in Hawaii.

Photo source - Tony Ward collection

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
December 1970

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken at Kahului Airport, Maui, Hawaii, USA 26 December 1970.

Photo source - William (Bill) T Larkins

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Aloha Airlines
N7415
December 1970

Purchased from Austrian Airlines (AUA). Taken departing from Honolulu International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii, USA 26 December 1970.

Photo source - William (Bill) T Larkins

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Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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