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Viscount c/n 120

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Below are the 8 photos we have on file for Viscount c/n 120 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)
N7422
April 1956

Delivered new to Capital Airlines with fleet number '341'. Taken at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England in April 1956 during the engine ground running phase.

Photo source - R A Woodcock via Steve Burland

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Capital Airlines (USA)
N7422
October 1956

Delivered new to Capital Airlines with fleet number '341'. Taken at Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois, USA circa October 1956.

Photo source - Pat Bukiri collection

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Capital Airlines (USA)
N7422
June 1957

Delivered new to Capital Airlines with fleet number '341'. Taken at Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois, USA circa June 1957.

Photo source - Pat Bukiri collection

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Capital Airlines (USA)
N7422
July 1957

Delivered new to Capital Airlines with fleet number '341'. Taken at O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois, USA in July 1957.

Photo source - Brian R Burrage collection (gallery 1)

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United Air Lines
N7422
June 1962

Transferred from Capital Airlines due to a corporate merger retaining fleet number '341'. Taken at Liberty Airport, Newark, New Jersey, USA in June 1962.

In the background are several Eastern Airlines Lockheed Constellations and a Lockheed Electra.

Note the integral front 'airsteps' inherited from Capital Airlines.

Photo source - Bruce Williams

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United Air Lines
N7422
July 1962

Transferred from Capital Airlines due to a corporate merger retaining fleet number '341'. Taken landing at Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, USA in July 1962.

Photo source - David Schulman

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United Air Lines
N7422
July 1962

Transferred from Capital Airlines due to a corporate merger retaining fleet number '341'. Taken departing from Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, USA in July 1962.

Photo source - David Schulman

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United Air Lines
N7422
June 1968

Transferred from Capital Airlines due to a corporate merger retaining fleet number '341'. Taken at Dulles Airport, Washington, District of Columbia, USA in June 1968.

Photo source - Ed Jones collection

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Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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