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A Virtual Museum dedicated to the Vickers-Armstrongs VC2 Viscount
   

Viscount c/n 181

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Below are the 17 photos we have on file for Viscount c/n 181 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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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
January 1957

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken at London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England 18 January 1957 prior to delivery.

Note the BOAC Canadair Argonaut behind.

Photo source - Johan Visschedijk collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
November 1958

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken at Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia circa November 1958.

Note the TAA Volkswagen split screen service van and CALTEX fuel bowser.

Photo source - Peter Gates collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
September 1959

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken at Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia circa September 1959.

The TAA Viscount behind has already been repainted in the later 'orange tail' livery.

Photo source - Aeronautica Australia

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
March 1960

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken departing from Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia circa March 1960.

Sister VH-TVI (C/N 147) is painted in the later 'orange tail' livery which was introduced in 1959.

Photo source - Peter Gates collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
March 1960

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken departing from Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia circa March 1960.

Photo source - Peter Gates collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
February 1964

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken departing from Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 February 1964 in a later livery.

Note the weather radar nose which was installed circa 1962 as a result of an airworthiness directive following the crash of VH-TVC (C/N 46).

Photo source - John Hopton collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
January 1966

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken at Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 11 January 1966 being towed from the maintenance area to the TAA terminal.

Photo source - David A Carter

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
June 1966

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken departing from Eagle Farm Airport, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in June 1966.

Photo source - Peter Gates collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
June 1966

Delivered new to Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken at an unknown location in June 1966.

Photo source - Peter Gates collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
October 1968

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken at Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 10 October 1968 after landing with a defective nose undercarriage leg.

Despite the lack of injuries to those on board, this was clearly a 'newsworthy' event.

Photo source - Greg Thom collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
October 1968

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken at Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 10 October 1968 after landing with a defective nose undercarriage leg.

Photo source - Greg Thom collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
October 1968

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken at Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 10 October 1968 after landing with a defective nose undercarriage leg.

A closeup of the curled starboard propellers which meant that the Rolls-Royce Dart engines were now unserviceable due to shockload damage to the bearings, shafts and casings.

Photo source - Greg Thom collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
January 1969

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken stored at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia circa January 1969.

Photo source - Graham J Bennett

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
January 1970

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken stored at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia circa January 1970.

Photo source - Peter Gates collection

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Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)
VH-TVK
February 1970

Delivered new to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) named 'Thomas Mitchell'. Taken stored at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 17 February 1970.

Photo source - Robert Zweck

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Sims Metal Ltd
VH-TVK
June 1970

Purchased from Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA). Taken at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in June 1970 during the early stages of being broken up into sections for removal to their yard at Brooklyn, Western Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Photo source - Peter Upton collection

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Sims Metal Ltd
VH-TVK
June 1970

Purchased from Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA). Taken at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in June 1970 during the early stages of being broken up into sections for removal to their yard at Brooklyn, Western Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Photo source - Richard Stanton collection

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