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Viscount Survivors


59 of the 444 Viscounts built survive as complete airframes or major components. Some are in very good condition and are looked after by museums while others are just wrecks. They can be found in 24 countries.

Viscount history


Discover the history of the Viscount with film, video, contemporary reports from the pages of Flight Magazine, our newsletters, and aircraft operational records and photos from our database.


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Established 2005
Vickers Viscount Network
A Virtual Museum dedicated to the Vickers-Armstrongs VC2 Viscount

Viscounts registrations by country

TAA - Trans-Australia Airlines Viscount c/n 48 VH-TVE
Australia issued 36 registrations

Viscounts have been registered in 81 countries




Viscounts have been registered in 81 countries since the 1950s with the United Kingdom issuing 230 and Equatorial Guinea issuing only one.


Country

Displayed will be all the Viscount registrations issued in the selected country together with the first owner or operator to use each registration. NOTE: Some aircraft may have had more that one registration issued to it.

Featured aircraft - c/n 167 - G-AOHS

Photo of British European Airways Corporation (BEA) Viscount G-AOHS c/n 167
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G-AOHS - British European Airways Corporation (BEA) - June 1957 to July 1973

Delivered new to British European Airways (BEA) and now un-named. Taken at London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England in June 1964.

Photo source - Brian R Burrage collection (gallery 2)


Aircraft Summary

This aircraft c/n 167, a V.802, was built for British European Airways Corporation (BEA) as G-AOHS and first flew on Friday, 7 June 1957 at Weybridge, Surrey, England. During it's life it was also owned and/or operated by British Airways (BA)

Its final owner/operator was Cardiff Airport Fire Service. Its fate: Withdrawn from service and stored at Rhoose Airport, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales in June 1975 and robbed of all useful spares.

The fuselage and wings less its tail were donated to the Cardiff Airport Fire Service for training use circa January 1976.

Remains finally scrapped circa March 1980.


History and photos of Viscount c/n 167 G-AOHS
British European Airways Corporation (BEA) Viscount fleet list and photos
United Kingdom issued Viscount registrations


Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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