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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 445 - PK-MVG

Photo of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) Viscount PK-MVG c/n 445
Indonesia flag

Indonesia


PK-MVG - Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) - September 1970 to December 1998

Purchased from All Nippon Airways (ANA) and now named 'Siberut'. Taken stored at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia 4 March 1992 in a sun faded livery minus its Rolls-Royce Dart RDa7 Mark 525F engines.

Photo source - Paul J Hooper


Aircraft Summary

This aircraft c/n 445, a V.828, was built for Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd as JA8203 and first flew on Thursday, 24 August 1961 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. During it's life it was also owned and/or operated by All Nippon Airways (ANA)

Its final owner/operator was Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA). Its fate: Withdrawn from service and stored at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia circa July 1989. Last noted 4 December 1997 and subsequently broken up for scrap circa 1998. Details please to information@vickersviscount.net


History and photos of Viscount c/n 445 PK-MVG
Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) Viscount fleet list and photos
Indonesia issued Viscount registrations


Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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