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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.


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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 228 - CF-RBC

Photo of Royal Bank of Canada Viscount CF-RBC c/n 228
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Canada


CF-RBC - Royal Bank of Canada - January 1959 to March 1961

Purchased from Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd. Taken at Dorval Airport, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada in July 1959.

Note the extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks.

Photo source - Nigel Wemyss via Colville Wemyss


Aircraft Summary

This aircraft c/n 228, a V.745D, was built for Capital Airlines (USA) as N7466 and first flew on Thursday, 18 April 1957 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. During it's life it was also owned and/or operated by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, Aer Lingus, British European Airways (BEA), Kuwait Airways, Royal Bank of Canada, S J Groves & Sons Company, Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, American International Jet Leasing, Royal American Airways, Ronald J Clark, Caribbean Express, Go Group Unlimited Inc, Vanguard Airlines and Bank of America

Its final owner/operator was Turbo Aire Holdings Inc. Its fate: Repossessed from Go Transportation Inc by the Bank of America while on lease to Vanguard Airlines and withdrawn from service and stored at Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona, USA in June 1986. Noted minus parts and one of its Rolls-Royce Dart engines in January 1989.

Purchased by Turbo Aire Holdings Inc in May 1991 but remained in storage. Registration cancelled in December 1991 as permanently withdrawn from use. Broken up for scrap circa 1997 after the removal of all useful parts.


History and photos of Viscount c/n 228 CF-RBC
Royal Bank of Canada Viscount fleet list and photos
Canada issued Viscount registrations


Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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