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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 380 - HK-1058

Photo of Aerolineas Taxi Aéreo Opita (TAO) Viscount HK-1058 c/n 380
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Colombia


HK-1058 - Aerolineas Taxi Aéreo Opita (TAO) - November 1968 to June 1974

Purchased from Alitalia. Taken at an unknown location circa June 1973.

Photo source - Bruno Geiger collection


Aircraft Summary

This aircraft c/n 380, a V.785D, was built for Alitalia as I-LIZO and first flew on Friday, 9 May 1958 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

Its final owner/operator was Aerolineas Taxi Aéreo Opita (TAO). Its fate: Crashed into high ground near Cerro El Retiro during the initial descent into Camilo Daza Airport, Cúcuta, Colombia 8 June 1974 due to the structural failure of a tailplane spar boom. All 6 crew and 38 passengers were sadly killed on flight 514 which had originated from Gomez Niño Airport, Bucaramanga.


History and photos of Viscount c/n 380 HK-1058
Aerolineas Taxi Aéreo Opita (TAO) Viscount fleet list and photos
Colombia issued Viscount registrations


Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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