19 June 2013

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

Aircraft operational records

Viscount c/n 435 had a long and varied career
Viscount c/n 435 had a
long and varied career

Records for all 445 aircraft built are available


The story of each Viscount is as varied as the number of aircraft built. Some like c/n 248 G-AOXU and c/n 435 G-BFZL had long and varied careers. Others like c/n 84 VH-TVG and c/n 447 D-ANAF had loyal careers with only one owner. Some however had very short careers like c/n 337 AP-AJE that crashed after only 5 months service.

To retrieve an aircraft's operational record enter either its construction number (1-459) or one of the registrations it used during its life. Note that some registrations were allocated to more than one Viscount and are marked (*).


Enter the construction number
or registration

Displayed will be all the information that we have on file for that aircraft. However the history may be incomplete, so any help you can give in completing it will be appreciated.

Featured aircraft - c/n 118 - PI-C773

Photo of PAL - Philippine Air Lines Viscount PI-C773 c/n 118
Philippines flag

Philippines


PI-C773 - PAL - Philippine Air Lines - April 1961 to July 1963

Purchased from Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd. Taken at an unknown location in the UK in April 1961 prior to delivery.

Photo source - Tony Ward collection


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Capital Airlines (USA) Viscount N7420
Capital Airlines (USA)

This aircraft c/n 118, a V.745D, was built for Capital Airlines (USA) as N7420 and first flew on Tuesday, 17 April 1956 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, PAL - Philippine Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, Alitalia, and Aerolineas TAO.

Its final owner/operator was Aerolineas TAO as HK-1057.

Its fate:-

Withdrawn from service and stored at El Dorado, Bogotá, Colombia in January 1975. Still noted in existence in 2003. Final fate unknown. Details please to information@vickersviscount.net


History and photos of Viscount c/n 118 PI-C773
PAL - Philippine Air Lines Viscount fleet list and photos
Philippines issued Viscount registrations
Photos contributed by Tony Ward collection


Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

The Vickers Viscount Network is always interested to hear from anyone who has information or photographs to help complete the story of the Viscount. If you can help please contact us at
Information@VickersViscount.net.


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