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03 January 2026

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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.

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Featured pages

Our website contains over 20,000 pages of photos and information that can all be accessed from the menu at the top of every page. Here are a few to get you started.

In the Beginning

The Turboprop World-Beater

Sir George Edwards

The Rolls-Royce Dart

c/n 1 G-AHRF V.630
The Prototype Viscount

c/n 2 VX217 V.663
The Tay powered Viscount

c/n 3 G-AMAV V.700
The V.700 series prototype

c/n 4 G-ALWE V.701
The first BEA Viscount

c/n 5 G-ALWF V.701
The oldest surviving Viscount

c/n 8 F-BGNK V.708
The first Air France Viscount

c/n 30 EI-AFV V.707
The first Aer Lingus Viscount

c/n 40 CF-TGI V.724
The first TCA Viscount

c/n 44 VH-TVA V.720
The first TAA Viscount

c/n 67 YI-ACK V.735
The first Iraqi Airways Viscount

c/n 70 CF-GXK V.737
The first Canadian DoT Viscount

c/n 71 VP-TBK V.702
The first BOAC Associated
Companies Viscount

c/n 74 G-ANRR V.732
The first Hunting-Clan Viscount

c/n 77 LN-FOF V.736
The first Fred Olsen Viscount

c/n 79 IU-683 V.723
The first Indian Air Force Viscount

c/n 88 N7402 V.744
The first Capital Airlines Viscount

c/n 97 VH-BAT V.747
The first Butler Air
Transport Viscount

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Owner or operator Viscount fleet lists

BEA - British European Airways Viscount c/n 152 G-AOJC

BEA - British European
Airways Corporation

Records for all owner or operators are available

Over 570 owners and operators have been involved with the Viscount. Some like Capital Airlines (USA) and BEA - British European Airways Corporation operated many while others like Air Anglia operated only one.

Viscounts operated by large airlines who had their aircraft for many years will have painted them in several different versions of their livery.

Owner or operator

Displayed will be the fleet list for the selected owner or operator together with each aircrafts history sorted by the date that the aircraft joined the fleet. NOTE: Some aircraft may have entered the fleet several times and possibly with a different registration.

Featured Aircraft - c/n 41 - 9Q-CGA

Photo of Guila Air Viscount 9Q-CGA c/n 41

Zaire

9Q-CGA - Guila Air - February 1993 to current

Purchased from Turbo Aire Holdings Inc. Taken at Tshikapa Airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo 25 November 2017.

A view of the cabin underfloor area showing an electrical panel with trip fuses and main inverter switches.

Again, plenty of spiders nests evident!

Photo source - Guillermo Garcia Junco

Aircraft Summary

Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA)

This aircraft c/n 41, a V.724, was built for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) as CF-TGJ and first flew on Friday, 24 December 1954 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Air Transport Leasing Corporation, William C Wold & Associates, Maverick Equipment Company, Kenneth Copeland Evangelistic Association, Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, Ronald J Clark, Go Transportation Inc, Skytrek Inc, Jadepoint USA, Chase Manhattan Bank, Bill Walker & Associates and Turbo Aire Holdings Inc

Its final owner/operator was Guila Air as 9Q-CGA.

Its fate:-

Converted to an executive V.744 series Viscount by Timmins Aviation in 1963.

Sold by Turbo Aire Holdings Inc to Guila Air in February 1993. Departed from Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona to the Republic of Zaire in March 1993 but the journey took three months due to technical problems en-route. Noted stored intact in very poor condition at Tshikapa Airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo in June 2000. In November 2017 it was noted still intact lying in long grass but now with all the cabin windows removed. The interior and cockpit has been totally stripped of all useful parts by locals. Still visible on Google Earth 24 October 2020 with the port engine nacelles now removed.

History and photos of Viscount c/n 41 9Q-CGA
Guila Air Viscount fleet list and photos
Zaire issued Viscount registrations
Photos contributed by Guillermo Garcia Junco

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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