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15 July 2025

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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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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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Viscount photos by contributor

BEA - British European Airways Viscount c/n 150 G-AOJA from
the Ed Jones collection

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The Vickers Viscount Network would not have been possible without the generous support of the people listed here who contributed their photos to the museum. To them and future contributors we say a big thank you.

Our ultimate aim is to have an image of every single aircraft in every livery that it operated, together with images showing significant moments in each aircrafts life.

Any photograph, even a poor quality one, that shows an unique part of an aircrafts history is better than not having one at all. Our graphic systems can restore all but the worst image. This target will probably never be totally fulfilled, but with your help it could come close.

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Bo-Göran Lundkvist

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Austria

OE-LAL - Austrian Airlines (AUA) - May 1960 to October 1971

Delivered new to Austrian Airlines (AUA) and now named 'W. A. Mozart'. Taken at Bulltofta Airport, Malmö, Sweden 21 February 1965.

For some reason they are not using the integral front 'airsteps'.

Note the small window at the rear of the cabin.

Photo source - Bo-Göran Lundkvist

Aircraft Summary

Austrian Airlines (AUA)

This aircraft c/n 441, a V.837, was built for Austrian Airlines (AUA) as OE-LAL and first flew on Monday, 2 May 1960 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Shackleton Aviation Ltd, Lineas Aereas la Urraca (LAU) and Transportes Aereas del Cesar Ltda (TAC), Aerovias del Cesar / Aerocesar Colombia and Parque de la Vida

Its final owner/operator was Bucaramanga Municipal Cleaning Company as HK-1267.

Its fate:-

Damaged beyond economic repair whilst owned by Transportes Aereas del Cesar Ltda (TAC) at Palonegro Airport, Bucaramanga, Colombia 14 December 1977 and robbed of all useful parts.

Title of the remains were transferred to Aerovias del Cesar (Aerocesar Colombia) due to a corporate name change circa January 1980 but the aircraft remained stored in a derelict condition.

Broken up into sections in November 2014 as the airport authority needed to expand the ramp area adjacent to where this aircraft was parked. Forward fuselage section noted lying on its port side with the nose undercarriage leg extended circa November 2015. The remains were donated to the Parque de la Vida (Park of Life) in the Hermoso district of Bucaramanga, Colombia 1 November 2017. Remains transferred to a yard belonging to the Bucaramanga Municipal Cleaning Company, Bucaramanga, Colombia in February 2018. This move was in response to a lot of complaints from local inhabitants about the lack of security in looking after this exhibit in its current state and also when assembled. The local Mayor made arrangements for it to be moved to a more secure area, presumably on a temporary basis. Hopefully a new permanent location will be found so that the reassembly of this aircraft can take place.Still visible on Google Earth in September 2018. Later Google Earth views do not clearly show if the Viscount is still there.

History and photos of Viscount c/n 441 OE-LAL
Austrian Airlines (AUA) Viscount fleet list and photos
Austria issued Viscount registrations
Photos contributed by Bo-Göran Lundkvist

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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