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21 January 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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Photo of Hanningfield Metals Viscount XT661 c/n 371

England

XT661 - Hanningfield Metals - July 1993 to December 1996

Purchased from International Turbine Service Inc (ITS) less the Rolls-Royce Dart engines. Taken at Hanningfield Metals, Templewood Industrial Estate, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Essex, England in August 1993 during the scrapping process.

International Turbine Service Inc of Grapevine, near Dallas, Texas, USA who purchased the aircraft purely for its Dart engines and their UK representative Phil Reid insisted that the forward fuselage section should be saved for preservation.

This also applied to the other RAE Bedford Viscount XT575 (C/N 438), that was scrapped at the same time.

A commendable attitude.

Photo source - oldprops.ukhome.net

Aircraft Summary

Ghana Airways

This aircraft c/n 371, a V.838, was built for Ghana Airways as 9G-AAV and first flew on Wednesday, 6 September 1961 at Hurn Airport, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Royal Radar & Signals Establishment (RRE), Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), Defence Research Agency (DRA) and International Turbine Service Inc (ITS)

Its final owner/operator was Hanningfield Metals as XT661.

Its fate:-

Last flight and withdrawn from service by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) and stored outside at Thurleigh Airfield, Bedfordshire, England in February 1989. Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) renamed Defence Research Agency (DRA) in April 1991.

Purchased by International Turbine Service Inc (ITS) of Grapevine, Texas, USA at a Phillips auction in London, England 8 July 1993 for £161,000 primarily for the Rolls-Royce Dart engine recovery (four installed and two spares).

Airframe dismantled by Hanningfield Metals at Thurleigh Airfield, Bedfordshire, England and transferred to their yard at Templewood Industrial Estate, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Essex, England in August 1993.

The current status of the forward fuselage section is not known, but it is suspected that it was finally scrapped within the yard sometime in 1996.

History and photos of Viscount c/n 371 XT661
Hanningfield Metals Viscount fleet list and photos
United Kingdom issued Viscount registrations
Photos contributed by oldprops.ukhome.net

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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