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27 April 2024

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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

Letter from HRH Prince Philip

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Aircraft operational
records and photos

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by David Carter

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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Our 'Live Magazine' is used by members and non-members to share their Viscount photos and stories with fellow enthusiasts located throughout the world in real time.

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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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Viscount photos by owner or operator

TCA - Trans-Canada Air Lines

Photos for most 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 all the photos that we have on file illustrating the operational history of the Viscount with each owner or operator.

Lineas Aereas Canarias (LAC)

Featured owner or operator

Spain

EC-DYC - Lineas Aereas Canarias (LAC) - September 1986 to September 1992

Returned from British Air Ferries (BAF) lease. Taken stored at Los Rodeos Airport, Santa Cruz, Tenerife Norte, Canary Islands, Spanish Territory 19 February 1992.

Photo source - Kerry Taylor

Aircraft Summary

British European Airways Corporation (BEA)

This aircraft c/n 262, a V.806, was built for British European Airways Corporation (BEA) as G-AOYM and first flew on Wednesday, 26 February 1958 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Cambrian Airways, British Airways (BA), British Air Ferries (BAF), Manx Airlines and Lineas Aereas Canarias (LAC) and La Granja Park

Its final owner/operator was Hotel Las Americas as EC-DYC.

Its fate:-

Withdrawn from service and stored at Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife Norte, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spanish Territory in May 1989. Noted still stored in February 1992. Transferred to La Granja Park, Taco, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spanish Territory circa September 1992. Noted still in existence in March 1997. Subsequently scrapped. Date not known. The nose section was noted in use as a DJ cabin at a discotheque within the Hotel Las Americas in December 1999. Does it still exist? Details please to information@vickersviscount.net.

History and photos of Viscount c/n 262 EC-DYC
Lineas Aereas Canarias (LAC) Viscount fleet list and photos
Spain issued Viscount registrations
Photos contributed by Kerry Taylor

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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