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21 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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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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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.

Monarch Aircraft Inc

Featured owner or operator

United States

N555SL - Monarch Aircraft Inc - February 1984 to November 1989

Purchased from the Kearney & Trecker Corporation. Taken at Chino Airport, California, USA in June 1984.

Note that this aircraft is fitted with an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) with the exhaust on the other side surrounded by a stainless steel heat plate and an air intake at the rear, below the tailplane.

Photo source - Paul Filmer

Aircraft Summary

Capital Airlines (USA)

This aircraft c/n 233, a V.745D, was built for Capital Airlines (USA) as N7471 and first flew on Thursday, 27 June 1957 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Northeast Airlines Inc, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, Irving Trust Company, Blaw Knox Corporation, Kearney & Trecker Corporation, Monarch Aircraft Inc and Clara Strauss Abad

Its final owner/operator was Mid Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) as N7471.

Its fate:-

Donated by Clara Strauss Abad to the Mid Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) with the help of the Capital Airlines Association 1 May 1992.

Re-registered N7471 21 May 1992. Ferried to Clarkesburg Airport, West Virginia USA and repainted in a Capital Airlines livery in June 1992.

Ferried to Reading, Pennsylvania, USA in August 1992.

Displayed at the Wilkes-Barre Airport air show, Pennsylvania, USA 22 August 1992.

Flown into Ronald Reagan National Washington Airport, Arlington, Virginia, USA for the 1993 Airliners International convention and remained on static display throughout the event in July 1993.

Noted being restored back to flying condition at Carl A Spaatz Field after a long period on the ground due to a defective Dart engine in February 1997.

Cabin interior noted being restored to passenger configuration with parts from Viscount N7439 (C/N 137) in September 2000. Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the museum closed to the general public until further notice in March 2020.

History and photos of Viscount c/n 233 N555SL
Monarch Aircraft Inc Viscount fleet list and photos
United States issued Viscount registrations
Photos contributed by Paul Filmer

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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