10 February 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.

Viscount history


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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Established 2005
Vickers Viscount Network
A Virtual Museum dedicated to the Vickers-Armstrongs VC2 Viscount

Viscount histories told by photos

Viscount c/n 447 had a long and varied career
Viscount c/n 447 had a
long and loyal career with Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Photos of all 445 aircraft built are available


The story of each Viscount is as varied as the number of aircraft built. Some like c/n 248 G-AOXU and c/n 435 G-BFZL had long and varied careers. Others like c/n 84 VH-TVG and c/n 447 D-ANAF had loyal careers with only one owner. Some however had very short careers like c/n 337 AP-AJE that crashed after only 5 months service.

To retrieve an aircraft's photos enter either its construction number (1-459) or one of the registrations it used during its life. Note that some registrations were allocated to more than one Viscount and are marked (*).


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Displayed will be all the photos that we have on file for that aircraft. However, the photo history may be incomplete, so any help you can give in completing it will be appreciated.

Featured aircraft - c/n 36 - 9Q-CAH

Photo of MMM Aero Services (3MAS) Viscount 9Q-CAH c/n 36
Zaire flag

Zaire


9Q-CAH - MMM Aero Services (3MAS) - November 1984 to April 1989

Purchased from Janus Airways. Taken stored at Middelkerke Airport, Ostend, Belgium circa June 1985.

It never flew again due to operational difficulties.

Photo source - Noud Ackermans


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Air France Viscount F-BGNS
Air France

This aircraft c/n 36, a V.708, was built for Air France as F-BGNS and first flew on Sunday, 30 May 1954 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Starways Ltd, Air Inter (Lignes Aériennes Intérieures), Alidair, Dan-Air London, British Midland Airways (BMA), Guernsey Airlines, Inter City Airlines and Hards Travel/Janus Airways

Its final owner/operator was MMM Aero Services (3MAS) as 9Q-CAH.

Its fate:-

Purchased from Janus Airways and stored at Middelkerke Airport, Ostend, Belgium in November 1984 after failing to start operations in Africa .

Aircraft destroyed after being blown up using dynamite in March 1989. Remains broken up for scrap soon afterwards. Does anyone know the date it was scrapped? Details please to information@vickersviscount.net


History and photos of Viscount c/n 36 9Q-CAH
MMM Aero Services (3MAS) Viscount fleet list and photos
Zaire issued Viscount registrations
Photos contributed by Noud Ackermans


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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This website has been designed, built and is maintained by Geoff Blampied, Norwich, Norfolk, England.