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27 June 2017

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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 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 283 - ZK-BRF

Photo of Ferrymead Aeronautical Society Inc Viscount ZK-BRF c/n 283

New Zealand

ZK-BRF - Ferrymead Aeronautical Society Inc - April 1975 to current

Donated by NAC - New Zealand National Airways Corporation. Taken at the Ferrymead Museum of Science and Technology, Christchurch, New Zealand 23 March 2007 during the 60th anniversary event of the formation of NAC – New Zealand National Airways Corporation. On the left is Annette Ambler who is talking to Merrilynn Bartram.

Photo source - Video Wings

Aircraft Summary

New Zealand National Airways Corp (NAC)

This aircraft c/n 283, a V.807, was built for New Zealand National Airways Corp (NAC) as ZK-BRF and first flew on Tuesday, 24 February 1959 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.

Its final owner/operator was Ferrymead Aeronautical Society Inc as ZK-BRF.

Its fate:-

Withdrawn from service by New Zealand National Airways Corporation and stored at Christchurch, New Zealand 12 July 1974.

Donated to the Ferrymead Aeronautical Society Inc 10 April 1975 and preserved at the Ferrymead Museum of Science and Technology, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Transferred to Air New Zealand's facility at Harewood, New Zealand for further restoration 11 December 1993. Returned to Ferrymead Aeronautical Society Inc for continuation of the restoration 28 January 2000. Moved into the new museum building to continue the restoration under cover 3 March 2001. Earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 resulted in damage to the museum buildings. Structural repairs carried out in 2015 after insurnace claims were eventually settled. Building handed back to the museum in October 2015 and reopened in November 2015.

History and photos of Viscount c/n 283 ZK-BRF
Ferrymead Aeronautical Society Inc Viscount fleet list and photos
New Zealand issued Viscount registrations
Photos contributed by Video Wings

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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