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

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Photo of Alidair Viscount N501TL
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N501TL - Alidair - October 1975 to March 1976

Purchased from Tenneco Inc. Taken at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England 6 March 1976 shortly before delivery on lease to Cyprus Airways.

The titles on the forward cabin door state 'on lease from Alidair'.

Photo source - Carl Ford


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Continental Airlines Viscount N240V
Continental Airlines

This aircraft c/n 353, a V.812, was built for Continental Airlines as N240V and first flew on Friday, 14 February 1958 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Tennessee Gas Transmission Corporation, Tenneco Inc, Alidair, Cyprus Airways, Far Eastern Air Transport Corporation (FAT) and Mandala Airlines

Its final owner/operator was Bouraq Indonesia Airlines as PK-IVS.

Its fate:-

Crashed into marshland at Cape Karawang, 26 kms north east of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia 26 August 1980. The cause of this accident was the in-flight fracture of a spigot in the elevator tab circuit. This part had exceeded the 12,000 flight hours retirement life by 21,000 hours resulting in a total life of 33,000 hrs.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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