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

Travel back in time with the Viscount

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Photo of British Midland Airways (BMA) Viscount G-ASED
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G-ASED - British Midland Airways (BMA) - February 1967 to May 1972

Purchased from British United Airways (BUA). Taken arriving at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England in June 1970 on a central pier stand.

The outboard Rolls-Royce Dart engines have already been shut down.

Note the ramp expansion work in the background.

A photo from Tom's collection.

Photo source - Tom Singfield


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Airwork Ltd Viscount ST-AAN
Airwork Ltd

This aircraft c/n 419, a V.831, was built for Airwork Ltd as ST-AAN and first flew on Saturday, 30 May 1959 at Hurn Airport, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Sudan Airways, Air Charter Ltd, British United Airways (BUA), Aviaco, British Midland Airways (BMA), Alidair, Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines and Go Transportation Inc

Its final owner/operator was Tucson Airport Authority as 4X-AVG.

Its fate:-

Purchased by Go Transportation Inc for spares recovery and stored at Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Remains donated to the Tucson Airport Authority in September 1992 for emergency training use. Noted in poor condition in 1996. Broken up for scrap circa 1998 with the forward fuselage section subsequently noted in a nearby aircraft scrap yard. The current status of this section is unknown.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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