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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 Aqua Avia Society Viscount ZK-SKY
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New Zealand


ZK-SKY - Aqua Avia Society - October 1981 to November 1981

Wet leased from British Air Ferries (BAF) and re-registered from G-AOHT. Taken at an unknown location in New Zealand in late October 1981 after being registered in New Zealand.

Photo source - Peter Gates collection


Aircraft Summary

Photo of British European Airways Corporation (BEA) Viscount G-AOHT
British European Airways Corporation (BEA)

This aircraft c/n 168, a V.802, was built for British European Airways Corporation (BEA) as G-AOHT and first flew on Thursday, 20 June 1957 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by British Airways (BA), British Air Ferries (BAF), Aqua Avia Society, Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, Polar Airways, Euroair Transport Ltd and Virgin Atlantic Airways

Its final owner/operator was British Air Ferries (BAF) as G-AOHT.

Its fate:-

Certificate of Airworthiness expired 16 May 1986.

Withdrawn from service and stored at Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England in July 1987.

Noted minus its outer wings 8 December 1987.

Broken up for scrap in March 1991.

Registration cancelled 21 July 1994.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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