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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
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Photo of Ferrymead Aeronautical Society Inc Viscount ZK-BRF
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New Zealand


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

Donated by New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC). Taken at the Ferrymead Museum of Science and Technology, Christchurch, New Zealand 10 February 2007 when the Props were being mounted on the engines.

Photo source - Denys Coulter-Jones


Aircraft Summary

Photo of New Zealand National Airways Corp (NAC) Viscount ZK-BRF
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Withdrawn from service by New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) and stored at Christchurch, New Zealand 12 July 1974.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.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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