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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 Francesco De Pinedo Aeronautical Technical Institute Viscount I-LIRG
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Italy


I-LIRG - Francesco De Pinedo Aeronautical Technical Institute - July 1971 to current

Donated by Alitalia for use as an instructional airframe. Taken at the Technical Institute, Southern Rome, Italy 29 April 2017 and showing the confined location between several buildings.

Photo source - Google Earth


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Capital Airlines (USA) Viscount N7473
Capital Airlines (USA)

This aircraft c/n 284, a V.745D, was built for Capital Airlines (USA) as N7473 and first flew on Friday, 31 May 1957 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Northeast Airlines Inc, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and Alitalia

Its final owner/operator was Francesco De Pinedo Aeronautical Technical Institute as I-LIRG.

Its fate:-

Withdrawn from service at Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy in January 1970 and donated by Alitalia for use as an instructional airframe in Southern Rome, Italy after some parts were sold to Aerolineas TAO including the port outer wing. An unserviceable replacement outer wing was found and fitted. Noted circa October 2015 in poor internal and external condition and covered in grafitti. Still visible on Google Earth in April 2017. Volunteers at the Technical Institute are planning to restore it after a period of fund-raising in 2018. Noted still in existence 10 May 2019 but no sign of any external restoration work.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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