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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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Photo of United Aircraft of Canada Viscount C-FTID-X
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Canada


C-FTID-X - United Aircraft of Canada - January 1974 to October 1989

Purchased from Air Canada and converted by De Havilland Canada at Downsview, Ontario, Canada into a flying test bed with the test engine mounted on the nose.

Re-registered for experimental flying use. Taken at an unknown location in March 1974 with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50 engine fitted in the nose.

This engine type was designed for the de Havilland Canada DHC-7 with the distinctive top exit exhausts.

At least the Viscount cockpit windows would never ice up!

Photo source - Tony Honeywood (de Havilland Canada)


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) Viscount CF-TID
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA)

This aircraft c/n 384, a V.757, was built for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) as CF-TID and first flew on Wednesday, 25 February 1959 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Air Canada, Sarcee Travel Club, United Aircraft of Canada, Ecole Nationale d'Aerotechnique (ENA) and Fondation Aerovision Quebec (FAQ)

Its final owner/operator was Institut de Protection Contre les Incendies du Québec (IPIQ) as C-FTID-X.

Its fate:-

Withdrawn from service at St Hubert Airfield, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada circa July 1989. Fondation Aerovision Quebec (FAQ) acquired the aircraft from Ecole Nationale d'Aerotechnique (ENA) in October 1989 and used it for film work. Having sat outside since 1996 it has slowly deteriorated externally although the interior is still relatively good. Noted with false US registration 'N6225C' and 'Sphinx Air' titles in May 1999. Since 2008 the existence of this aircraft has been under threat. Transferred to Institut de Protection Contre les Incendies du Québec (IPIQ) at Laval, Province of Quebec, Canada for fire fighting training use in September 2011, initially still marked as 'N6225C'. Still noted in existence in June 2019.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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