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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 Philippine Air Lines (PAL) Viscount PI-C770
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Philippines


PI-C770 - Philippine Air Lines (PAL) - May 1957 to April 1967

Delivered new to Philippine Air Lines (PAL). Taken at Manila International Airport, Philippines 29 August 1965 in a later livery.

Note that the extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks have now been removed.

Photo source - Adrian M Balch collection


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Philippine Air Lines (PAL) Viscount PI-C770
Philippine Air Lines (PAL)

This aircraft c/n 300, a V.784D, was built for Philippine Air Lines (PAL) as PI-C770 and first flew on Wednesday, 1 May 1957 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Falconair Charter AB, Malmö Aero AB and Skyline Sweden AB

Its final owner/operator was Arlanda Airport Fire Service as SE-CNL.

Its fate:-

Withdrawn from service by Skyline Sweden and stored at Sturup Airport, Malmö, Sweden in October 1972.

Robbed of all useful spares and dismantled into moveable sections in October 1972 and moved by road to Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden for fire practice duty. Noted still in Falconair livery and marked up as 'Emergency Training' with false registration and minus its Rolls-Royce Dart engines in November 1979.

Broken up for scrap in May 2012.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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