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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 Manx Airlines (Skianyn Vannin) Viscount G-BFZL
Isle of Man flag

Isle of Man


G-BFZL - Manx Airlines (Skianyn Vannin) - November 1985 to November 1988

Leased from British Midland Airways (BMA) for a second period, now in full livery. Taken departing from Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man in November 1988 shortly before it returned to BMA and then British Aerospace.

Note the vortices being generated from the propellers in the humid and stormy air.

Photo source - Clive Worboys


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) Viscount VH-TVR
Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)

This aircraft c/n 435, a V.816, was built for Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) as VH-TVR and first flew on Monday, 24 August 1959 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation (UCC), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Alda Corporation, Jetair Australia / Jet Airlines Australia, Brins Finance Corporation, Gates Aviation Turbine Propeller Sales, Air Force of the Sultanate of Oman (AFSO), Royal Swazi National Airways, British Midland Airways (BMA), Manx Airlines, British Aerospace PLC (BAe), Baltic Airlines, Landhurst Leasing PLC, British Air Ferries (BAF), British World Airlines (BWA), Heli-Jet Aviation Ltd and Planes R Us (Pty) Ltd

Its final owner/operator was Trans IntAir as 9Q-CGL.

Its fate:-

Damaged beyond economic repair at Bondo airstrip in the Democratic Republic of Congo after an aborted three engine takeoff from a gravel airstrip. Noted still in existence on Google Earth 24 July 2023 but gradually disappearing into the undergrowth.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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