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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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Photo of Aer Lingus - Irish International Airlines Viscount EI-AKL
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EI-AKL - Aer Lingus - Irish International Airlines - March 1959 to March 1970

Delivered new to Aer Lingus named 'St Colmcille'. Taken at Cork Airport, Ballygarvan, County Cork, Ireland 24 July 1966.

By this time the BAC One-Eleven in the background was being used on routes to mainland Europe with the Viscount operating the domestic routes and those to the UK.

Photo source - Gabriel Desmond


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Aer Lingus - Irish International Airlines Viscount EI-AKL
Aer Lingus - Irish International Airlines

This aircraft c/n 423, a V.808, was built for Aer Lingus - Irish International Airlines as EI-AKL and first flew on Wednesday, 11 March 1959 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Air Commerz, Air Force of the Sultanate of Oman (AFSO) and Scibe Airlift Zaire

Its final owner/operator was MMM Aero Services (3MAS) as 9Q-CAN.

Its fate:-

Converted to V.808C cargo configuration that included the fitment of a double sized forward port door in June 1967 for Aer Lingus. Reported as withdrawn from service by MMM Aero Services and stored at Ndolo Airport, Kinshasa, Republic of Zaire in 1984. However, according to local villagers, in 1984 this Viscount force landed in a remote floodplain area of the Cuando river, which is also known as the Chobe river in South Eastern Angola having run out of fuel. This would explain the transfer of registration 9Q-CAN to C/N 14. The remains were still in existence on Google Earth 25 August 2018.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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