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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 Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) Viscount XT661
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XT661 - Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) - April 1977 to April 1991

Transferred from the Royal Radar & Signals Establishment (RRE). Taken at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire, England 23 July 1983 on static display during the International Air Tattoo (IAT) air show.

Note the long electronics pod under the rear fuselage and a short electronics pod under the forward fuselage.

Also note the extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks.

Photo source - Rob Schleiffert


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Ghana Airways Viscount 9G-AAV
Ghana Airways

This aircraft c/n 371, a V.838, was built for Ghana Airways as 9G-AAV and first flew on Wednesday, 6 September 1961 at Hurn Airport, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Royal Radar & Signals Establishment (RRE), Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), Defence Research Agency (DRA) and International Turbine Service Inc (ITS)

Its final owner/operator was Hanningfield Metals as XT661.

Its fate:-

Last flight and withdrawn from service by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) and stored outside at Thurleigh Airfield, Bedfordshire, England in February 1989. Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) renamed Defence Research Agency (DRA) in April 1991.

Purchased by International Turbine Service Inc (ITS) of Grapevine, Texas, USA at a Phillips auction in London, England 8 July 1993 for £161,000 primarily for the Rolls-Royce Dart engine recovery (four installed and two spares).

Airframe dismantled by Hanningfield Metals at Thurleigh Airfield, Bedfordshire, England and transferred to their yard at Templewood Industrial Estate, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Essex, England in August 1993.

The current status of the forward fuselage section is not known, but it is suspected that it was finally scrapped within the yard sometime in 1996.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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