Travel back in time with the Viscount
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United States
N555SL - Kearney & Trecker Corporation - August 1978 to February 1984
Re-registered from N98KT. Taken at Chino Airport, California, USA 7 September 1983.
Note the Auxilliary Power Unit (APU) at the rear which was a rare addition to a Viscount.
Photo source - Eduard Marmet
Aircraft Summary
Capital Airlines (USA)
This aircraft c/n 233, a V.745D, was built for Capital Airlines (USA) as N7471 and first flew on Thursday, 27 June 1957 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Northeast Airlines Inc, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, Irving Trust Company, Blaw Knox Corporation, Kearney & Trecker Corporation, Monarch Aircraft Inc and Clara Strauss Abad
Its final owner/operator was Mid Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) as N7471.Its fate:-
Donated by Clara Strauss Abad to the Mid Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) with the help of the Capital Airlines Association 1 May 1992.
Re-registered N7471 21 May 1992. Ferried to Clarkesburg Airport, West Virginia USA and repainted in a Capital Airlines livery in June 1992.
Ferried to Reading, Pennsylvania, USA in August 1992.
Displayed at the Wilkes-Barre Airport air show, Pennsylvania, USA 22 August 1992.
Flown into Ronald Reagan National Washington Airport, Arlington, Virginia, USA for the 1993 Airliners International convention and remained on static display throughout the event in July 1993.
Noted being restored back to flying condition at Carl A Spaatz Field after a long period on the ground due to a defective Dart engine in February 1997.
Cabin interior noted being restored to passenger configuration with parts from Viscount N7439 (C/N 137) in September 2000. Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the museum closed to the general public until further notice in March 2020.