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The
Viscount was a
United Kingdom medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in
1948 by Vickers-Armstrong, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world. It would go on to be one of the most successful of the first-generation post-war transports, with 445 being built. It was particularly well liked by the passengers, as it was quiet,fast and vibration free, and had larger windows than those found even on modern airliners.
Vickers Viscount at London Heathrow Airport in 1964. Behind it is a BEA
Hawker Siddeley Trident and on the right a BEA
Vickers Vanguard
History
The design resulted from the
Brabazon Committee's Type II design, calling for a small-sized medium-range pressurized aircraft to fly its less-travelled routes, carrying 24 passengers up to 1,750 miles (2,816 km) at 200 mile/h (322 km/h).
British European Airways (BEA) was involved in the design and asked that the plane carry 32 passengers instead, but remained otherwise similar. During development, Vickers advocated the use of turboprop power, believing piston-engines to be a dead-end in aviation. The Brabazon committee was not so convinced, but agreed to split the design into two types, the Type IIA using piston power, and the Type IIB using a turboprop. Vickers won the IIB contracts, while the IIA was built as the Airspeed Ambassador.
The resulting Vickers
Type 630 design was completed at Brooklands by Chief Designer Rex Pierson and his staff in
1945 in aviation, a thirty-two seat airliner powered by four Rolls-Royce Dart engines providing a cruising speed of 275 mph (443 km/h). An order for two prototypes was placed in March
1946 in aviation, and construction started almost immediately. Originally to be named
Viceroy, the name was changed after the partition of India in
1947 in aviation. There was some work on replacing the Darts with the
Armstrong Siddeley Mamba, but this was dropped by the time the prototypes were reaching completion.
The prototype Model 630 flew on 16 July 1948 in aviation, and the second prototype was built as a test-bed with two Rolls-Royce Tay (turbojet) turbojets in place of the four Darts. The first prototype was awarded a restricted Certificate of Airworthiness on 15 September
1949 in aviation, followed by a full Certificate on 27 July 1950 in aviation, and placed into service with BEA the next day to familiarize the pilots and ground crew with the new aircraft. However the design was considered too small and slow at 275 mph (443 km/h), making the per-passenger operating costs too high for regular service.
image:Viscount1 wcam.jpg in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
image:Viscount701_CambrianAirways_Bristol.jpg at
Bristol International Airport, England in 1963.image:Viscount2 wcam.JPG in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The designers then went back to the drawing board and the aircraft emerged as the larger
Type 700 with up to forty-eight passengers (53 in some configurations), and a cruising speed of 308 mph (496 km/h). The new prototype first flew
28 August 1950 in aviation.
British European Airways ordered twenty V.701s, and soon orders came in from other airlines. The first 700 was delivered to BEA in January 1953, and in April it began the world's first turboprop-powered service.
Three years later the Viscount won all honours in the transport section of the 12,367 mile (19,903 km) air race from
London to
Christchurch, New Zealand. The aircraft averaged 320 mph (515 km/h) in the event, crossing the finishing line nine hours ahead of its closest rival. Vickers Viscounts served with New Zealand's
National Airways Corporation.
The
Model 700D added more powerful engines, and the
Model 724 included a new fuel system, two-pilot cockpit, and increased weights.
The final major change to the design was the
Type 800 Super Viscount, stretched 3 ft 10 in (1.2 m) for up to 71 passengers. Wider, more square doors were fitted to the airframe at this time. A further change to the fuselage was planned, but later renamed as the Vickers Vanguard instead. The last Viscounts built were 6 for the Chinese State airlineCAAC, which were delivered during 1964.
The type continued in BEA and British Airways service until early 1985, eventually being passed on to charter operators such as British Air Ferries (later
British World). The last British-owned Viscounts were sold to Africa where 5 are still in use (June 2007). In addition to these, 1 (a 700 series variant)has now been restored to airworthy condition for the MID WEST AIR Museum, U.S.A.
Variants
- 700 - the first production version, 1,381 hp (1,030 kW) engines, 287 built
- 700D - 1,576 hp (1,175 kW) engines
- 724 - 15 sold to Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) of Canada, included more electrical power, a new fuel system, and cold weather operation provisions.
- 745D - 40 sold to Capital Airlines of the USA
- 757 - 35 for Trans Canada Airlines with more powerful 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) Dart 510 engines
- 771D - improved 770D
- 800 - fuselage stretched 3 ft 10 in (1.2 m), 67 built
- 810 - 1,991 hp (1,485 kW) engines, 84 built
Preserved aircraft
- Type 700 (Registration CF-THS) on display in Air Canada colours at Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- Type 701 (Registration G-ALWF named Sir John Franklin) on display in BEA colours at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England.
- Type 701 (Registration G-AMOG named Sir Robert Falcon Scott) on display in BEA colours at RAF Museum RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England.
- Type 708 (Registration F-BGNR named Victoria Lynne) owned by the Viscount 35 Association. Awaiting restoration at her home at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, England
- Type 708 (Registration F-BGNU) on display in Air France colours at Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Germany.
- Type 745D (Registration N7471) in Capital Airlines colors, at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA, USA.
- Type 757 (Registration CF-THG) in Air Canada colours under restoration at BC Air Museum, Victoria, BC, Canada.
- Type 757 (Registration CF-THI) on display in Trans Canada Airlines colours at Canada Aviation Museum, Rockcliffe, Canada.
- Type 789D (Serial Number FAB2101) on display in Brazilian Air Force colours at the Museu Aeroespacial, Campos dos Afonsos, Brazil.
- Type 794 Military Aviation Museum, Ankara, Turkey.
- Type 806 (Registration G-APIM named Viscount Stephen Piercey) on display in British Air Ferries colours at Brooklands, Surrey, England.
- Type 807 (Registration ZK-BRF named "City of Christchurch") on display at the Ferrymead Heritage Park, New Zealand
- Type 814 (Registration D-ANAM) on display in British Air Ferries colours with no titles at Flugausstellung Leo Junior at Hermeskeil in Germany.
- Type 818 (Registration VH-TVR named John Murray) on display in Trans Australian Airlines colours at the Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Australia.
- Type 843 (Serial Number 50258) in China Air Force colours as the Beijing Aviation Museum, People's Republic of China.
Operators
Civil operators
In July 2007 a total of 5 Vickers Viscount aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service in Africa, with Air Horizon (2), Air Kasai (1),
Global Airways (1) and Trans Service Airlift In addition to these, 1 has also been restored to airworthy condition in the USA.
Military operators
Specifications (Model 800)
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turboprop|number of props=4|power main=2,100 shp|power alt=1,566 kW
|max speed main=352 mph|max speed alt=566 km/h|range main=1,735 miles|range alt=2,790 km|ceiling main=25,000 ft|ceiling alt=7620 m|climb rate main=ft/min|climb rate alt= m/min|loading main= 75 lb/ft²|loading alt= 368 kg/m²|power/mass main= 0.12 hp/lb|power/mass alt= 0.19 kW/kg|-->
Links
Viscount 35 Association, a group restoring Viscount 708 F-BGNR "Victoria Lynne"
References
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The
Viscount was a United Kingdom medium-range
turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrong, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world. It would go on to be one of the most successful of the first-generation post-war transports, with 445 being built. It was particularly well liked by the passengers, as it was quiet,fast and vibration free, and had larger windows than those found even on modern airliners.
Vickers Viscount at
London Heathrow Airport in 1964. Behind it is a BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident and on the right a BEA
Vickers Vanguard
History
The design resulted from the Brabazon Committee's Type II design, calling for a small-sized medium-range pressurized aircraft to fly its less-travelled routes, carrying 24 passengers up to 1,750 miles (2,816 km) at 200 mile/h (322 km/h).
British European Airways (BEA) was involved in the design and asked that the plane carry 32 passengers instead, but remained otherwise similar. During development, Vickers advocated the use of turboprop power, believing piston-engines to be a dead-end in aviation. The Brabazon committee was not so convinced, but agreed to split the design into two types, the Type IIA using piston power, and the Type IIB using a turboprop. Vickers won the IIB contracts, while the IIA was built as the Airspeed Ambassador.
The resulting Vickers
Type 630 design was completed at Brooklands by Chief Designer Rex Pierson and his staff in
1945 in aviation, a thirty-two seat airliner powered by four
Rolls-Royce Dart engines providing a cruising speed of 275 mph (443 km/h). An order for two prototypes was placed in March 1946 in aviation, and construction started almost immediately. Originally to be named
Viceroy, the name was changed after the partition of India in
1947 in aviation. There was some work on replacing the Darts with the Armstrong Siddeley Mamba, but this was dropped by the time the prototypes were reaching completion.
The prototype Model 630 flew on
16 July 1948 in aviation, and the second prototype was built as a test-bed with two
Rolls-Royce Tay (turbojet) turbojets in place of the four Darts. The first prototype was awarded a restricted Certificate of Airworthiness on
15 September 1949 in aviation, followed by a full Certificate on 27 July
1950 in aviation, and placed into service with BEA the next day to familiarize the pilots and ground crew with the new aircraft. However the design was considered too small and slow at 275 mph (443 km/h), making the per-passenger operating costs too high for regular service.
image:Viscount1 wcam.jpg in Winnipeg, Manitoba.image:Viscount701_CambrianAirways_Bristol.jpg at Bristol International Airport, England in 1963.
image:Viscount2 wcam.JPG in
Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
The designers then went back to the drawing board and the aircraft emerged as the larger
Type 700 with up to forty-eight passengers (53 in some configurations), and a cruising speed of 308 mph (496 km/h). The new prototype first flew 28 August
1950 in aviation.
British European Airways ordered twenty V.701s, and soon orders came in from other airlines. The first 700 was delivered to BEA in January 1953, and in April it began the world's first turboprop-powered service.
Three years later the Viscount won all honours in the transport section of the 12,367 mile (19,903 km) air race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand. The aircraft averaged 320 mph (515 km/h) in the event, crossing the finishing line nine hours ahead of its closest rival. Vickers Viscounts served with
New Zealand's National Airways Corporation.
The
Model 700D added more powerful engines, and the
Model 724 included a new fuel system, two-pilot cockpit, and increased weights.
The final major change to the design was the
Type 800 Super Viscount, stretched 3 ft 10 in (1.2 m) for up to 71 passengers. Wider, more square doors were fitted to the airframe at this time. A further change to the fuselage was planned, but later renamed as the Vickers Vanguard instead. The last Viscounts built were 6 for the Chinese State airline
CAAC, which were delivered during 1964.
The type continued in BEA and British Airways service until early 1985, eventually being passed on to charter operators such as British Air Ferries (later
British World). The last British-owned Viscounts were sold to Africa where 5 are still in use (June 2007). In addition to these, 1 (a 700 series variant)has now been restored to airworthy condition for the MID WEST AIR Museum, U.S.A.
Variants
- 700 - the first production version, 1,381 hp (1,030 kW) engines, 287 built
- 700D - 1,576 hp (1,175 kW) engines
- 724 - 15 sold to Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) of Canada, included more electrical power, a new fuel system, and cold weather operation provisions.
- 745D - 40 sold to Capital Airlines of the USA
- 757 - 35 for Trans Canada Airlines with more powerful 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) Dart 510 engines
- 771D - improved 770D
- 800 - fuselage stretched 3 ft 10 in (1.2 m), 67 built
- 810 - 1,991 hp (1,485 kW) engines, 84 built
Preserved aircraft
- Type 700 (Registration CF-THS) on display in Air Canada colours at Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- Type 701 (Registration G-ALWF named Sir John Franklin) on display in BEA colours at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England.
- Type 701 (Registration G-AMOG named Sir Robert Falcon Scott) on display in BEA colours at RAF Museum RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England.
- Type 708 (Registration F-BGNR named Victoria Lynne) owned by the Viscount 35 Association. Awaiting restoration at her home at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, England
- Type 708 (Registration F-BGNU) on display in Air France colours at Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Germany.
- Type 745D (Registration N7471) in Capital Airlines colors, at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA, USA.
- Type 757 (Registration CF-THG) in Air Canada colours under restoration at BC Air Museum, Victoria, BC, Canada.
- Type 757 (Registration CF-THI) on display in Trans Canada Airlines colours at Canada Aviation Museum, Rockcliffe, Canada.
- Type 789D (Serial Number FAB2101) on display in Brazilian Air Force colours at the Museu Aeroespacial, Campos dos Afonsos, Brazil.
- Type 794 Military Aviation Museum, Ankara, Turkey.
- Type 806 (Registration G-APIM named Viscount Stephen Piercey) on display in British Air Ferries colours at Brooklands, Surrey, England.
- Type 807 (Registration ZK-BRF named "City of Christchurch") on display at the Ferrymead Heritage Park, New Zealand
- Type 814 (Registration D-ANAM) on display in British Air Ferries colours with no titles at Flugausstellung Leo Junior at Hermeskeil in Germany.
- Type 818 (Registration VH-TVR named John Murray) on display in Trans Australian Airlines colours at the Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Australia.
- Type 843 (Serial Number 50258) in China Air Force colours as the Beijing Aviation Museum, People's Republic of China.
Operators
Civil operators
In July 2007 a total of 5 Vickers Viscount aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service in Africa, with
Air Horizon (2),
Air Kasai (1),
Global Airways (1) and
Trans Service Airlift In addition to these, 1 has also been restored to airworthy condition in the USA.
Military operators
Specifications (Model 800)
{{aircraft specifications|] RDa.7/1 Mk 525|type of prop= turboprop|number of props=4|power main=2,100 shp|power alt=1,566 kW
|max speed main=352 mph|max speed alt=566 km/h|range main=1,735 miles|range alt=2,790 km|ceiling main=25,000 ft|ceiling alt=7620 m|climb rate main=ft/min|climb rate alt= m/min|loading main= 75 lb/ft²|loading alt= 368 kg/m²|power/mass main= 0.12 hp/lb|power/mass alt= 0.19 kW/kg|-->
Links
Viscount 35 Association, a group restoring Viscount 708 F-BGNR "Victoria Lynne"
References
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