Vickers Viscount
Airliner
Photo ©: Karsten Palt
The Vickers Viscount is a four-engine medium-range turboprop airliner with a capacity of up to 74 passengers produced by the British manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs.
The first and main production version Viscount Type 700 had initially a capacity of 32 passengers. The improved and stretched (+3ft 10in / 1,20m) variant Viscount Type 800 was able to carry 53 - 70 passengers.
| Crew | 2 | |
| Passengers | 74 (Model 810) | |
| Propulsion | 4 Turboprop Engines | |
| Engine Model | Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.7/1 Mk.525 | |
| Engine Power (each) | 1484 kW | 1990 shp |
| Speed | 563 km/h | 304 kts 350 mph |
| Service Ceiling | 7.620 m | 25.000 ft |
| Range | 2.776 km | 1.499 NM 1.725 mi. |
| Empty Weight | 18.854 kg | 41.566 lbs |
| max. Takeoff Weight | 32.884 kg | 72.497 lbs |
| Wing Span | 28,56 m | 93 ft 8 in |
| Wing Area | 89,5 m² | 963 ft² |
| Length | 26,11 m | 85 ft 8 in |
| Height | 8,15 m | 26 ft 9 in |
| First Flight | 16.07.1948 | |
| Production Status | out of production | |
| Total Production | 444 | |
| ICAO Code | VISC | |
| IATA Code | VCV | |
| Data for (Version) | Vickers Viscount 810 | |
| [Photo-ID: 1216] © Karsten Palt 2008-07-16 | |
 | Vickers 701 Viscount BEA - British European Airways Reg.: G-ALWF c/n: 5 |
| Imperial War Museum [Duxford Aerodrome (EGSU / QFO)] | |
| [Photo-ID: 13134] © Karsten Palt 2016-07-10 | |
 | Vickers 701 Viscount BEA - British European Airways Reg.: G-ALWF c/n: 5 |
| Imperial War Museum [Duxford Aerodrome (EGSU / QFO)] | |
| [Photo-ID: 1678] © Karsten Palt 2009-04-02 | |
 | Vickers 708 Viscount Air France Reg.: F-BGNU c/n: 38 ex Air Inter |
| Auto und Technik Museum [Sinsheim] | |
| [Photo-ID: 6833] © Karsten Palt 2013-05-17 | |
 | Vickers 708 Viscount Air Inter Reg.: F-BGNR c/n: 35 |
| Midland Air Museum [Coventry] | |
| [Photo-ID: 11211] © Karsten Palt 2015-06-03 | |
 | Vickers 744 Viscount Reg.: N22SN c/n: 40 ex CF-TGI |
| Pima Air and Space Museum [Tucson, AZ] | |
| [Photo-ID: 11212] © Karsten Palt 2015-06-03 | |
 | Vickers 744 Viscount Reg.: N22SN c/n: 40 ex CF-TGI |
| Pima Air and Space Museum [Tucson, AZ] | |
| [Photo-ID: 7581] © Karsten Palt 2013-08-16 | |
 | Vickers 794D Viscount Turkish Air Force Reg.: 58-430 c/n: 430 ex TC-SEL |
| Turkish Air Force Museum [Yesilkoy, Istanbul] | |
| [Photo-ID: 7582] © Karsten Palt 2013-08-16 | |
 | Vickers 794D Viscount Turkish Air Force Reg.: 58-430 c/n: 430 ex TC-SEL |
| Turkish Air Force Museum [Yesilkoy, Istanbul] | |
| [Photo-ID: 1459] © Karsten Palt 2008-09-27 | |
 | Vickers 814 Viscount Lufthansa Reg.: D-ANAM c/n: 368 British Air Ferries |
| Flugausstellung L.+P. Junior [Hermeskeil] | |
| [Photo-ID: 1460] © Karsten Palt 2008-09-27 | |
 | Vickers 814 Viscount Lufthansa Reg.: D-ANAM c/n: 368 British Air Ferries |
| Flugausstellung L.+P. Junior [Hermeskeil] | |