Vickers Viscounts – A Few Pictures

Good ones – especially the Channel Viscounts. That must have been taken just after they went bust!

More Viscounts

Here’s a few scanned from my slides this morning.

When did I get old enough to have been taking slides in 1969 :confused:

G-AOHS, Elmdon, 26 December 1969 (4:00pm from the hangar clock!)

G-AVNJ, Southend, 27 May 1972

HK-1061, Castle Donnington, 23 July 1971

Enjoy!

One of the most attractive civilian airliners everbuilt in my view second only to Concorde but first for an all british airliner

Gotta agree with you there – there’ll never be another propliner with the character of the Viscount 😮
I’d also add the VC-10 to the list of attractive British airliners. Vickers as well 😀

Great photo’s. You may not be surprised to hear that the Hermes particularly caught my attention. Do you know when this picture was taken? I believe that this aircraft was scrapped at this location. I had a friend and colleague who worked for Channel at the time.

S.B.

I think it was taken in the Summer of 1966. It use to come in for checks by Channel and was always put in the Tradair hangar. I myself was working there at the time doing a holiday job, and one of my tasks was to clean the underside of the aircraft using petrol extracted from the aircraft itself and a swab! Believe it or not, it was absolute bliss!

Here is my contribution to this thread.
Therefore for completeness I have included a full photo of the Hermes. All major checks for this aircraft were carried out by Channel. Note the Viscount fin on the right!

Great photo’s. You may not be surprised to hear that the Hermes particularly caught my attention. Do you know when this picture was taken? I believe that this aircraft was scrapped at this location. I had a friend and colleague who worked for Channel at the time.

S.B.

Did’nt the nose go to Duxford?

G-OPAS in it`s last days. 🙁

….and memories of my last flight in a Viscount at the Lydd Air Show a few years ago!!

Ah, memories of my flight in the last Viscount out of Heathrow – 18th April 1996!

My first ever turboprop airliner flight was in 700 series Viscount G-ARIR

Moggy

Would that be Maitland Drewery, or aren’t you that old, Moggy? :rolleyes:

Got the last batch of Viscounts scanned.

Will start the BAC111’s during next week.

G-CSZA

G-CSZB

G-LOND

Unknown British United

G-BNAA

G-BBDK

G-BAPE

G-ARGR

G-AOYR

G-AOHT

G-OPAS

G-AOHM

G-AOYP with Belfast XR365/G-HLFT now in Ausrallia.

G-AOHM

G-AOHM

Baltic/Virgin Viscount

Last two

G-BAPF landing 06 At Southend

One of the most attractive civilian airliners everbuilt in my view second only to Concorde but first for an all british airliner

The Viscount.

G-AOYG Southend

Here is my contribution to this thread.

I have included a Channel Viscount on lease to British Eagle standing outside the Channel Hangar at Southend….the engineering crew on the left are just returning from their tea break!

I have also included a Bahamas Airways Viscount parked outside the Tradair hangar, also at Southend. This aircraft was also leased from Channel and eventually returned to their livery. Note the Hermes nose on the left.

Therefore for completeness I have included a full photo of the Hermes. All major checks for this aircraft were carried out by Channel. Note the Viscount fin on the right!

A few more Viscounts for us to drool over…

Southend, Freightmaster Viscount ans YS11, the YS11 was lost in an accident soon after this photo was taken an engine “exploded” in fight the aircrat landed safely but was written off.

BAF Cabin trainer parked out at Southend.

G-AOYL out to grass at Southend.

Airferry Viscount with brittania behind

Hunting Clan unknown location

BUA Viscount intrestin looking nose behind?

Invicta

Hot Air “Marilin Monrole”

BUA Viscount & BAC111

G-BFZL at Southend

G-AOYS at Southend

Sun hit it with nice dark sky behind.

The Freightmaster Viscount a unique aircraft such a shame she was scrapped.

G-AOYN
at Southend

G-APEY

I still have more! will scan them over the next few days along with the BAC111’s

Good to see G-APEX – my 1st flight was on that one as a BAF Apprentice, Southend – Belfast, Newspaper flight, Just 2 seats though and they were both taken! Jump seat missing so it was standing up all the way for me, on the flightdeck behind the pilots. I also had the same “seat” allocated for me on the next paper flight i wangled, Herald G-BCWE Herald, Southend – Basle.

Happy days.

BAC 1-11

Yep they’re historic, here’s a thread started previously

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=54915

Give me a few days to scan them al your wish is my command, anyone want a few BAC 1-11’s was well!

More please, lots more!

I have a stack more of some of the older airlines if anyones intrested.

Keep em coming, great stuff

A few of my Viscount photos.

Unknown BAF Viscount at Southend (where else!) I do like this scheme.

BAF G-APEX at Southend.

G-ANZA at Southend just a few days before being taken apart for the road trip to a site next to the dancing Kokorico near Waarschoot, Belgium.

BAF/Gambian scheme at Southend

Sad end at Southend

and yes a small fragment of the fuse did come home with me.

The old and older

sadly not my photo, intresting to see the airline

Starairways 700srs?

I have a stack more of some of the older airlines if anyones intrested.

I never got to fly on a viscount 🙁 I have however got a certificate from ebay comemerating the last flight before it went to Africa!