OTHER OPERATORS

Once deliveries were complete to the RAF’s main intended operators of the Varsity, several aircraft trickled down to secondary use. It is perhaps interesting to note that only two Varsities were ever exported (at least, as flying examples), just one was re-engined and two made it onto the civil register, not counting three further preserved examples IN SERVICE VICKERS VARSITY THE TURBOPROP TESTBED Second prototype Varsity VX835 was converted in 1953 to become a flying testbed for Napier’s 3,000hp Eland