Vickers Viking – Pathe Film

Valletta had a different c/n group and production fgures are always quoted seperately. The RAF had some Vikings and they were not grouped witrh the Vallettas.

Autair used them until 1968, I think it was that year Invicta finished with them too and Europe Aero Service into the 1970’s. As far as I know the last one was in France finally retiring in 1974.

I suppose it depended where you were as locally the last Viking was 1963.

Garry

I think I’d call a Valetta a variation rather than a different type, but I understand what you’re saying.
When was the last Viking flight, BTW? I remember seeing three or four of them together at Manston (Invicta AW) in about 1966 or 7, but they can’t have gone on much longer.

D-BABY has been scrapped. G-AIVG has moved to Basel. ZS-DKH is in Johannsburg. The Pakistan example is J-750 and the Argentinian is T-9.

A Valetta is a different type.

Cargo doors different interior different cockpit glazing miltary equipment and engines Always quoted as a seperate entity in production numbers etc.

Garry

Wikipedia has another Viking in Pakistan, and don’t forget the Valettas.

Also one in France (damaged on landing in the early fifties and stored since), one in Germany, one in Austria and one in Argentina.

The Argentina one was saved ex airforce. G-AGRU was with G-AGRW and G-AHPB used in a resturant in Holland and as mentioned G-AGRU came back to the UK at Duxford, later Brooklands and the other two are the Austian and German examples. I’m not sure of the status of the Austrian, the German one was painted as D-BABY.

Garry

G-AGRU is at Brooklands

Moggy

It was!

Are there any Viking survivors, whole aircraft or saved cockpits?