Vickers Viscount Turboprop Airliner Family
The Vickers Viscount was the first turboprop airliner to enter regular passenger service and one of postwar Britain's most successful civil aircraft. First flown in 1948, its quiet four-engine propeller-turbine layout made medium-range travel faster and more comfortable, and the 700 and 800 series carried passengers for airlines on several continents until the jet age displaced the type.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Vickers-Armstrongs ViscountViscountVC.2Type 630Type 700Type 800Type 810Type 840
- Family Name
- Vickers Viscount
- Full Name
- Vickers Viscount Turboprop Airliner Family
- Roles
- airlinercargo
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Cruise Speed Kph
- 521
- Max Speed Kph
- 612
- Max Takeoff Mass Kg
- 28,570
- Operating Modes
- land
- Range Km
- 3,219
- Service Ceiling M
- 8,690
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Vickers Viscount was the first turboprop airliner to enter regular passenger service and one of postwar Britain's most successful civil aircraft. First flown in 1948, its quiet four-engine propeller-turbine layout made medium-range travel faster and more comfortable, and the 700 and 800 series carried passengers for airlines on several continents until the jet age displaced the type.
- Dimensions
- Height M
- 8.5
- Length M
- 24.9
- Wingspan M
- 28.6
- First Flight Year
- 1,948
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- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 19:55:52 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 05:00:12 UTC