The Vickers Viscount is a retired British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee, it entered service in …

The Vickers Viscount Network is a Virtual Museum dedicated to the Vickers-Armstrongs VC2 Viscount that was powered by the revolutionary Rolls-Royce Dart gas-turbine engine.

Vickers Viscount The world's first turboprop airliner and one of Britain's most successful commercial aircraft. The prototype Type 630 Vickers Viscount at around the time of its first …

Vicker's Viscount was the first turboprop airliner from any nation to enter service. The Viscount was one of the results of the UK's wartime Brabazon Committee, which was set up to define …

Sep 29, 2023 · "The first production Vickers Viscount Type 701 (G-ALWE) flew in August 1952, entering full passenger service on 18th April 1953. The type was an immediate success both …

Aug 21, 2021 · Though many have since forgotten its name, the Vickers Viscount was the most popular British commercial airliner of the postwar era and the first turboprop airliner ever built.

The Vickers Viscount is the world’s first turboprop airliner powered by Rolls-Royce Dart engines that can fly up to 1,200 nautical miles and has a maximum speed of 306 knots. This aircraft …

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 …

The Vickers Viscount (pronounced vi-count, the ”s” being silent), is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948. The turboprop engines replaced the conventional engines …

The Vickers Viscount was the world's first successful passen­ger transport aircraft with turbo­prop engines, devel­oped just after the Second World War. It has a classi­cal configura­tion of that …