Vickers Viscount Aircraft
Viscount 701, Cosford | |
Production Details | |
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Design Company: |
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First Flight: |
16 July 1948 |
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Viscount Type 630: |
2 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
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Viscount Type 700: |
288 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
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Viscount Type 800: |
68 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
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Viscount Type 810: |
86 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
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Type Specification | |
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Applies to: |
Vickers Viscount Type 810 |
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Type: |
Four engined turboprop airliner |
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Wing: |
Cantilever low wing monoplane. Dihedral 3 degrees. Single spar all metal structure, with two subsidiary spanwise members and stressed alclad skin |
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Fuselage: |
All metal stressed skin semi-monocoque structure of circular cross section |
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Tail Unit: |
Cantilever all metal structure, with 14 degree dihedral on tailplane |
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Landing Gear: |
Retractable tricycle type with twin wheels on each unit. All units retract forward hydraulically |
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Power Plant: |
Four 1,990 ehp Rolls-Royce Dart RDa7/1 Mk 525 turboprop engines, each driving a four blade fully feathering propeller. |
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Accommodation: |
Two pilots on flight deck, plus cabin attendants. Up to 52 first class or 70 tourist passengers |
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Dimensions | |
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Span: |
93 ft 8.5 in |
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Length: |
85 ft 8 in |
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Height: |
26 ft 9 in |
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Wing Area: |
963 sq ft |
Weights | |
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Empty: |
41,565 lb |
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Max Take Off: |
72,500 lb |
Performance | |
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Max Cruise Speed: |
357 mph at 20,000 ft |
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Service Ceiling: |
25,000 ft |
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Range: |
1,760 miles with 14,300 lb payload |
Preserved in British Museums | |
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Viscount 701: |
G-ALWF - Duxford Aviation Society, Duxford Aerodrome - Display G-AMOG - Museum of Flight, East Fortune Aerodrome - Display |
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Viscount 806: |
G-APIM - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Display G-OPAS - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth - Nose |
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Viscount 807: |
G-CSZB - Aeropark, Nottingham East Midlands Airport - Nose |
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Viscount 837: |
XT575 - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Nose |
Web Sites | |