Vickers Viscount Aircraft



Viscount 701, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Weybridge & Hurn

First Flight:

16 July 1948

Viscount Type 630:

2 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Viscount Type 700:

288 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Viscount Type 800:

68 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Viscount Type 810:

86 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:

Vickers Viscount Type 810

Type:

Four engined turboprop airliner

Wing:

Cantilever low wing monoplane. Dihedral 3 degrees. Single spar all metal structure, with two subsidiary spanwise members and stressed alclad skin

Fuselage:

All metal stressed skin semi-monocoque structure of circular cross section

Tail Unit:

Cantilever all metal structure, with 14 degree dihedral on tailplane

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle type with twin wheels on each unit. All units retract forward hydraulically

Power Plant:

Four 1,990 ehp Rolls-Royce Dart RDa7/1 Mk 525 turboprop engines, each driving a four blade fully feathering propeller.

Accommodation:

Two pilots on flight deck, plus cabin attendants. Up to 52 first class or 70 tourist passengers

Dimensions

Span:

93 ft 8.5 in

Length:

85 ft 8 in

Height:

26 ft 9 in

Wing Area:

963 sq ft

Weights

Empty:

41,565 lb

Max Take Off:

72,500 lb

Performance

Max Cruise Speed:

357 mph at 20,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

25,000 ft

Range:

1,760 miles with 14,300 lb payload

Preserved in British Museums

Viscount 701:

G-ALWF - Duxford Aviation Society, Duxford Aerodrome - Display G-AMOG - Museum of Flight, East Fortune Aerodrome - Display

Viscount 806:

G-APIM - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Display G-OPAS - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth - Nose

Viscount 807:

G-CSZB - Aeropark, Nottingham East Midlands Airport - Nose

Viscount 837:

XT575 - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Nose

Web Sites

http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=380