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Vickers Viscount
Vickers · Short/Medium-Range Turboprop Passenger Transport · UK · Early Jet (1946–1969)
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 1953 and was the first turboprop-powered airliner.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Commercial
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Early Jet (1946–1969)
- Country
- UK
- Manufacturer
- Vickers
- Operator
- BEA / Air Canada / Capital Airlines / 60+ operators
- Primary Role
- Short/Medium-Range Turboprop Passenger Transport
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1953
- Produced
- 444
- Propulsion
- Turboprop
- Engine
- 4x Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.7/1 turboprop
- Thrust / Power
- 1,990 shp each
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 85.8
- Wingspan (ft)
- 93.8
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 41565
- MTOW (lb)
- 72500
- Payload (lb)
- 16200
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 25000
- Range (mi)
- 1725
- Max Speed (mph)
- 352