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The Vickers Viscount
Author | : Nick Stroud |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2017-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781526701978 |
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By some margin the most successful British medium-range airliner ever produced, the world-beating Viscount was a sublime combination of Vickers state-of-the-art postwar design and Rolls-Royces cutting-edge power-plant technology, both companies being at the very peak of their powers during the types genesis and evolution.Tracing its origins back to the wartime Brabazon Committee, the Viscount was one of several designs from various British aircraft manufacturers produced to fulfill the committees specifications for a fast, economical short- to medium-range airliner to satisfy the demands of the burgeoning postwar civil aviation market, which was predicted to grow at a healthy rate over the following decades. Vickers chief designer and Managing Director George Edwards was quick to respond, the result being the Dart turboprop-powered Vickers V.630, which made its first flight in July 1948, despite its future looking uncertain after British European Airways having twenty examples of ordered its chief rival, Airspeeds Ambassador, six months before. The Viscount nevertheless entered full service with BEA in 1953, much to the relief of its manufacturer, orders flooding in thereafter from numerous airlines and air forces all over the world. Ultimately, some 200 individual airlines, companies and organizations in more than eighty countries operated the dependable and, crucially, development-friendly Viscount over its long and distinguished career.This book tells the full story of the worlds first turboprop airliner, from its Brabazon Committee beginnings, through its early flight trials program and entry into service, to its almost unassailable position as the worlds number one medium-haul turboprop, including its astonishing breakthrough in the USA, where it single-handedly broke the big American manufacturers stranglehold on the airliner market. The types military career is also covered, as is its construction; also included in this volume are details of the numerous variants produced and those of the 444 built still surviving as exhibits today, along with twenty-four superb artworks by world-renowned aviation illustrator Juanita Franzi.
Vickers Viscount and Vanguard
Author | : Malcolm L. Hill |
Publsiher | : Crowood Press (UK) |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105026562616 |
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Built in response to the famous Brabazon Committee's requirements for an aircraft to replace the Douglas DC-3 on European and Empire routes, the Viscount became the world's first turboprop-powered airliner, and the most successful British airliner of all. Operated initially by BEA, the Viscount soon became a favorite of passengers, pilots and aircraft enthusiasts alike. Its heyday was brief, as the advent of the jet airliner soon relegated it to second-line service, in which it remains - just- to this day. This book presents the complete design, development and operational history of the Viscount and its bigger sibling, the Vanguard.
Vickers Viscount
Author | : Robin MacRae Dunn |
Publsiher | : Specialty Press (MN) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-01-10 |
Genre | : Vickers Viscount (Turboprop transport) |
ISBN | : 1580070655 |
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Introduced in 1948, the Vickers Viscount became Great Britain's most successful airliner by the late '50s, as well as the most widely used turbine-powered air transport in the world. Its huge windows and quiet, comfortable ride made it a favorite with passengers, and airlines found it to be a reliable, inexpensive plane to operate. In fact, in 1955, Flight magazines referred to the Viscount as ..." a machine so patently superior to its rivals that it has set in its field wholly new standards of comfort, performance and ... reliability." In this book, author Robin MacRae Dunn covers the entire Viscount history, from the development of turboprop engines in England after World War II, on through the plane's 50-year service history. In addition to a step-by-step look at the Viscount's major systems and components, this comprehensive book details its development, certification, variations, accident record, and worldwide service record. Appendices include significant dates, specifications, and the disposition of those Viscounts still in existence.
Vickers Viscount
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Author | : Alan James Wright |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Transport planes |
ISBN | : 0711020701 |
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It s a Viscount
Author | : Nick Corrie |
Publsiher | : Balago Books Limited |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0946995745 |
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This is a concise illustrated history of the world's first turbine-powered passenger airliner. With its combined Vickers and Rolls Royce pedigree, the turbo-prop Viscount became a familiar sight in the skies from 1948 to the late 1960s.
Vickers Viscount
Author | : Barry Lloyd |
Publsiher | : Historic Commercial Aircraft |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-05-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1802826459 |
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Providing an overview of the development, design and career of the Vickers Vicsount, this book will also highlight the unusual locales and owners who flew this aircraft.
The Vickers Viscount
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Author | : Rayner G. C. Kittle |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Vickers Viscount (Turboprop transport) |
ISBN | : 085130401X |
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Beskriver detaljeret og med mange illustrationer udviklingen og anvendelsen af det britiske turboprop-passagerfly fra 1948, Vickers Viscount.
Viscount Down
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Author | : Keith Nell |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 485 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Aircraft accidents |
ISBN | : 0620544503 |
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