VISCOUNT

E858358
civil airliner turboprop airliner

VISCOUNT is a British-built turboprop airliner that became widely used in the 1950s and 1960s for short- to medium-haul passenger services.

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Surface form Occurrences
Vickers Viscount 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil airliner ⓘ
turboprop airliner ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
aircraftFamily Vickers Viscount family NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 2–3 cabin crew ⓘ
3–4 flight crew ⓘ
engineModel Rolls-Royce Dart NERFINISHED ⓘ
enteredCommercialService 1953-04-18 ⓘ
firstFlight 1948-07-16 ⓘ
firstOperator British European Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ
fuselageType cylindrical, pressurised ⓘ
icaoAircraftTypeDesignator VISC ⓘ
introduced 1953 ⓘ
landingGearType tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs NERFINISHED ⓘ
maxCruiseSpeed_kmh ~500 ⓘ
notableFeature first turboprop airliner to enter service ⓘ
large oval cabin windows ⓘ
numberBuilt 445 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator Aer Lingus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Air France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ansett-ANA NERFINISHED ⓘ
British European Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ
Capital Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ
KLM NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lufthansa NERFINISHED ⓘ
South African Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trans-Canada Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerplantType turboprop ⓘ
pressurisedCabin true ⓘ
primaryEraOfUse 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
productionEndYear 1964 ⓘ
productionStartYear 1948 ⓘ
range_km ~2500 ⓘ
retiredFromMainlineService 1980s ⓘ
role medium-haul airliner ⓘ
short-haul airliner ⓘ
serviceCeiling_m ~7600–7600 ⓘ
status outOfProduction ⓘ
successor Vickers Vanguard NERFINISHED ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity 40–75 ⓘ
usedFor cargo transport (converted aircraft) ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
wingType cantilever wing ⓘ

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Vickers Viscount airliner → icaoDesignation → VISCOUNT ⓘ
subject surface form: Vickers Viscount