Vickers Viscount
The Vickers Viscount is a 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.
| Viscount | |
|---|---|
| Cambrian Airways Vickers Viscount | |
| Role | Turboprop airliner |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrongs |
| First flight | 16 July 1948 |
| Introduction | 18 April 1953 with British European Airways |
| Retired | January 2009 |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary users | British European Airways Capital Airlines Trans-Canada Air Lines Air Canada |
| Produced | 1948–1963 |
| Number built | 445 |
| Developed into | Vickers Vanguard |
The Viscount was well received by the public for its cabin conditions, which included pressurisation, reductions in vibration and noise, and panoramic windows. It became one of the most successful and profitable of the first postwar transport aircraft; 445 Viscounts were built for a range of international customers, including in North America.
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