Vickers Viscount

Air Zimbabwe Viscount 700 Z-YNL By AeroClassics Item Number: AC19247

The first scheduled flight of Austrian Airlines took place on March 31st, 1958 - 60 years ago - using a leased Viscount on the route Vienna-London. Six own Viscounts of the -800 series were purchased in 1960, among them OE-LAH, named after the famous Austrian composer Anton Bruckner.

British Airways VISCOUNT800 (1:200) by Herpa 1/200 Scale MilitaryItem Number: HE554053

British Midland Viscount 800 (1:200) REG# G-AZNA by Herpa Scale Airliners Models Item Number: 556118 Starting from the end of the 1950's, numerous Viscounts were operated by the at times second larger British airline. Our model of G-AZNA, which saw use all the way through to 1988, is portrayed in the classic livery of the 1960's

British Midlands Vickers Viscount 800� (1:200) by Herpa 1:200 Scale Diecast Airliners Item Number: HE559591

Lot Viscount 800 (1:200) by Herpa 1:200 Scale DiecastItem Number: HE554657Despite the political connection with the Soviet Union, Poland's national airline, Polski Linie Lotnicze, or LOT for short, time and again afforded western airplane types. In 1958, in spite of considerable opposition, the airline also purchased three Vickers Viscounts which were mainly operated to Western European destinations.

Herpa Manx Viscount 800 by Herpa 1:200 Scale Diecast Airliners Item Number: HE556866Headquartered on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, the airline was one of the last scheduled operators of the Viscount in the UK in the 1980's.

South African Viscount 800 (1:200) by Herpa 1:200 Scale Diecast AirlinersItem Number: HE553957The South-African airline operated eight aircraft of the 800 series with the prominent whistling engine sound until 1971.

A total of 51 Viscounts were delivered to the predecessor of Air Canada starting from 1954. Following retirement in 1969, CF-THI was flown to Ottawa, and is today preserved as part of the National Aeronautical Collection within the National Museum of Science and Technology.