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	Vickers VC10 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For this reason, the early 707 BOAC had ordered was unsuitable for MRE routes, notably between Karachi and Singapore, and could not lift a full load from high-altitude airports like Kano or Nairobi.
		Vickers designer Sir George Edwards is said to have stated that this was the sole route he could have taken unless he was to reinvent the 707.
		As allowed in its contracts with Vickers, in May 1961 BOAC amended its order to 15 Standard and 35 Super VC10s, with eight of the Supers having a new combi configuration with a large cargo door and stronger floor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vickers_VC-10 (3256 words)

	Vickers - Publications - Vickers VC10 - Crowood
		The Vickers VC10 was Britain's answer to the American jet age giants, the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8.
		The VC10's payload, range and performance needs were far in excess of those of the 707 and DC-8, and its success in meeting those requirements was a tribute to the designers and the aeroplane itself.
		Using much previously unseen archive material and interviews with former Vickers employees, he has gathered together a fascinating story, which is a fine tribute to a superb airliner.
	www.vickers-aircraft.com /Publications_vc10_crowood.html (316 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Boeing 707 Turbojet Airliner -- A Snapshot History
		In 1958, Boeing’s first jet airliner, the 707, proved to be the vehicle that finally changed the commercial side of the ledger from red to fl ink.
		The 707, based on the prototype Dash-80 (1954), was the first truly successful jet airliner in service that was built in large numbers (almost twice that of the runner up Douglas DC-8) and which returned a profit to its maker.
		Vickers turboprop would prove to be the first successful turbine-engine airliner in service that was built in large numbers (444).
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=3890 (2731 words)

	Austrian - Vickers Viscount 837 - Mega Wallpapers
		The Viscount was a medium-range turboprop airliner introduced in 1953 by Vickers-Armstrongs, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world.
		The resulting Vickers Type 630 design was completed at Brooklands by Chief Designer Rex Pierson and his staff in 1945, a thirty-two seat airliner powered by four Rolls-Royce Dart engines for an improved cruising speed of 275 mph (443 km/h).
		Three years later the Viscount won all honours in the transport section of the 12,367 mile (19,903 km) air race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand.
	www.megawallpapers.org /gallery/1586/Austrian_-_Vickers_Viscount_837?show=full (795 words)

	Dick Gilbert's Aviation Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A Viscount 814 (c/n 341) this aircraft was built as D-ANIP for Lufthansa in 1959, passing to British Midland Airways in 1973 as G-BAPE.
		This was the last-but-one Viscount to be constructed (c/n 457).
		Viscount 806 G-AOYN was chosen for the flight, and I was delighted to be one of the passengers, along with two of the original crew members from that first flight.
	homepages.enterprise.net /skyline/avia.html (3035 words)

	ch6-2
		The first civil airliner to be equipped with turboprop engines was the Vickers Viscount depicted in figure 6.2.
		The cruising speed of the Viscount was 334 miles per hour at 25 000 feet.
		These were the Vickers Vanguard, with a gross weight of 146 500 pounds, and the Bristol Britannia, with a gross weight of 185 000 pounds.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-468/ch6-2.htm (1705 words)

	Vickers Vanguard - passenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In one enormous leap it had raised cruising speed almost 100% by comparison with the piston-engined Vickers Viking; it carried two or three times as many passengers (according to type) and offered increased range.
		Both BEA and Trans-Canada Airlines were interested in a generally similar aircraft; compromise in design to satisfy the views of these two operators resulted in the low-wing configuration and 'double-bubble' fuselage to provide a large underfloor cargo hold beneath the main cabin.
		But because of the normal development programme of a new civil airliner - coupled with delays caused by problems with the new power plant - it was not until 1 February 1961 and 1 March 1961 that these aircraft began regular service with Trans-Canada Airlines and BEA respectively.
	avia.russian.ee /air/england/vickers_vanguard.html (396 words)

	Amazon.ca: Viscount, Comet and Concorde: Legends of the Air 3: Books: Australian Aviation,Stewart Wilson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		But for the little appreciated effects of metal fatigue associated with the new art of pressurisation, de Havilland's Comet would have secured the destiny of the British aircraft industry for decades to come, so advanced was it compared with the competition.
		Meanwhile, the Viscount had no such problems, some 444 were built and the type even met with success in the fiercely contested North American market..
		The difference between the new turbine and previous piston engine was readily apparent and appreciated among passengers; the Viscount heralded a new standard of comfort and reliability in short- to medium-range air travel.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1875671218 (652 words)

	History of PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The first Boeing 707 jetliner (leased from Pan American World Airways) joined PIA's fleet in 1960 and it made PIA the first Asian airline to fly a jetliner.
		Boeing 707 and her shorter sister Boeing 720B were PIA's main equipment for long-haul flights of 1960s.
		Nicknamed "Smoker" due its fl smoke emitting jet engines, the Boeing 707 was admired by pilots and was highly popular among the passengers of 1960s.
	www.historyofpia.com /olddays2.htm (229 words)

	The RAAF's VIP Aeroplanes - Gizmo Highway Technology Guide
		The 707 fleet used by the RAAF were phased out for VIP use in 2002 when they were well past their economical use date.
		Other problems included the fact the 707 doesn’t comply with existing noise regulations, this made visiting foreign countries hard as special permission needed to be granted for the 707 to land as some airports.
		Prior to their 707 the RAAF operated two Vickers Viscount turbo prop planes as VIP transport between 1964 and 1979.
	www.gizmohighway.com /transport/raaf_vip_transport.htm (515 words)

	Vickers VC10
		In 1954 the far-sighted Vickers design office began exploring jet-powered derivatives of the highly successful Viscount turboprop airliner and forthcoming Vanguard.
		The Vickers Type 1100, the VC10 prototype G-ARTA, made its maiden flight on 29 June 1962.
		In fact the annual utilisation of the VC10 and Super VC10 was the highest in the BOAC fleet, its load factors were always significantly higher than the 707 and the actual operating profit was also the highest in BOAC, beating even the 707.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /types/uk/vickers/vc10/VC10.htm (2725 words)

	Vickers Viscount - Page 5 - PPRuNe Forums
		I was a General Apprentice in BEA Head Office in the early 70s and I remember grabbing this from a pile of stuff being chucked out.
		Aah Viscounts...twas a Viscount that brought me over to Germany 40-odd years ago, G-ATDU it was, wonder what happened to it....
		The Viscount at Montevideo in Uruguay is supposedly preserved by a museum, but has been steadily decaying.
	www.pprune.org /forums/showthread.php?p=2376611#post2376611 (1051 words)

	Stock Pictures, Photography, Boeing 707, Commercial Aviation-Aircraft by Wernher Krutein: Airlines, Aerospace, Photos, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		For secrecy purposes the first 707 was designated the 367-80, and became known as the Dash Eighty.
		From the start the 707 had accommodation for approximately four times as many passengers as the original British de Havilland Comet 1, as well as a considerably higher maximum speed.
		This original Boeing 707 was followed by a whole family of 707 passenger and cargo variants, with different lengths and weights, and turbofan power.
	www.photovault.com /Link/Technology/Aviation/FlightCommercial/Aircraft/Boeing707.html (627 words)

	CLASSIC AIRLINE PRINTS-PAGE SIX
		The first Viscount of this $70.3 million purchase began flying the Chicago-Washington, D.C. route in July 1955, and immediately found favor with the traveling public.
		Flying 350 m.p.h., the 48-passenger Viscount was faster than any airliner except the Douglas DC-7.
		The fuselage-mounted twin-jet Caravelle was designed and built at the SUD aviation plant in Toulouse, France.
	jdreed.home.mindspring.com /airline6.htm (671 words)

	TIME.com: First U.S. Turboprop -- Jun. 20, 1955 -- Page 1
		It will carry 64 passengers (compared to Viscount's 48) in a cabin with big picture windows, a lounge, and wider seats, each with a combination desk-tray.
		Convair, Douglas, Vickers and Lockheed all put in bids and, when Lockheed won, it was the first time that Lockheed had ever beaten Douglas for an important American Airlines contract.
		Boeing Airplane Co., which gambled $20 million on its four-jet 707 transport last year, now has so many military orders for a bigger aerial tanker (the KC-135) version that the Air Force has asked the company to concentrate on defense production, forget about a commercial jet liner for the time being.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,861628,00.html (544 words)

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		When the increasingly strained political situation caused the break up of CAA 1967 and later when the Dakotas were withdrawn from the fleet and transferred to the Rhodesian Air Force, Air Rhodesia became a major Vickers Viscount operator.
		Due to the decided withdraw of the last Viscounts and due to lack of funds to extend the short runway at i.e.
		In 1997 Air Zimbabwe was privatised and the initial fleet of four Boeing 707-330B and two Vickers Viscounts were phased out and replaced by two Boeing 767-200ER and three Boeing 737-200 Adv.
	www.angelfire.com /falcon/african/airzimbabwe.html (400 words)

	eBay.co.uk - vickers, Transportation, Militaria, Model Kits items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Vickers Welington No.75 New Zealand Squadron RAF Cover
		FE1a Vickers Gun Bus Bklt Excellant Complete Condition
		FE1b Vickers Gun Bus Bklt Excellant Complete Condition
	search.ebay.co.uk /vickers_W0QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3 (239 words)

	Amazon.com: Viscount, Comet & Concorde (Legends of the Air, 3): Books: Stewart Wilson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Excerpted from Viscount, Comet & Concorde (Legends of the Air, 3) by Stewart Wilson.
		A Court of Inquiry was established by the British Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to report on the findings of the investigations into the Comet crashes, concentrating on the Elba (G-ALYP) and Naples (G-ALYY) accidents.
		The three aircraft covered in this volume - the Vickers Viscount, de Havilland Comet and BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde - in many ways sum up the British commercial aircraft industry in the postwar era.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1875671218?v=glance (1332 words)

	rediff.com: Rolls-Royce completes 100 years!
		In 1953, Rolls-Royce entered the civil aviation market with the Dart engine in the Vickers Viscount aircraft.
		The Rolls-Royce Avon-powered Comet became the first turbojet to enter transatlantic service and in 1960 the company's Conway engine in the Boeing 707 became the first turbofan to enter airline service.
		Rolls-Royce returned to the private sector in 1987, acquiring Northern Engineering Industries two years later to consolidate its capabilities in the field of industrial power.
	inhome.rediff.com /money/2004/may/04sld3.htm (180 words)

	THE resource for all Irish Aviation Information:- Airline Information: Aer Lingus Teo.
		A shortage of DC-3s and spares prompts an order for a fleet of seven Vickers Vikings as part of a fleet-modernisation plan.
		Delivery of the larger Series 800 Viscounts to augment the original 707s starts.
		Aer Lingus purchases KLM's Viscount 800 fleet of nine aircraft and withdraws the Fokker F27 fleet due to its limited capacity.
	www.flyinginireland.com /airline/aerlingus.htm (1645 words)

	Vickers Viscount (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		However, on a less historic level, I'd venture that the most notable thing about the Viscount was its amazing 'porthole' windows, unlike anything on today's aircraft.
		It was a time when the passenger really got to the see the world, and airlines were attempting to make air travel an interesting experience in all sorts of ways that are long-discarded now.
		Considering the number of music stars who have died tragically in air accidents over the years, it's cheering to ponder the good fortune of Ray Charles to have crashed in a Viscount in 1985 (see picture on page 64) and lived to fly another day.
	www.travelingo.org /books/1580070655 (302 words)

	Aircraft Photo Gallery Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Vickers Vanguard ex BEA/British Airways Prestwick 27 May 1976 In storage, pending breaking
		Vickers Vanguard British Airways Cargo Prestwick 26 June 1976
		Viscount 700 srs Alidair Prestwick 21 May 1976
	www.simviation.com /gallery/fsdphotohom.htm (198 words)

	AA32912 - BOEING 707-321 - Corgi -
		The aircraft was mainly used on Trans-Atlantic charter flights from Gatwick, but was also used on some of their other densely trafficked inclusive tour routes, particularly around the Mediterranean.
		This aircraft was joined by a second Boeing 707 in 1972 and both were used on numerous Trans-Atlantic passenger charters from Gatwick, Manchester and Prestwick to North America and Canada.
		A further four Boeing 707s were purchased by Dan-Air for use as freighters is association with IAS Cargo Airlines.
	www.die-cast-models.co.uk /product_info.php?cPath=26_29&products_id=47 (292 words)

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		The development aircraft was a forerunner of the Scimitar carrier based fighter.
		Left: The Vickers Viscount 707 flew with Aer Lingus from 1954 until 1960 when it was sold to Southend based Tradair.
		After subsequently seeing service with Starways, British Eagle and latterly Channel Airways, it was scapped at Southend in February 1970.
	www.ajjcollection.co.uk /GALLERY.HTM (522 words)

	FSimCafe.com - FS2004 & 2002 Vickers Varsity T1
		FS2004 Airliners: Vickers Viking v 1.0 for FS2004 & 2002
		FS2004 Airliners: Vickers Valetta v 1.0 for FS2004 & 2002
		FS2004 Airliners: FS2004 / FS2002 Pro Vickers Viscount 800
	www.fsimcafe.com /Downloads/ShowDownload.aspx?ProductID=593 (272 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum
		In 1953, Rolls-Royce entered the civil aviation market with the Dart engine in the Vickers Viscount aircraft and in 1960 the company’s Conway engine in the Boeing 707 became the first turbofan to enter airline service.
		The Allison Engine Company in Indianapolis was acquired by it in 1995 with its successful defence programmes and major new civil engines.
		BMW acquired the rights to the name and the marque for use on Rolls-Royce cars for `A340 million in 1998.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040516/spectrum/main6.htm (518 words)

	British Midland - Vickers Viscount 755 - Mega Wallpapers
		British Midland - Vickers Viscount 755 - Mega Wallpapers
		British Midland - Vickers Viscount 755 - Wallpapers Gallery
		British Midland - Vickers Viscount 755 - Wallpapers
	www.megawallpapers.org /gallery/1591/British_Midland_-_Vickers_Viscount_755?show=full (805 words)

	Aircraft Downed During the Cold War and Thereafter
		The pilot of the 707, Captain Kim Chang Ky, reported that when he caught sight of' the Soviet interceptor he reduced speed, lowered his landing gear, and flashed his navigation lights on and off, all ICAO procedures signifying willingness to follow the Soviet interceptor.
		3 September 1978 An Air Rhodesia Vickers Viscount 782D (VP-WAS), on a flight from Kariba to Salisbury was shot down by a SA-7 Grail missile fired by guerrillas, shortly after take-off.
		Of the 56 people on board, 38 died in the crash and ten more were killed by guerrillas, after having survived the crash.
	home.sprynet.com /~anneled/ColdWar.html (16196 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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		Herpa 1:500 Lufthansa Vickers Viscount D-ANUN Old Colors
		The Vickers Viscount, sporting Lufthansa’s old livery and the registration D-ANUN, is another new historic aircraft type to enter the Herpa Wings collection.
	www.airlinemuseum.com /catalog/product_info.php?products_id=559 (166 words)

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