Jet powered Viscount

Post by **Garry Russell** » 17 Mar 2007, 22:06

That's a shame Chris :sad:

Good site that........soon be back I suppose

Gary

Post by **Garry Russell** » 17 Mar 2007, 22:09

In the meantime

For those who don't know the creature

Garry

steelsporran · Post by **steelsporran** » 17 Mar 2007, 23:22

Going the other way is this turboprop Meatbox: http://www.meteorflight.com/index.html?turboprop.htm and I'm pretty sure I've seen a pic with one of each.
Now that would make a mind-blowing model.

kit · Post by **kit** » 18 Mar 2007, 00:29

steelsporran wrote:Going the other way is this turboprop Meatbox: http://www.meteorflight.com/index.html?turboprop.htm and I'm pretty sure I've seen a pic with one of each.
Now that would make a mind-blowing model.

There is one, filename trenmet.zip on flightsim.com by J.R. Lucariny so can't be all bad. I have it stashed somewhere but not flown it for ages.

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 18 Mar 2007, 00:43

Its a shame they didnt make the Jet-Viscount! Ive got a DVD called Farnborough in the 50's and there is some good footage of this thing doing flypasts about 10 feet off the deck!

Post by **Garry Russell** » 18 Mar 2007, 00:49

Never a serious proposition

It was only research

In eight years of flying it only few about 110 hours.

Purely a test vehicle.

Garry

Vulcan_to_the_Sky! · Post by **Vulcan_to_the_Sky!** » 18 Mar 2007, 01:24

What a fascinating plane.

I think that was on a Farnbourgh airshow through the years that I watched on video an age back, at the time I didn't know what the aircraft was but this has solved that question..it was the Jet powered viscount.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 18 Mar 2007, 01:27

Apparently it was very fast, very noisy and had a phenomenal rate of climb.

Actual figures have still never been released

Garry