Last airworthy Viscount

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 29 Jul 2006, 09:43

Thanks for the updates lads. I seem to remember Ben mentioning something about the Viscounts in Flight International Magazine a few weeks ago.

Hope we can find something out!

Post by **Garry Russell** » 29 Jul 2006, 09:52

I would like to see these as my guess is they are airworthy but not actually flying......wonder how much they tie in with other reports.

Garry

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 29 Jul 2006, 11:44

Shal we go and steal it and then fly it back to the UK? I think I could manage it, given the complexity of the FS pannel!

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 29 Jul 2006, 17:49

jonesey2k wrote:Shal we go and steal it and then fly it back to the UK? I think I could manage it, given the complexity of the FS pannel!

I'm up for that. I'll be the ballast

Post by **RAF_Quantum** » 29 Jul 2006, 20:06

jonesey2k wrote:Shal we go and steal it and then fly it back to the UK? I think I could manage it, given the complexity of the FS pannel!

FRASER! we need you

hehe

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 30 Jul 2006, 20:35

Ben/Garry,

did you find anything out? All my enquiries have drawn a blank! :sad: :sad:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 30 Jul 2006, 20:46

:roll: I was waiting for Ben........as what I had was not conclusive, basically an airline listed as operating two Viscounts one of which is either the Pegasus one or the former onetime G-APEY.

But having said that I have been searching extensively over the last few days and got nowhere.

You don't think I'd forgoten you did you?

Garry

Post by **Garry Russell** » 31 Jul 2006, 05:23

OK Eddie, found this

http://www.prop-liners.com/survivors.htm

My guess is the one I thought was the Pegasus is in fact the former 'PEY along with another and the Pegasus is still with them making the 3 as of November last year.

But I will need to confirm identities.

One thing for sure at the beginning of 2005 the Pegasus was the only one flying. The other two are two of the airworthy stored or so it would appear.

Still looking

BTW the prod totals that I know are wrong here in every case except one. The others I don't know off hand :think:

There was only one Brabazon plus a part completed, They say 86 But I thought it was 85 Britannias....not sure there. Viscounts were 441 plus three rebuilds from crashed wrecks into new machines usually stated as 444, Vanguard were 44 and Bristol 170 should read 214. Canadair Four/DC4M was 71.

The one I know is right is Vikings at 163 plus a few others like DC1 and DC4E where there was onlt one built

I just hope the other figures are more accurate

Garry

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 31 Jul 2006, 08:21

Hi Garry,

thanks for the story so far. That link is very useful, although like you said, I'm not sure how up to date it is, but its certainly better info than I found!

BTW it states one CL-44 is still flying! :shock:

Surely not.

Anyway still hunting around for info. Will report back!

ATB

Post by **Garry Russell** » 31 Jul 2006, 11:06

Hi Eddie

It's says the page was updated November 2005, my doubts is it's general accuracy

It list 2 Brsitol 170 where as I believe it is one airworthy.

There is one CL-44 that is airworthy still..............the CL-44-O Guppy conversion. That has been the only one for a while now.

There is at least one other stored but that has not flown for a while now.

As to Viscount numbers that could just be the airline listing them.

BAF claimed for many years they were operating 19 Viscounts. They may have owned that many at one time, but never had that many in service. I remember doing a check at a time of a 19 claim and came up with thirteen

Garry