\\\\\ Vickers Viscount 800 - Fly By /////

[elcamino]

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Vickers Viscount History:
The Vickers Viscount was the first turboprop airliner to enter service anywhere in the world, the prototype flying on
July 16, 1948. Certification was achieved on April 17, 1953, and it entered service with BEA the next day. Whilst
Australian National Airlines intended to stick with piston engined aircraft such as the DC-6, TAA (Trans-Australia
Airlines) ordered six Viscounts, the first arriving in October 1954 - registered as VH-TAA and named John Batman.
Planned commencement of service on December 1 was deferred when the aircraft crashed on a training flight, killing
three of the five people on board, on 30th October 1954.

Vickers Viscount 800

In 1952 Vickers proposed an enlarged version of the Viscount, designed around the up-rated 1,690-ehp. Dart R.Da.5.
The “stretch” in this version was primarily in payload. By lengthening the fuselage by 13 ft. 3 in. It was possible to
provide for as many as eighty six passengers. At a gross weight of 65,000 lb. this version –called the V800 Series-had
a cruising speed a little below 300 mph. , whereas the V700D Series cruised at 326 mph and the original V700 figure
was 300 mph.

The V800 Series Viscount was further developed into the V810, which had a strengthened airframe for 2,100-ehp Dart
R.Da.7. (mk 525) engines, gross weight increased to 69,000 lb and higher cruising speeds. After going into service, the
V810 was cleared for operation at weights up to 72,000 lb., or more than double the weight of the of the original VC 2
project. FAA approval for operations in the USA was obtained on April 22nd 1958.

The fly-by sequence was done using active camera pro V1.0 for FS2002 http://www.anticyclone.be/

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Ya'all have a great day!

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[circleeagle]

She beautiful ... just like your work. Thanks for the history too.
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Dave

[towergeek]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Oct-05-02 AT 04:22PM (EDT)[/font][p]Yowzaa!! Boy those are nice! I've had my eyeball on the Viscount for some time now...you may have just sent me over the brink! Good job on the history too...that's one of my favorite parts about flightsimming. Learning about the particular aircraft or actual individual airframe you're flying.

There's a Vanguard coming out soon...you KNOW I'll be getting that one!

Cheers,

Chuck :)



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