Vickers VC.1 Viking
British airliner with 2 piston engines, 1945 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the post-World War II airliner. For the earlier single-engined amphibian, see Vickers Viking.
The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited at Brooklands near Weybridge in Surrey. After the Second World War, the Viking was an important airliner with British airlines, pending the development of turboprop aircraft like the Viscount. An experimental airframe was fitted with Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets and first flown in 1948 as the world's first pure jet transport aircraft. Military developments were the Vickers Valetta and the Vickers Varsity.
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VC.1 Viking | |
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Vickers Viking 1A, G-AGRN | |
Role | Airliner |
Manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrongs Limited |
Designer | R.K. Pierson |
First flight | 22 June 1945 |
Introduction | 1946 |
Status | Retired |
Primary user | British European Airways |
Produced | 1945–1954 |
Number built | 163 |
Developed from | Vickers Wellington |
Variants | Vickers Valetta Vickers Varsity |
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