Vickers Viscount

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force

Entwicklung

The Vickers Viscount was a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs, the first such aircraft to enter service in the world.

Die Vickers Viscount war ein britisches Mittelstrecken-Turboprop-Verkehrsflugzeug, das 1948 erstmals geflogen wurde, das erste Flugzeug der Weltmit Turbopropantrieb. .

Variants

Versionen

Type 744
Type 745

One Type 744 and one Type 745 bought in 1962 for ETPS and withdrawn from use in 1971 and 1972.

Type 744
Type 745

Ein Typ 744 und ein Typ 745, der 1962 für ETPS gekauft und 1971 und 1972 aus dem Dienst genommen.

Type 837

One bought in 1964 for Royal Radar & Signals Establishment

Type 837

Eine 1964 für Royal Radar & Signals Establishment gekauft

Type 838

one bought in 1965 for Royal Radar & Signals Establishment

Type 838

Eine1965 für Royal Radar & Signals Establishment gekauft

Operational history

Einsatzgeschichte

Ministry of Supply (1949)

Ministry of Supply (1950)

Empire Test Pilots School (1968)

Royal Aircraft Establishment (1985)

Royal Aircraft Establishment (1990)

Royal Radar & Signals Establishment (1974)

Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (1972)

Specifications		Type 810
Wingspan	Spannweite	28.56 m
Length	Länge	26.11 m
Height	Höhe	8.15 m
Wing area	Flügelfläche	89.00 m2
Engine	Motor	4 × Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.7/1 Mk 525 turboprop, 1,990 shp each
Maximum speed	Höchstgeschwindigkeit	566 km/h
Empty weight	Leergewicht	18,722 kg
Loaded weight	Startgewicht	30,617 kg
Climb Rate	Steigrate	?
Service ceiling	Gipfelhöhe	7,620 m
Range	Reichweite	2,220 km
Armament	Bewaffnung	none
Capacity	Zuladung	75 passengers

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