Aircraft Photo of N7471 | Vickers 798D Viscount | Capital Airlines | AirHistory.net #365681
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N7471
Fleet number:384
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 798D Viscount
C/n (msn):233
Display Paint:Capital Airlines
Location
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz FieldMap
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KRDG   IATA: RDG   Local: RDG   Other: -
Collection:Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
 
Photo Date:July 1993
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID: 365681
Photo Comment

K25 slide scan. Built 1957 as N7471 for Capital Airlines nut not taken up. Delivered instead as N6591C to Northeast Airlines, retired 1963. BLaw Knox Corp N820BK 1964. Kearney & Trecker N1898T 1969, reregistered N98KT 1978. N555SL 1983. Donated to Mid Atlantic Air Museum in 1992 and finally received Capital colours 35 years after the initial order. Made a few flights but was already grounded by 1993 after an engine failure.

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