Scanned from a print with no info recorded, so Christchurch location is surmised. First flown on 28 August 1950 and loaned from the Ministry of Supply for the London-New Zealand Air Race. Used for various trials, then stored in 1958, the fuselage was cut and finally used for BAC 111 engine installation tests in 1961 before final scrapping. (Photographer Unknown)

The prototype Viscount on display to the press on a wet day - 2 September 1948 - at Brooklands Airfield, Weybridge, UK, now painted after its first flight on the 16 July 1948. The aircraft was written off after the right undercarriage collapsed during tropical climates tests at Khartoum, 27 August 1952. (Aircraft Photograph)

Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1958 for BEA, Cambrian Airways 1971, merged into British Airways 1974, BAF 1981. Leases to Air Algerie, Jersey Air Ferries and Virgin Atlantic over the years. Renamed British World 1993, operating for Parcelforce as G-PFBT from 1994. Heli-Jet 1997, ferried to Lanseria and stored, scrapped 2006. BAF regularly experimented with livery changes finally adopting script titling and a lion tail logo in 1990.

slide scan from the NK collection. - BEA operated a few Viscounts with additional "Scottish Airways" titles between 1971 and 1973; thereafter the turboprops were integrated into British Airways. G-AOHL was retired in 1980 and used by British Air Ferries as a cabin trainer at Southend.

Vickers v.747 G-ANXV. Delivered to Butler Air Transport "RMA Warral" registered as VH-BAT in October 1955. To Ansett-ANA September 1958. Re-registered VH-RMO May 1963. Leased to MMA (Western Australia) April to Sept 1968. WFU December 1968. Prepared for sale to Pan Indonesian painted in a blue paint scheme, but the sale did not eventuate. Scrapping commenced in 1972 with remaining sections finally scrapped in July 1976. (Ivan Wilson Photo)

slide scan from the NK collection. - G-ASED flew for Alidair between 1972 and 1974 and was sold to ARKIA of Israel afterwards. The Viscount visited the old Munich-Riem airport in connection with the Olympic Games in summer 1972.

Freshly painted in the then new BA corporate livery, around the time of the company's formation. Photographer not known.

slide taken by Norbert Kröpfl. - Air International operated this single Vickers Viscount between 1971 and 1972. G-APPX was built in 1955 and was retired at East Midlands in 1972.

"John Murray's" overhead instrument panel.

"John Murray's" forward instrument panel.

The second VH-TVR (the first completed in TAA colours was not taken up but eventually came to Australia as RAAF A6-435). First flown 19/11/58 as a V.818 model and delivered to Cubana Airlines as CU-T622. Purchased by Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) on 15/3/62 and converted to V.816 standard. WFU on 28/12/69 but briefly returned to service from 1/3/70 to 4/4/70 before retiring with 21213 hours of flight time. TAA donated the aircraft to the Moorabbin Air Museum in June 1970 but due to lack of space it was stored off site for 17 years before returning to Moorabbin for static display (minus tail).

taken by Gordon Whitehead in Feb 84 during a holiday there.

slide scan from the NK collection. - This ex-Continental Airlines Viscount was on the British register from 1967 until 1975, and served for Channel Airways, British Air Ferries, and Alidair. Thereafter, it was sold to Far Eastern Air Transport as B-2031.

from my collection, photographer not known

Seen at Luqa wearing small 'The Malta Airlines' underneath a logo set into in the cheatline. I am uncertain of the significance of this logo but it was later replaced by the Maltese Cross.

Leased from Alidair by British Air Ferries between April and October 1973 and still in the former's colours. To B-2031 in 1975.

slide taken by Norbert Kröpfl. - British Midland Airways acquired all seven Viscounts from South African Airways in 1972; G-AZLP, the oldest of them, was flown from England for more than 10 years before eventually being retired at Tees-Side.