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The Vickers VC.1 Viking was 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. In the aftermath of 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.

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  • Vickers VC.1 Viking
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  • The Vickers VC.1 Viking was 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. In the aftermath of 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.
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  • 15420.0
climb rate main
  • 1500.0
number of props
  • 2(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 19.86 m
Date
  • 1948-04-05(xsd:date)
  • 1948-04-21(xsd:date)
  • 1949-02-08(xsd:date)
  • 1950-10-31(xsd:date)
  • 1952-02-17(xsd:date)
  • 1953-01-05(xsd:date)
  • 1957-05-01(xsd:date)
  • 1958-09-02(xsd:date)
  • 1961-08-09(xsd:date)
  • 1963-09-11(xsd:date)
span main
  • 2720.34
power/mass alt
  • 0(xsd:double)
Produced
  • 1945(xsd:integer)
cruise speed main
  • 210.0
cruise speed alt
  • 183(xsd:integer)
height alt
  • 5.97 m
Introduced
  • 1946(xsd:integer)
primary user
Type
  • airliner
type of prop
  • 14(xsd:integer)
loading main
  • 38(xsd:double)
range alt
  • 1478(xsd:integer)
length main
  • 1986.28
power alt
  • 1260.0
area main
  • 882.0
power main
  • 1690.0
height main
  • 596.9
span alt
  • 27.20 m
range main
  • 1700.0
Manufacturer
  • Vickers-Armstrongs Limited
max speed main
  • 263.0
engine (prop)
power/mass main
  • 0(xsd:double)
Capacity
  • 36(xsd:integer)
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  • 7.6
ceiling main
  • 25000.0
empty weight main
  • 23000.0
Developed From
Event
  • --04-21
  • OY-DLU operated by Det Danske Luftfartselskab crashed into the sea off Copenhagen, Denmark, with the loss of all 27 occupants.
  • F-BJER operated by Airnautic crashed into a mountain in the Pyrenees with the loss of all 40 occupants, the worst Viking accident.
  • G-AIJE operated by Independent Air Travel crashed into a house as the flight crew were trying to return to London Heathrow Airport after reporting engine problems. All three crew died and four on the ground also died.
  • G-AJBO operated by Eagle Aviation crashed after engine failure near Blackbushe Airport, England, five crew and 29 passengers died.
  • G-AHPN operated by British European Airways crashed during a Ground Control Approach landing in bad visibility at London Northolt airport, England. The pilot failed to overshoot and 25 passengers and three crew died. It was subsequently recommended that it be an offence for aircraft to go below a minimum height when ground visibility was low.
  • G-AIVP operated by British European Airways collided with a Soviet Yak-3 near Berlin, 15 killed.
  • G-AHPI operated by Hunting Air Travel flew into the La Cinta mountain range, Italy, with the loss of all 31 occupants.
  • G-AHPM operated by Cunard Eagle Airways crashed into a mountainside near Holta on approach to Stavanger Airport, Sola in Norway with the loss of all 39 occupants. The Norwegian report on the incident concluded that the pilot was off-course for unknown reasons. The 50th anniversary was marked by a book published in summer 2011, The Lanfranc Boys by Rosalind Jones, sister of Quentin Green, one of the victims.
  • G-AJDL operated by British European Airways crashed on approach at Belfast-Nutts Corner Airport, Northern Ireland, three crew and 24 passengers died.
area alt
  • 82.0
First Flight
  • 1945-06-22(xsd:date)
max speed alt
  • 229(xsd:integer)
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  • prop
loading alt
  • 127(xsd:integer)
empty weight alt
  • 10430.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 7,600 m
max takeoff weight main
  • 34000.0
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