| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VX217 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 663 Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | FarnboroughMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGLF IATA: FAB Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | September 1950 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 7989 |
| Photo Comment |
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This was the second Viscount prototype, fitted with short fuselage and two Rolls Royce Tay turbojets for test purposes. This appearance at the 1950 Farnborough SBAC show was its only public display. Latterly mainly used by Boulton Paul for control systems tests. Damaged beyond repair by fire in a wheel well during 1958 and scrapped at Seighford in 1960 with 110 total flying hours. This photo is copyright © R.A.Scholefield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 14 September 2017, and has since been viewed 439 times. |