Download or read book Vickers Viscount written by Robin MacRae Dunn and published by Specialty Press (MN). This book was released on 2004-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduced in 1948, the Vickers Viscount became Great Britain's most successful airliner by the late '50s, as well as the most widely used turbine-powered air transport in the world. Its huge windows and quiet, comfortable ride made it a favorite with passengers, and airlines found it to be a reliable, inexpensive plane to operate. In fact, in 1955, Flight magazines referred to the Viscount as ..." a machine so patently superior to its rivals that it has set in its field wholly new standards of comfort, performance and ... reliability." In this book, author Robin MacRae Dunn covers the entire Viscount history, from the development of turboprop engines in England after World War II, on through the plane's 50-year service history. In addition to a step-by-step look at the Viscount's major systems and components, this comprehensive book details its development, certification, variations, accident record, and worldwide service record. Appendices include significant dates, specifications, and the disposition of those Viscounts still in existence.

Download or read book The Vickers Viscount written by Nick Stroud and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By some margin the most successful British medium-range airliner ever produced, the world-beating Viscount was a sublime combination of Vickers state-of-the-art postwar design and Rolls-Royces cutting-edge power-plant technology, both companies being at the very peak of their powers during the types genesis and evolution.Tracing its origins back to the wartime Brabazon Committee, the Viscount was one of several designs from various British aircraft manufacturers produced to fulfill the committees specifications for a fast, economical short- to medium-range airliner to satisfy the demands of the burgeoning postwar civil aviation market, which was predicted to grow at a healthy rate over the following decades. Vickers chief designer and Managing Director George Edwards was quick to respond, the result being the Dart turboprop-powered Vickers V.630, which made its first flight in July 1948, despite its future looking uncertain after British European Airways having twenty examples of ordered its chief rival, Airspeeds Ambassador, six months before. The Viscount nevertheless entered full service with BEA in 1953, much to the relief of its manufacturer, orders flooding in thereafter from numerous airlines and air forces all over the world. Ultimately, some 200 individual airlines, companies and organizations in more than eighty countries operated the dependable and, crucially, development-friendly Viscount over its long and distinguished career.This book tells the full story of the worlds first turboprop airliner, from its Brabazon Committee beginnings, through its early flight trials program and entry into service, to its almost unassailable position as the worlds number one medium-haul turboprop, including its astonishing breakthrough in the USA, where it single-handedly broke the big American manufacturers stranglehold on the airliner market. The types military career is also covered, as is its construction; also included in this volume are details of the numerous variants produced and those of the 444 built still surviving as exhibits today, along with twenty-four superb artworks by world-renowned aviation illustrator Juanita Franzi.

Download or read book Vickers Viscount and Vanguard written by Malcolm L. Hill and published by Crowood Press (UK). This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built in response to the famous Brabazon Committee's requirements for an aircraft to replace the Douglas DC-3 on European and Empire routes, the Viscount became the world's first turboprop-powered airliner, and the most successful British airliner of all. Operated initially by BEA, the Viscount soon became a favorite of passengers, pilots and aircraft enthusiasts alike. Its heyday was brief, as the advent of the jet airliner soon relegated it to second-line service, in which it remains - just- to this day. This book presents the complete design, development and operational history of the Viscount and its bigger sibling, the Vanguard.

Download or read book It s a Viscount written by Nick Corrie and published by Balago Books Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a concise illustrated history of the world's first turbine-powered passenger airliner. With its combined Vickers and Rolls Royce pedigree, the turbo-prop Viscount became a familiar sight in the skies from 1948 to the late 1960s.

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Download or read book Prototype Aircraft Development Construction Differential written by United States. Congress. Senate. Intestate & Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Bibliography of Books and Published Reports on Gas Turbines Jet Propulsion and Rocket Power Plants written by Ernest Franklin Fiock and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Prototype Aircraft Development Construction Differential written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to authorize Federal aircraft construction differential subsidies and to establish a program for the development of commercial aircraft adaptable for military service. Includes discussion of jet aircraft developments by Great Britain.

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress Senate and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 2358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Quest for Performance written by Laurence K. Loftin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provides access to a NASA History Office publication, NASA SP-468, by Laurence K. Loftin, Jr, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch, Washington, D.C. 1985. It traces the technical development of the airplane since World War I. It describes significant aircraft that incorporated important technical innovations and served to shape the future course of aeronautical development, as well as aircraft that represented the state of the art of aeronautical technology in a particular time frame or that were very popular and produced in great numbers. Primary emphasis has been placed on aircraft originating in the United States. The discussion is related primarily to aircraft configuration evolution and associated aerodynamic characteristics and, to a lesser extent, to developments in aircraft construction and propulsion. The material is presented in a manner designed to appeal to the nontechnical reader who is interested in the evolution of the airplane, as well as to students of aeronautical engineering or others with an aeronautical background.

Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 2228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: