Vickers Viscount
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vickers-viscount-185-14972983
title:
Vickers Viscount
text:
The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee, it entered service in 1953 and was the first turboprop-powered airliner. The Viscount was well received by the public for its cabin conditions, which included pressurisation, reductions in vibration and noise, and panoramic windows. It became one of the most successful and profitable of the first postwar transport aircraft; 445 Viscounts w
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description:
British four-engined medium-range turboprop airliner, 1948
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Viscount
date created:
2003-09-21T15:54:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:50:18Z
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