Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner

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The Vickers VC.1 Viking was a British twin‑engine short- to medium-range airliner developed in the 1940s that became one of the early postwar workhorses of European commercial aviation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British aircraft ⓘ
airliner ⓘ
short- to medium-range airliner ⓘ
twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
airframeOrigin Vickers Wellington bomber structure ⓘ
constructionFeature pressurised cabin in some variants ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
developedFrom Vickers Wellington ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin‑engine ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith British European Airways ⓘ
era post‑Second World War ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1945-06-22 ⓘ
fuselageType all‑metal stressed‑skin ⓘ
introduced 1946 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
maximumSpeed over 270 mph ⓘ
militaryDesignation Viking C.2 ⓘ
militaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
notableAs early postwar workhorse of European commercial aviation ⓘ
numberBuilt 163 ⓘ
operator Aviaco ⓘ
British European Airways ⓘ
British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ
Central African Airways ⓘ
Eagle Airways ⓘ
SAS ⓘ
primaryRole civil airliner ⓘ
productionPeriod mid‑1940s to late 1940s ⓘ
propulsion propeller-driven ⓘ
range approximately 1,400 km ⓘ
retired 1960s ⓘ
secondaryRole military transport ⓘ
serviceCeiling over 20,000 ft ⓘ
successor Vickers Viscount ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity 21 ⓘ
24 ⓘ
usedFor European regional routes ⓘ
charter flights ⓘ
freight transport ⓘ
short‑haul international services ⓘ
variant Vickers VC.1 Viking 1 ⓘ
Vickers VC.1 Viking 1B ⓘ
Vickers VC.1 Viking 1C ⓘ
Vickers VC.1 Viking 1D ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ

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Vickers-Armstrongs → notableProduct → Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner ⓘ
Vickers VC.1 Viking → variant → Vickers VC.1 Viking 1 ⓘ
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Vickers VC.1 Viking → variant → Vickers VC.1 Viking 1B ⓘ
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Vickers VC.1 Viking → variant → Vickers VC.1 Viking 1C ⓘ
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Vickers VC.1 Viking → variant → Vickers VC.1 Viking 1D ⓘ
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Vickers VC.1 Viking → militaryDesignation → Viking C.2 ⓘ
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Vickers Valetta → derivedFrom → Vickers VC.1 Viking ⓘ
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Vickers Varsity → developedFrom → Vickers Viking ⓘ
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Central African Airways → fleetIncludes → Vickers Viking ⓘ
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