Role | Medium bomber anti-submarine aircraft |
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Manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrongs |
First flight | 15 June 1936 |
Introduction | October 1938 |
Retired | March 1953 |
Primary users | Royal Air Force Royal Australian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force Fleet Air Arm |
Produced | 1936–1945 |
Number built | 11,461 or 11,462 |
Developed into | Vickers Warwick Vickers VC.1 Viking |
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In late 1960, the People's Republic of China had begun negotiations with Vickers for as many as 40 Viscounts, but negotiations were protracted due to political tensions
BEA, and its nationalised successor British Airways (BA), vigorously operated the Viscount on Britain's domestic routes
The first airline in Latin America to operate the Viscount was Cubana de Aviación. Cubana's −755D Viscounts, delivered in 1956,