Talk:Vickers Viscount

Engine

"Although George Edwards had favoured the 800 hp Rolls-Royce Dart[7] other engines were considered" 800 doesn't seem very likely to me. That is far too small an output for an aircraft of this size and era, and they would have just used an old single row radial if they only needed 800hp. They could just make it a single engine plane with a big 1,600hp radial or Merlin. That and all the variants listed on the article for that powerplant are in the 1,600-1,800hp class. Idumea47b (talk) 10:30, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

This is all sourced - and note that the Dart grew a lot, as did the Viscount (initial proposals were for a 24-seater aircraft- it was the ability of the Dart to deliver ever-increasing power which allowed the Viscount to grow into a much more capable aircraft.Nigel Ish (talk) 10:46, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Added Missing survivor on display in the USA

Viscount 745D N7471 c/n 233 painted in it's original markings , Capital Airlines. ~2026-25517-38 (talk) 20:47, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

I just adjusted the model designation which someone had changed from the correct 745D to a differrnt model number. All of Capital's Viscounts were 745s except for the first three which were 744Ds, one of whixh crashed, which only served for a few years. My father was a pilot for Capital, the first flight I ever made was on a Capital 745. The first airliner manual I ever read was for the 745D, read out of my father's brain bag when I was young. I am adding this in case anyone desires to change the article back to the bogus designation.

Mark Lincoln (talk) 19:41, 17 May 2026 (UTC)