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BELOW: Wing sections from the Vickers Viking, showing one of the
wing fuel tanks.
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
ABOVE: With the port wing removed, some internal parts of the landing gear
assembly
can be seen through the gaps.
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
BELOW: Passenger cabin door.
Perhaps this was not the most appropriate location for the First
Aid kit!
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
ABOVE: The Viking passenger cabin stripped of fittings while
undergoing refurbishment.
This view shows the cabin framework (longerons
or stringers,
etc.) clearly.
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
BELOW: The port side, with wing clipped!
This view shows the position on the wings for the left flaps
(gap nearest camera).
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
ABOVE: Underwing view of left engine.
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
BELOW: Front-side view of left engine (minus wing section). The
passenger cabin door can be seen toward the rear.
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
ABOVE: Cockpit, showing Plexiglass windows.
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
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 ABOVE: Close-up of
a fuel tank inside the aircraft's wing. The ground engineer's handwritten remarks read:
"Press[ure] Tested, 19/10/62", (followed by serial number and
initials). Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
BELOW: Viking from port side.
Note the sharp angles of the rectangular windows. Although not
considered a problem on the sedately cruising and low altitude Viking, later aircraft
of all types would be equipped with round or rounded-corner
windows following the de Havilland Comet disasters.
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney 
ABOVE: James Towill (left) and Dougie Martindale (right) sitting inside the Viking cockpit. At
present, the cockpit is almost devoid of fittings and
instruments, except for the steering yolk. The aircraft is in
the early stages of refurbishment as a fully-equipped static
exhibit. Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
BELOW: The Viking's port engine, minus
propeller. (Port or left hand side: All
positions are given from captain's / pilot's perspective.)
A British Airways Concorde stands alongside the Viking, with a
BA airport transit bus beyond.
 Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
ABOVE: Viking's port engine (minus
outer wing
section) and landing gear wheel. The aircraft
nose to the left is that of Concorde. Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
BELOW: A close-up view of the left landing gear assembly,
showing the gear bay or well used during retraction.
 Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
ABOVE: Port or left engine with maintenance panels and propeller
removed Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
BELOW: Viking empennage (tail assembly)
including rudder, and elevators.
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BELOW: Side view of Vickers
Viking 'Vagrant'.
Photo: 2008 S. Moroney
Unless otherwise
indicated, all photographs
in this section copyright © 2008 Shaun
Moroney
These photographs must not
be reproduced without
the prior written consent of the
original author.
(More photos below)
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BELOW: Front
view of Vickers Viking Mk. I 'Vagrant'
G-AGRU,
overshadowed to some extent by the BA Concorde alongside.
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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BELOW: Viking, port side.
RIGHT: Underside of left engine,
and landing gear assembly.
Photos: 2008 J. Towill
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ABOVE: Cockpit, right hand side,
showing sliding Plexiglass windows.
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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BELOW: Cockpit and nose, with
right engine propeller blade.
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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BELOW: Viking 'Vagrant' registration.
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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ABOVE: The aircraft's tail (vertical
stabiliser (left)
and rudder (right)).
The rudder is not used for turning
but for
controlling the nose position of the aircraft.
Turns are made using the ailerons and
spoilers
to bank the aircraft left
or right.
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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ABOVE: Closer view of the vertical
stabiliser (left)
and the two-part rudder assembly (right).
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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BELOW: The Viking's right engine and
propeller.
(The propeller's spinner has been
removed. )
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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BELOW: The nose section of the
Viking.
The propeller has been removed from
this engine and the maintenance panels
opened for refurbishment
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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ABOVE: The aircraft proudly boasts
the
name, 'Vagrant' under the cockpit.
Although this was in keeping with
Vikings
such as 'Valerie' and others,
it is
hardly a name that would
be used today.
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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BELOW: A BA Concorde, viewed from the
Vickers Viking.
Photo: 2008 J. Towill
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Unless otherwise
indicated, all photographs
in this section copyright © 2008 James
Towill
These photographs must not
be reproduced without
the prior written consent of the
original author.
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For a history of the
Vickers Viking shown above,
click here
To view the Vickers
Viking crash site on Irish Law near Largs,
click here.
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