PRESERVED AIRCRAFT: Vickers 806
Viscount G-APIM / "Viscount Stephen Piercey"
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BELOW:
British Air
Ferries (BAF) Vickers Viscount 'Viscount Stephen Piercey'
Registration G-APIM on display at
Brooklands Museum.
British Air Ferries was a small company operating from Southend
Airport to destinations in France, etc.
This 806 Viscount aircraft is a production variant of the 802
Viscount which crashed in 1973 at Ben More near Crianlarich in
Stirling, Scotland, and which is featured
here.
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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BELOW: Side view of Vickers Viking G-APIM
showing port engines and front cabin door.
Interior view of passenger cabin at Airliners.net
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BELOW: The Viscount tail assembly or
empennage, and rear cabin door.
(In its specialized RAF livery, the
aircraft in the background is Vickers Varsity T1 WF372. Before
its 'retirement', this aircraft was assigned to the Royal
Air Force Training Command.)
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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On display at:
Brooklands Museum
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BELOW: Close-up of nacelle (including cowls,
etc.) housing the port outer Rolls-Royce engine.
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BELOW: Close-up view of the Viscount's port
engine and fuselage showing the 'factory-fresh' polished finish
applied to this restored aircraft at Brooklands Museum.
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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BELOW: The Viscount's port inner engine
nacelle and propeller.
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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