Built in response to the famous Brabazon Committee's requirements for an aircraft to replace the Douglas DC-3 on European and Empire routes, the Viscount became

By some margin the most successful British medium-range airliner ever produced, the world-beating Viscount was a sublime combination of Vickers state-of-the-art

BEA was formed in 1946 and took over most UK domestic and European routes under the British government's nationalisation policy. It began operations with a flee

This gem of a gift book focuses on the first in the British Airways fleet to fly commerically, and is told through quotes from staff and passengers.

Beskriver detaljeret og med mange illustrationer udviklingen og anvendelsen af det britiske turboprop-passagerfly fra 1948, Vickers Viscount.