Vickers Viscount

Viscount
Cambrian Airways Vickers Viscount
Role	Turboprop airliner Type of aircraft
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Vickers-Armstrongs
First flight	16 July 1948
Introduction	18 April 1953 with British European Airways
Retired	January 2009
Status	Retired
Primary users	British European Airways Capital Airlines Trans-Canada Air Lines Air Canada
Produced	1948–1963
Number built	445
Developed into	Vickers Vanguard

The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee, it entered service in 1953 and was the first turboprop-powered airliner.

The Viscount was well received by the public for its cabin conditions, which included pressurisation, reductions in vibration and noise, and panoramic windows. It became one of the most successful and profitable of the first postwar transport aircraft;^[1] 445 Viscounts were built for a range of international customers, including in North America.