Viscount - Part Four - The Leaping Lion

Vickers Viscounts at London Southend Airport in 1993. British World Airlines G-BLNB is seen in transition from British Air Ferries to it's short lived BWA 'Leaping Lion' livery. 'Freightmaster' G-BBDK is the first Viscount in Parcel Force colours, which would later be applied to G-BLNB, with a change of registration to G-OPFI.
Also seen is a brief view of G-OHOT under tow in the original BAF 'lion' markings. This was fated to be involved in a crash on February 25th 1994 near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, with the loss of the Captain's life.
Music: 'We Can Hear You Big Eyes' The 129ers.
VHS-C video recording, mono linear sound.

[@davidleonty2626]

I’ll never forget flying an Air Canada Viscount between Toronto and Windsor, Ontario. The DC-9 assignment had a mechanical issue so a Viscount was substituted. What a wonderful machine. And those engines made such an unforgettable sound.

[@ianjohnson4052]

All 4 Viscount videos are first-class! that wonderful shrill sound as the aircraft climbs out.... magical. Brings back a LOT of memories. Thank you.

[@mattlong1890]

I worked at Southend Airport in the 1990's. your videos bring back such great memories. I spent a lot of time working on the Viscounts.

[@michaeltb1358]

The Sheik of Abu Dhabi had a personal Viscount know as the Golden Budgie. It ended up operating with Manx Airlines. It was reported that a hard landing caused sand to appear from inside the trim.

[@TheSirjohn2012]

The VISCOUNT is a 1950's design but amazingly it still flies today as it di back then.

[@eamonryan2198]

Sorry, Viscounts haven't flown for quite a while, with good reason.

[@jackyclaiborne2142]

The turboprops that I've known, like the DeHaviland Dash-8 which had Pratt & Whitney engines, you hear the props a lot more. But on the Viscount, with the Rolls Royce Dart engines, in these videos, there's much more of a jet sound. You hear the jet engines more than the props. That was the case in "The Rose" with Bette Midler. The aircraft in that movie was a Vickers Viscount. The scene that shows the aircraft taking off, there's much more of a jet sound than a prop sound. The Darts must be considerably louder, and virtually drown out the sound of the props.

[@robinpinnock2678]

I have not seen 'The Rose', but it is not unknown for film makers to use inappropriate sound effects.!

[@chrisw1018]

With Darts, you could only really hear the props on take-off, and more faintly when the aircraft was taxiing. So look for a take-off in these wonderful videos, and you'll hear a faint lower note. Also, Viscount props were ten foot diameter, whereas the HS.748 had larger prop, hence more sound. The Andover C1 ("Andover handover" uploaded by Robin on here) had 14 foot props, and were very noisy on take-off.

[@jackyclaiborne2142]

I've also watched the video of the IL-18, the one carrying one day old baby chicks. It's engines and props are almost identical to those of the Viscount. I don't know if they are genuinely Darts. But in that video, the sound of the props is well audible over the whine of the engines. The IL-18 seems to sound much more like your typical turboprop airliner.

[@californiadreamin8423]

Robin Pinnock Hi Robin....really enjoying your video's....ex Dak, VC8 ( BAF and BM), DC9, F100, 737, A320 and gardener :))

[@apricotlill6917]

I was at a tea party in the church hall when a chocolate biscuit flew past my head. Turned out it was the vicar's viscount.

[@AccessAir]

Very cool, but sad.....

[@apexxxx10]

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