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Vickers Viscount 700

Vickers. A turboprop airliner.

Seats

Mixed 48, Tourist 53

Range

1,700 km

Cruise

480 km/h

Payload

5,200 kg

Take off run

1,200 m

Fuel burn

780 kg per block hour

Reference price

$550,000 in 1947 dollars

Confidence

estimated (to be verified)

Source: Cruise 308 mph; up to 48 seats; BEA first scheduled service 18 April 1953; price 235,000 pounds in 1953, about 658,000 dollars at 2.80, deflated to 1947 dollars (Wikipedia, Vickers Viscount, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Viscount; Phase 1 aircraft research for the price). Range and MTOW are estimates; the page gave them only for the later Type 810.