Vickers Viscount 800
Vickers. A turboprop airliner.
- Seats
- Mixed 56, Tourist 65
- Range
- 2,200 km
- Cruise
- 520 km/h
- Payload
- 6,500 kg
- Take off run
- 1,400 m
- Fuel burn
- 690 kg per block hour
- Reference price
- $1,250,000 in 1958 dollars
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified)
Source: Checked field by field against published sources, see evidence. Fields not listed under verifiedFields are estimates.
Evidence
Figures below were checked against published sources. The game value can differ from the checked value where sources used another definition, for example a range at maximum fuel against a range with a full load. Agreement describes the game value at the time of checking. Checked figures that agree: cruiseKmh, rangeKm, payloadKg, mtowT, seats.
| Field | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cruiseKmh | 536 km/h | confirmed | baesystems.com, aeropedia.com.au |
| rangeKm | 2220 km | confirmed | en.wikipedia.org, aeropedia.com.au |
| payloadKg | 6804 kg | confirmed | aeropedia.com.au, aerocorner.com |
| mtowT | 32.89 tonnes | confirmed | aeropedia.com.au, baesystems.com |
| takeoffRunM | 1530 m | close | aerocorner.com |
| newPrice | 658000 USD | differs | en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org |
| introDate | 1957-01 ISO month | differs | aeropedia.com.au |
| seats | 57 to 65 (Type 800); BEA 802 two-class 58; 810 spec 75 seats | confirmed | baesystems.com, vsp.org.uk |
Caveats are kept in the repository file docs/research/aircraft-verification.json. The web pages cited were read through a summarising fetch tool, so figures should be rechecked against the originals before any release.