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N7450 TRANS FLORIDA VICKERS BAC VISCOUNT LN296 . Taken in February 1980 at Daytona Beach Airport (KDAB) #325258968
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Vickers ViscountThe 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 445 Viscounts were built for a range of international customers, including in North America.
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