Vickers Viscount 700 – Collectors Club 2003, XR801, ETPS, MoD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire 1970

Corgi Collectors Club model 2003 is this 1/144 scale AA30509: Vickers Viscount 700 serial XR801 of Empire Test Pilots School, MoD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire 1970. Mint and boxed limited edition of only 1,000 models, complete with uniquely numbered card. As with all the other Collectors Club models this is highly sought after.

Length 7.25 inches, Wingspan 7.75 inches.

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 post-war transport aircraft; 445 Viscounts were built for a range of international customers, including in North America.