Vickers Viscount 800 – Continental Airlines (First Issue)

Viscount 800 in the superb livery of Continental Airlines. Early first issue from May 1999, has to be seen to be appreciated. Length 7.25 inches, Wingspan 7.75 inches.

The Vickers Viscount was a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world. It would go on to be one of the most successful of the first generation postwar transports, with 445 being built.