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| VC.1 Viking | |
|---|---|
 Vickers Viking 1A, G-AGRN | |
| General information | |
| Type | Airliner |
| Manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrongs Limited |
| Designer | |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary user | British European Airways |
| Number built | 163 |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1945–1954 |
| Introduction date | 1946 |
| First flight | 22 June 1945 |
| Developed from | Vickers Wellington |
| Variants | Vickers Valetta Vickers Varsity |
The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited at Brooklands near Weybridge in Surrey. After the Second World War, the Viking was an important airliner with British airlines, pending the development of turboprop aircraft like the Viscount. An experimental airframe was fitted with Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets and first flown in 1948 as the world's first pure jet transport aircraft. Military developments were the Vickers Valetta and the Vickers Varsity.