Originally Posted by
possel
Not so. According to Andrews & Morgan's Putnam book on Vickers Aircraft (pp571-577), the VC1 was the Viking; the VC2 Viscount; VC3 a proposed civil Varsity; VC4 a variety of jet transport schemes; VC5 a long range civil derivative of the Valiant for BOAC; VC6 (Vanjet) a short range version of the VC5 for BEA; VC7 was used twice - once for the Vickers 1000 and also for another Valiant derivative which superseded the VC6; nothing known of the VC8 and VC9; VC11 was a smaller VC10; VC12 was the Hunting H107 which became the BAC 1-11.
There appears to be no consistent correlation between the VC numbers (used for projects) and the first digit of the Vickers Type numbers (used for actual aircraft designs).
Thanks for that. Many of us would never have realised we'd flown a VC12!
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AAIB accident report refers to a V806 Viscount as a VC8, so maybe the VC2 moniker applied to the 700-series and the 630 prototype.
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Flight Global report re the Vanguard/Merchantman now residing at Brooklands Museum refers to it as a VC9.