I am a volunteer on the Viscount team at Brooklands Museum. We recently rescued two Viscount slipper tanks from deep storage and am now restoring them for display. We would like to know if anyone out there ever flew with these tanks? How were they used? Who made them? (The manufacturers plates on ours don't say but do reveal they were built, one for Capital and one for ANA Australia), quite how they got to Brooklands is a mystery, probably with a load of Viscount spares after BAF/British World ceased flying. From photos, I can see that there were two types of forward section, one aerofoil shaped and one more "bullet" like. The Bullet ones seem only to be seen on Viscounts in the USA. Are there any pilots or engineers from ANA Australia still with us? Over............
Aerofoil type on BUA Viscount.
"Bullet" type, much longer at the front.
Brooklands slipper tank.