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Not sure on the Viscount. The wheel has a transmit switch, while the Viscount in the picture has buttons. Captain's side though; I assume that bit on the side is a stick-shaker?
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This pic of G-APIM's flight deck has the same switch, presumably there have been some variation between versions or customer requirements?
I'll go with Viscount.
I remember changing those Page I/C - RT switches.
The round thing left of centre is the stall warning stick shaker.
Some Viscounts had the parking brake on the column as well.
I remember changing those Page I/C - RT switches.
The round thing left of centre is the stall warning stick shaker.
Some Viscounts had the parking brake on the column as well.
A Valiant yoke looks like this:
It is definitively not a VC10 yoke either. The R/T and I/C switch does look like the ones on VC10s and Vanguards, which makes Viscount a likely suspect, apart from the logo. Perhaps those switches were common across various British airliners in those days. Has anyone looked at an Argosy yet?
Edit: And how about the Viking family? Including the Varsity and Valetta? I have a feeling there should be a brake lever behind the yoke on those ones, but there may have been differences there too.
It is definitively not a VC10 yoke either. The R/T and I/C switch does look like the ones on VC10s and Vanguards, which makes Viscount a likely suspect, apart from the logo. Perhaps those switches were common across various British airliners in those days. Has anyone looked at an Argosy yet?
Edit: And how about the Viking family? Including the Varsity and Valetta? I have a feeling there should be a brake lever behind the yoke on those ones, but there may have been differences there too.
Laurence, the photo you posted shows a Viscount cockpit. This is a Vanguard flight deck:
The Vanguard yoke is more like the VC10 one, so I'd rule that one out. I have also ruled out my earlier suggestions of Argosy and the Viking-Varsity family, so Viscount it must be in my view.
The Vanguard yoke is more like the VC10 one, so I'd rule that one out. I have also ruled out my earlier suggestions of Argosy and the Viking-Varsity family, so Viscount it must be in my view.
Looks like Vanguard. See, for example :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davydutchy/20126153290
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/davydutchy/20126153290
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This pic of G-APIM's flight deck has the same switch, presumably there have been some variation between versions or customer requirements?
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'PIM is definitely a Viscount!
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Hi This is definitely Vickers Viscount, there were two types of yoke for the Viscount both slightly different. One type had brake levers the other type (which yours belong too) didn’t have the brake levers, I forget which series of Viscount this was attributed too, but would have appealed to such overseas markets as North America and others whereby they weren’t familiar to brake levers on their yokes.
