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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

3rd Jan 2019, 22:59

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Fifty Years On: Viscount Crash At Indee Station

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Posted By krismiler

IIRC The artificial horizon had a pointer at the...

IIRC The artificial horizon had a pointer at the top which moved in the opposite direction to other aircraft.

For anyone interested in reading further on the Viscount.
A Virtual Museum dedicated...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

2nd Jan 2019, 23:35

Replies: 30

Fifty Years On: Viscount Crash At Indee Station

Views: 6,445

Posted By krismiler

Those failures in 6 months wouldn’t be that...

Those failures in 6 months wouldn’t be that unusual on many types back in those days, we take modern reliability a bit too much for granted. Many Pilots these days will go there entire career without...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

2nd Jan 2019, 01:44

Replies: 30

Fifty Years On: Viscount Crash At Indee Station

Views: 6,445

Posted By krismiler

The Viscount was designed with 1940s technology...

The Viscount was designed with 1940s technology and employed safe-life concepts for major structural components. Modern design is fail-safe where in the event of a structural failure, alternative...

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