Viscount c/n 44 operational record

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New Zealand National Airways Corporation</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_News/News0802NAC1stViscount.aspx">The delivery of New Zealand's first Viscount</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/NAC Royal Visit.aspx">New Zealand Royal visit</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Books/BooksNAC.aspx">The Illustrated history of New Zealand National Airways Corporation<br />1947 - 1978</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a>Silver City Airways</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Books/Silver City Airways.aspx">Books about Silver City Airways</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a>TAA - Trans-Australia Airlines</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/TAA Viscount Brochure.aspx">Proudly presents the Vickers Viscount</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/TAA Viscount sale.aspx">Viscounts for sale</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a>TCA - Trans-Canada Air Lines</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/TCA The Purchase.aspx">Why purchase the Viscount?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/TCA Delivery Flight.aspx">The delivery flight of CF-TGL</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/TCA Cartoon November 1957.aspx">Cartoons</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/TCA posters.aspx">Posters</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/TCA adverts.aspx">Viscount flight simulator</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a>Trans Air</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/Trans Air timetable.aspx">Timetable 1968</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a>United Air Lines</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/United Airlines Pilot Information.aspx">Pilot information</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_History/United Air Lines Stewardess first day.aspx">Stewardess first day</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a>Technical</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Technical/Rolls-RoyceDart.aspx">The Rolls-Royce Dart</a></li> <li><a>Viscount V.700 series specification 1952 - 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style="color:#8C1700;font-size:100%;width:55pt;" />  <input type="submit" name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder$NextButton" value="to c/n 45" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_NextButton" title="Go to Viscount c/n 45" style="color:#8C1700;font-size:100%;width:55pt;" /> </div> <h1><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_TitleLabel">Viscount c/n 44</span></h1> <h2>Operational Record</h2> <div class="boxoutleftlisting"> <img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_CNImage" src="../images/Photos_Small/102299.jpg" alt="Photo of Viscount c/n 44" style="border-width:0px;" /> <h5><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_PhotoLabel">Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)</span></h5> </div> <p><br /> <img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_Flag" src="../images/Flags/Australia.gif" alt="Australia flag" style="border-color:#9D9D9D;border-width:1px;border-style:Solid;" /> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_CountryLabel"> Australia</span> </p> <p> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_CNDetailsLabel">This V.720 series Viscount was built for <br /><b>Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)</b> as VH-TVA <br /><br />It first flew on Sunday, 29 August 1954 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England powered by Rolls-Royce Dart 506 engines.</span> </p> <div class="separator"></div> <p> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_AlsoOperatedByLabel"></span> </p> <div class="separator"></div> <hr /> <div class="boxoutrightlisting"> <img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_CNImage2" src="../images/Photos_Small/200248.jpg" alt="Photo of Viscount c/n 44" style="border-width:0px;" /> <h5><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_PhotoLabel2">Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)</span></h5> </div> <p><br /> <img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_Flag2" src="../images/Flags/Australia.gif" alt="Australia flag" style="border-color:#9D9D9D;border-width:1px;border-style:Solid;" /> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_CountryLabel2"> Australia</span> </p> <p> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_CNDetailsLabel2">Its final owner/operator was <br /><b>Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)</b> as VH-TVA.<p><b>Its fate:-</b><br />Destroyed during a three engine takeoff while training at Mangalore Airport, Victoria, Australia 31 October 1954.<br /><br />The aircraft crashed and burnt approximately one-third of a mile west of the airport.<br /><br />The cause of the accident was an error of judgement on the part of the pilot-in-command in that he took the aircraft into the air at a speed below the minimum control speed, following loss of directional control during the ground run.</span> </p> <div id="NewListingGridView"> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left:10px; margin-right:10px" > <tr class="NewListingGridViewHeader"> <td class="NewListingGridViewHeaderSingle"> Operational record </td> </tr> <tr class="NewListingGridViewTable"> <td class="NewListingGridViewTableSingle"> <div class="NewListingGridViewTablePhoto"> <img src="../images/Photos_Small/102300.jpg" alt="Photo of Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) Viscount VH-TVA" /> </div><br /> <img src="../images/Flags/Australia.gif" class="FlagBorder" alt="Country of Registration Australia" /><br /><br /> October 1954 to October 1954<br /> <h2>Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA)</h2> <b>VH-TVA</b> - c/n 44 - a V.720 series Viscount<br /> Australia registered <div class="separator"></div> <hr /><div class="boxoutrighthistorylogo"> <img src="../images/Paintings/TAA old logo.jpg" class="PhotoBorder" alt="Trans-Australia Airlines logo" /> </div> <p><b>June 1952</b><br /> This was the first Type 720 of six ordered by Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA). </p> <p>The total value of the order was 拢1,934,000 including spare parts. </p> <p>Production Aircraft No. 37 - the 37th production Type 700 series Viscount built,<br /> was the 6th Viscount fuselage assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England,<br /> and the 13th Viscount assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. </p> <p>Production Order No. F01/720. Sales Order No. F01/88A. Stock Order No. F13/21B. </p> <div class="separator"></div> <div class="boxoutrighthistory"> <img src="../images/Photos_Small/111628.jpg" class="PhotoBorder" alt="Late July 1954 on the production line." /> </div> <p><b>1 February 1954</b><br /> Fuselage assembly commenced at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. </p> <p><b>22 March 1954</b><br /> Fuselage to Erecting Shop 'E' at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. </p> <p><b>22 June 1954</b><br /> Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission trading as Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA). </p> <p><b>22 July 1954</b><br /> Named as 'John Batman' by Sir Thomas White, the High Commissioner for Australia outside at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. </p> <p>The ceremony was also attended by Mr G P N Watt, the Chairman of TAA and George Edwards, Managing Director of Vickers Aircraft Division. The aircraft was christened with a bottle of Australian Champagne. </p> <div class="separator"></div> <div class="boxoutrighthistory"> <img src="../images/Photos_Small/103084.jpg" class="PhotoBorder" alt="Taking off on its first flight." /> </div> <p><b>29 August 1954</b><br /> First flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. </p> <div class="separator"></div> <div class="boxoutrighthistory"> <img src="../images/Photos_Small/108038.jpg" class="PhotoBorder" alt="Exhibited at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors (SBAC) air show at Farnborough." /> </div> <p><b>September 1954</b><br /> Exhibited at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors (SBAC) air show at Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire, England including participation in the daily flying display. It was flown by Vickers Test Pilot Gabriel (Gabe) Robb 'Jock' Bryce. </p> <p><b>6 October 1954</b><br /> Departed from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England on delivery to Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) crewed by Captain F Fischer, Captain J A P Boyd, Captain D Winch, Navigator Locke and Radio Operator Roberts. </p> <p>It was fitted with Rolls-Royce Dart RDa3 Mark 505 engines. These would have been upgraded to Mark 506 standard in 1956, if the aircraft had not been destroyed. </p> <div class="separator"></div> <div class="boxoutrighthistory"> <img src="../images/Photos_Small/102298.jpg" class="PhotoBorder" alt="Arrived at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia." /> </div> <p><b>13 October 1954</b><br /> Arrived at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. </p> <div class="separator"></div> <p> <a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/FlightMagazineReports/1954-12-31.aspx" title="Flight Magazine report - 31 December 1954"><img src="../images/Photos_Other_Small/VVN Button Logo.gif" />Flight Magazine report - 31 December 1954</a> </p><br /><br /> <p><b>21 October 1954</b><br /> Operated a route familiarisation flight from Melbourne, Victoria to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. </p> <div class="separator"></div> <div class="boxoutrighthistory"> <img src="../images/Photos_Small/200248.jpg" class="PhotoBorder" alt="The aircraft was destroyed on take-off." /> </div> <p><b>31 October 1954</b><br /> The aircraft was destroyed on take-off during a routine conversion training flight at Mangalore Airport, Victoria, 65 miles north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. </p> <p>Three crew members - Captain in command Douglas K MacDonald and Captains R D Fisher and J W Nickells were all sadly killed. </p> <p>Three cabin occupants including supernumerary Captain McDougall and Engineer Alfred Harder received serious injuries. </p> <p>The remaining two occupants in the cabin escaped unharmed. </p> <p>Alfred was standing in the cockpit as the control of the aircraft was lost and ran back into the cabin. When the aircraft crashed he was thrown outside and regained conciousness lying on the ground. </p> <p>He spent six months in the Royal Melbourne Hospital recovering from his injuries and went on to complete 40 years service with TAA as a licensed engineer. </p> <p>Total time 100 hours and 120 total landings. </p> <div class="separator"></div> <div class="boxoutrighthistory"> <img src="../images/Photos_Small/200249.jpg" class="PhotoBorder" alt="The aircraft was destroyed on take-off." /> </div> <p>Vickers Test Pilot Gabriel (Gabe) Robb 'Jock' Bryce flew out to Australia to assist in the crash investigation. </p> <p>Briefly, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) conclusions into the accident are shown below in this extract from the official investigation report. </p> <p>At 15:07 hours local time the Viscount, owned by Commonwealth of Australia, Australian National Airlines Commission, and operated by Trans Australia Airlines (TAA), crashed and burnt approximately one-third of a mile west of the airport. </p> <p>The accident occurred when the aircraft veered off the runway and became airborne during a practice three-engine takeoff. </p> <p>The cause of the accident was an error of judgement on the part of the pilot-in-command in that he took the aircraft into the air at a speed below the minimum control speed, following loss of directional control during the ground run.' </p> <p>This type of accident was to happen many times during simulated engine failure training flights around the world as operators learnt to fly their newly acquired Viscounts. </p> <p><b>31 October 1954</b><br /> Registration cancelled as aircraft destroyed. </p><br /> <div class="separator"></div> <div class="BoxOutCenterHistorySimple"> <img src="../images/Photos_Medium/200250.jpg" alt="The aircraft was destroyed on take-off during a routine conversion training flight." /> </div><br /><br /> <div class="separator"></div> <div class="BoxOutCenterHistorySimple"> <img src="../images/Photos_Medium/200251.jpg" alt="The aircraft was destroyed on take-off during a routine conversion training flight." /> </div><br /> <p></p><br /> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="separator"></div> <div id="footermenuwrapper"> <ul class="nav"> <li class="current"><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Default.aspx">Home</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Photos/PhotosLatest50i.aspx"><span id="ctl00_Latest60Label2">Latest 60 of 13226 photos</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/RandomPhotoLink.aspx">Slide show</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Live%20Magazine.aspx">Live Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/ContactUs.aspx">Contact us</a></li> </ul> <ul class="nav"> <li><a>Records</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Links/Links.aspx">Viscount Survivors</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Listings/ListingsAircraftHistories.aspx">Aircraft operational records</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Listings/Listings_Owner1.aspx">Owner/operator fleet records</a></li> <li><a>Production list</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Listings/ListingsProductionbycn.aspx">By construction number</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Listings/ListingsProductionbyDate.aspx">By date of first flight</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Listings/Listings.aspx">Registrations issued by country</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Listings/ListingsHelp.aspx">Help identify these Viscounts</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a>Photos</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Photos/Photos_CNGallery1.aspx">By construction number or registration</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Photos/PhotosOwnerGallery1.aspx">By owner or operator</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Photos/Photos.aspx">By contributor</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Film/F-1950-07-29.aspx">Viscount film and video</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Photos/PhotosLatest50i.aspx">Latest 60 Viscount photos</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/RandomPhotoLink.aspx">Travel back in time with the Viscount</a></li> <li><a>Viscount film by Andy Lambert</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Film/Andy Lambert G-APIM comes home.aspx">Viscount Stephen Piercey comes home to Brooklands</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Film/Andy Lambert 40th anniversary flight to Duxford.aspx">The world鈥檚 first turbo prop airline service 40th anniversary</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Film/Andy Lambert Viscount flight to Basel Mulhouse.aspx">Fund raising Viscount flight to Basel-Mulhouse, France</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Film/BBC - Jet! 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