JACK McKILLOP COLLECTION
No. 6387. Vickers 798D Viscount (N7471 c/n 233) Capital Airlines
Photographed at Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading Regional Airport/Carl A Spaatz Field, Pennsylvania, USA, October 8, 2006
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04/30/2007. Remarks by Jack Mckillop:
"In the early 1950s, Washington, D.C.-based Capital Airlines, the
fifth largest airline in the US in terms of passengers carried,
decided to enhance its capabilities and compete with the ‘Big Four’ US
airlines. To do this, they decided to purchase a new aircraft in large
numbers very quickly in order to set new standards of speed and
service. The aircraft selected was the Vickers 700-series Viscount. |
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Created April 30, 2007