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Last of the Viscounts

Representatives of Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Technical Training have officially handed over a Vickers Viscount V814 to the Museum of Technology in Speyer in Southwest Germany.  Lufthansa operated the aircraft on scheduled routes from 1962 to 1969, and in 1972 converted it into a technical training aircraft.  To date, more than 2,000 young people in the Lufthansa Group have undergone basic training on this Vickers Viscount as an aircraft mechanic or electrician.

In cooperation with the workshop team at the Museum of Technology in Speyer, Lufthansa Technik trainers and apprentices have now restored the V814 with the registration D-ANAF for exhibition purposes.  Before being transported to Speyer, the plane had to be dismantled.  It was then re-assembled at the museum and repainted in its original livery with its 1960s registration.  The Lufthansa Technik apprentices completed the work in a total of 2,096 man-hours, and visitors to the museum can now admire the results.

In the 1960s, the Vickers Viscount V814 was the workhorse on European routes and was one of the most popular propeller aircraft ever deployed on short and medium-haul routes.  Conceived by a team lead by Sir George Edwards, over 400 Viscounts were built, the most successful regional aircraft of its generation. speyer.technik-museum.de/e

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