I was an apprentice at Eagle Aircraft Services at Blackbushe and flew in G-AJPH from Blackbushe to London Airport. This was after the conversion to a piston engine. The airfame was retired from service in the late 60s and broken up and put in a sand pit near Heathrow.
Neil, e-mail, 11.03.2021 13:42
Unfortunately it was converted back to a propeller Viking and used as a cargo transport.
Shame really with an extended fuselage, greater fuel capacity and tripod gear it could have been the basis for a viable production medium haul liner
David, e-mail, 16.02.2020 12:50
I flew in a prop Viking on my 10th birthday, from Blackbushe to Perpignan in France. I wish the Nene Viking had been developed further, as that trip trip took many hours. I guess it would have needed tricycle landing gear at some point, to reduce ground damage.
vivian kitchener, e-mail, 23.06.2017 19:49
dear charlie i well remember this aircraft landing at henlow [my father was a air ministry police]and he took me to see it,people where amazed at the burm marks in the grass,i only wish i had the photos now.did it end up in a pit or something like that?
carl BUTLER, e-mail, 03.01.2017 19:04
It was a problem because it had a tail wheel; so taxing, take off & landing the tail plane & elevators were subject to damage.
Sqn Ldr George Shelley RAF(Ret, e-mail, 25.06.2014 22:56
As a Rolls Royce Apprentice at Hucknall, Notts., working in the Exhaust System Development Section, I flew in this aircraft with my Section Leader Ken Bagshaw in July 1948 making noise measurement tests for comparison with the Radial Engined version of the Viking. The pilot was Joseph(Mutt) Summers. If anyone has details of this flight ie date and duration of flight would they please get in touch. Thanks.
gray Stanback, e-mail, 22.12.2010 21:24
Why didn't they make a production model of the Viking with Nene engines?
Charlie, e-mail, 15.10.2010 04:58
I had read some stories about those early jetliners that were the Nene-Viking, the Tay-Viscount and the Avro Jetliner in some non-remembered websites. In contrast, I found considerably few and low quality images of them and would highly appreciate to be addressed to other websites where I could find more. Please feel free to send messages and shortcuts to my e-mail address if you know where those images can be found. Yours faithfully, Charlie
