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Feb. 26 Nominated Aircraft of the Year The Vickers Viscount, the world only operational airliner powered with turbo-propellor engines, ordered by five nations (Britain, Canada, Australia, France and Ireland), first commercial aircraft to finish (40 hours 40 mins.) in the 12, 490 miles England-New Zealand race, earner of the equivalent of a, 106, 000 profit in the first six months of operation with British European Airways, has been hailed as the aircraft of the year by Mr. Peter Masefield, Chief Executive of B.E.A. Picture shows: Discovery, flagship of B.E.A. Vickers Viscount fleet, undercarriage still down, takes off. Besides speed, its four Rolls Royce Dart turbo pop engines provide a smooth, quiet flight. (picture issued: December, 1935)

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B.e.a Besides Dart Earner Equivalent Flagship Hailed Masefield Nominated Operational Ordered Profit Provide Turbo Undercarriage

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