Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Vickers 630-870 Viscount
    Latest Model:724 Viscount
    Construction Number:40
    Last Civil Registration:N22SN
    Compressed ID:Vickers 724 cn 40 cr N22SN
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    From 23 February 1954 to Circa 1 May 1954

    Constructed as a 724.

    13 October 1954

    First flight.
    Flew from Weybridge, Surrey, England.

    From 8 December 1954 to 12 December 1954

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered to Canada via Preswick, Scotland, and Keflavik, Iceland, and Bluie West, Narsarsuaq, Greenland.

    Circa 23 February 1955

    To Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) with new c/r CF-TGI.
    Operated with markings: 601

    20 March 1963

    Leased to Transair (Canada) Ltd, Winnipeg, MB.

    7 July 1970


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: CF-TGI at Winnipeg in 1970 - Transairs one and only Viscount 700 in the red/gold livery. Shortly after this date it was painted in the later yellow/brown scheme which came in after merger with Midwest Airlines.

    25 September 1970


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1970 photo at Winnipeg - Originally Trans-Canada Airlines very first Vickers Viscount 700, it is here in service with Transair. In 1974 it went to the US as N22SN and ended up in the Pima Air Museum in Arizona

    January 1971

    To Air Canada keeping c/r CF-TGI.

    20 September 1973

    To Ewell K. Nold keeping c/r CF-TGI.

    19 February 1974

    To Ewell K. Nold with new c/r N22SN.

    15 April 1976

    To Jerry V Christensen, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N22SN.

    April 1981

    Loaned to Twenty Two Sierra November Inc, Olympia, WA.

    December 1981

    Returned from loan to Jerry V Christensen, Salt Lake City, UT.

    October 1984

    To Walter L Cole keeping c/r N22SN.

    Placed in storage at Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ.

    11 August 1991

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At The Pima Air and Space Museum, Arizona.

    16 October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    12 June 2010


    Photographer: John Meneely

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Vickers Viscount.net
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=57590][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Vickers 724 Viscount, c/n 40, c/r N22SN[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=57590
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.