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Viscount 700 Air Rhodesia VP-WAS

6,879 NormalCv580enjoyer  4 months ago
Auto Credit Based on Walrus001's Viscount 700 MEA

About VP-WAS:

Before Air Rhodesia, the aircraft was flown by United Iranian Airlines, Iran Air and Central African Airways (CAA). Its c/n was 297.
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About Flight 825:

Air Rhodesia Flight 825 was a scheduled passenger flight that was shot down by the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) on 3 September 1978, during the Rhodesian Bush War. The aircraft involved, a Vickers Viscount named the Hunyani, was flying the last leg of Air Rhodesia's regular scheduled service from Victoria Falls to the capital Salisbury, via the resort town of Kariba. Soon after Flight 825 took off, a group of ZIPRA guerrillas hit it on its starboard wing with a Soviet-made Strela-2 surface-to-air infrared homing missile, critically damaging the aircraft and forcing an emergency landing. An attempted belly landing in a cotton field just west of Karoi was foiled by a ditch, which caused the plane to cartwheel and break up. Of the 52 passengers and four crew, 38 died in the crash; the insurgents then approached the wreckage, rounded up the 10 survivors they could see and massacred them with automatic gunfire. Three passengers survived by hiding in the surrounding bush, while a further five lived because they had gone to look for water before the guerrillas arrived.

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Viscount 700 MEA
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 69.8ft (21.3m)
  • Length 62.2ft (19.0m)
  • Height 21.6ft (6.6m)
  • Empty Weight 18,916lbs (8,580kg)
  • Loaded Weight 24,903lbs (11,295kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 4.331
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.481
  • Wing Loading 27.4lbs/ft2 (134.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 907.6ft2 (84.3m2)
  • Drag Points 11795

Parts

  • Number of Parts 634
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 2,525
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    465 Hoawdie

    Cool, I like planes that shaped like a duck honestly

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    anyways, cool plane!

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    Credits:

    @Walrus001 for the plane

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    @SamTakoy52 thx

    3 months ago
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    Прекрасно

    +1 3 months ago
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    The plane is nice, but the cockpit and wings could be better

    3 months ago
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    @LuisMe oh sorry I didn't noticed that, hope you don't mind. But it's not stolen

    4 months ago
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    4,344 LuisMe

    I make that exact livery before u @NormalCv580enjoyer

    +1 4 months ago
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    @NormalCv580enjoyer woah! I'm an honorable mention!1

    +1 4 months ago
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    @nukethefrench thanks!

    4 months ago
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    this looks like the kind of plane that has liveries that say "__ Express"

    +1 4 months ago
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    Honorable mentions:
    @HudDistance
    @Boeing727200F

    @CCCP0000001 - thx for spotlight!!!

    4 months ago
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    Honorable mentions:
    @GeneralUnitedSTATS
    @Majakalona
    @LunarEclipseSP

    +1 4 months ago
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    Honorable mentions:
    @Tang0Five - he is British, may be interested
    @Eagleman010
    @Chaunhkhoa

    +1 4 months ago