This is a 1:200 scale die-cast model airplane from Hobby Master of the Vickers Viscount 802 in the British European Airways colors. The worlds first turbo-prop airliner was the British made Vickers Viscount. The first flight took place in 1948 with a more powerful engined Type 700 taking flight on August 3 1950. A stretched variant named Type 800 was 3 feet 10 inches longer with even more power and a new fuel system and flew on July 27 1956. It could carry 71 passengers so it soon was operating with about 70 airlines and 9 militarys around the world. Production ended in 1964 with 445 aircraft of all types produced.BEA (British European Airways) was founded in 1946 and based in London England. Their call-sign was Beeline. The Company went about acquiring the aircraft fleets and routes of most private UK airlines. BEA became the major provider of scheduled service within the UK and Europe. The mass package-holiday became popular in the late 1950s and BEA took advantage by creating BEA Airtours in 1970. In 1974 BEA merged with BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) and the two became known as British Airways with their major hub being London Heathrow airport.
