Editing Vickers VC.1 Viking (section)

{{Short description|British airliner with 2 piston engines, 1945}}
{{About|the post-World War II airliner|the earlier single-engined amphibian|Vickers Viking}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
  |name    = VC.1 Viking
  |image   = Vickers Viking 1a - G-AGRN.jpg
  |caption = Vickers Viking 1A, G-AGRN
  |type                             = Airliner
  |manufacturer                     = [[Vickers-Armstrongs|Vickers-Armstrongs Limited]]
  |designer                         = [[R.K. Pierson]]
  |first_flight                     = 22 June 1945
  |introduction                     = 1946
  |retired                          = 
  |status                           = Retired
  |primary_user                     = [[British European Airways]]
  |more_users                       = <!--up to three more. please separate with <br />.-->
  |produced                         = 1945–1954
  |number_built                     = 163
  |unit cost                        = 
  |developed_from                   = [[Vickers Wellington]]
  |variants = [[Vickers Valetta]]<br />[[Vickers Varsity]]
}}

The '''Vickers VC.1 Viking''' is a British twin-engine short-range [[airliner]] derived from the [[Vickers Wellington]] [[bomber]] and built by [[Vickers-Armstrongs|Vickers-Armstrongs Limited]] at [[Brooklands]] near [[Weybridge]] in [[Surrey]]. After the [[Second World War]], the Viking was an important airliner with [[United Kingdom|British]] airlines, pending the development of turboprop aircraft like the [[Vickers Viscount|Viscount]]. An experimental airframe was fitted with [[Rolls-Royce Nene]] turbojets and first flown in 1948 as the world's first pure [[Jet airliner|jet transport aircraft]]. Military developments were the [[Vickers Valetta]] and the [[Vickers Varsity]].