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==Aircraft on display== [[File:T-9 Vickers Viking Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7313012018).jpg|thumb|right|T-9, ex [[Argentine Air Force]], Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina]] [[File:VickersViking-G-AGRU.jpg|thumb|right|G-AGRU under restoration at the [[Brooklands Museum]] in 2009]] Of the 163 Vikings produced, only six survive today; five can be found in museums around the world, while a sixth airframe was stored at an airfield near Vienna in Austria until dismantled in late April 2023. Acquired by the Blackbushe Heritage Trust, it is returning to the UK in early May for restoration and display at [[Blackbushe Airport]] in Surrey. ;Argentina * T-9 – Viking 1B on static display at the [[Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina]] in [[Morón, Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier - Vickers Viking 1B, s/n T-9 ARA, c/n 163, c/r LV-XET|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=43581|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=6 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425160331/http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=43581|archive-date=25 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ;Pakistan * J-750 – Viking 1B on static display at the [[Pakistan Air Force Museum]] in [[Karachi, Sindh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=THE QUAID'S AIRCRAFT|url=http://www.pafmuseum.com.pk/attractions/the-quaid-s-aircraft|website=Pakistan Air Force Museum|access-date=6 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515145120/http://www.pafmuseum.com.pk/attractions/the-quaid-s-aircraft|archive-date=15 May 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ;Switzerland * G-AIVG – Viking 1B under restoration to static display by the Vintage Aircraft Club at [[EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg]] in [[Basel]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Das Projekt "Save-a-Viking"|url=http://www.save-a-viking.org/de/projekt.html|website=Save-a-Viking|access-date=6 June 2017|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330094236/http://www.save-a-viking.org/de/projekt.html|archive-date=30 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It crashed at [[Le Bourget Airport]] on 12 August 1958.<ref>{{cite web|title=Der Unfall der "G-AIVG"|url=http://www.save-a-viking.org/de/unfall.html|website=Save-a-Viking|access-date=6 June 2017|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120180143/http://www.save-a-viking.org/de/unfall.html|archive-date=20 November 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It uses undercarriage and other parts from Vickers Valetta VX577 destroyed by fire 24 January 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=Was im Jahr 2010 bei "Save-a-Viking" geschah|url=http://www.save-a-viking.org/de/projekt2010.html|website=Save-a-Viking|access-date=6 June 2017|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425160332/https://www.save-a-viking.org/de/projekt2010.html|archive-date=25 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2017}} ;South Africa * ZS-DKH – Viking 1A under restoration to static display at the [[South African Airways Museum Society]] in [[Germiston, Gauteng]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vickers Viking VC.1A|url=http://www.saamuseum.co.za/index.php?id=74|website=SAA Museum Society|access-date=6 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425160332/http://www.saamuseum.co.za/index.php?id=74|archive-date=25 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ;United Kingdom * G-AGRU – Viking 1A under major long-term restoration while on outdoor display at the [[Brooklands Museum]] in [[Weybridge, Surrey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vickers 498 Viking 1A|url=http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/explore/our-collection/aircraft/viking|website=Brooklands Museum|publisher=Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd|access-date=6 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003185316/https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/explore/our-collection/aircraft/viking|archive-date=3 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * G-AGRW – Viking 1A delivered by the Blackbushe Heritage Trust to [[Blackbushe Airport]], [[Hampshire]], on 2nd May 2023 from long term outdoor storage stored outdoors at Bad Vöslau airfield, Austria, for major restoration at this former Viking engineering maintenance base.
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