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Data from Vickers Aircraft Co Ltd General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 2 Length: 24 ft 7 in (7.5 m) Wingspan: 30 ft 10 in (9.40 m) Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) Wing area: 149.3 sq ft (13.87 m 2) Empty weight: 928 lb (421 kg) useful load 650 lbs Gross weight: 1,850 lb (839 kg) Fuel capacity: 60 U.S. gallons (230 L; 50 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 915iS horizontally opposed turbocharged ...
Vickers Aircraft Company's first aircraft, a two-seat amphibious seaplane, is called The Wave. [5] The Wave has some unique features unavailable in other similar aircraft, [6] such as a bow thruster and substantially higher horsepower engine. [7] [8] [9]
Three Canadair CL-215 amphibious flying boats. The following is a list of seaplanes, which includes floatplanes and flying boats. A seaplane is any airplane that has the capability of landing and taking off from water, while an amphibian is a seaplane which can also operate from land.
Pages in category "Jet seaplanes and flying boats" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Short S23 "C" Class or "Empire" flying boat A PBM Mariner takes off in 1942 Dornier X in 1932. A flying boat is a type of seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. [1] It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy.
Below is a detailed list of the ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness, England by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Vickers-Armstrongs, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, BAE Systems Marine, BAE Systems Submarine Solutions or any other descendant companies. Whilst it is extensive it is incomplete as there are some commercial vessels ...
Aeromarine 50 1919 transport flying boat, unk no. built; Boeing B-1 1919 transport flying boat, 1 built; SIAI S.13 1919 reconnaissance flying boat, unk no. built; SIAI S.16 1919 flying boat, 100+ built; Supermarine Sea Lion I & II 1919 racing flying boats, 2 built; Vickers Viking, Vulture and Vanellus 1919 amphibious flying boats, 34 built.
A pusher aircraft is a type of aircraft using propellers placed behind the engines and may be classified according to engine/propeller location and drive as well as the lifting surfaces layout (conventional or 3 surface, canard, joined wing, tailless and rotorcraft), Some aircraft have a Push-pull configuration with both tractor and pusher engines.