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Data from Vickers Aircraft since 1908 General characteristics Crew: two Length: 36 ft 5 in (11.10 m) Wingspan: 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) Wing area: 290 sq ft (27 m 2) Empty weight: 1,000 lb (454 kg) Powerplant: 1 × R.E.P five-cylinder air-cooled fan-type engine, 60 hp (45 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 56 mph (90 km/h, 49 kn) Notes ^ Flight 15 April 1911, p.336. ^ Andrews and Morgan 1988, p. 1 ...
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The Vickers Type 559 was a supersonic interceptor aircraft design by the British aircraft company Vickers-Armstrongs and was their submission for Operational Requirement F.155 in 1955. It was not accepted for further consideration; the most valued submissions being from Armstrong Whitworth and Fairey , however the F.155 requirement was dropped ...
The Vickers Wellesley was a medium bomber that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey. It was one of two aircraft to be named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , the other being the Vickers Wellington .
Developed from the earlier Wib.3 the Wibault 7 was a C.I category single-seat high-wing braced parasol monoplane fighter powered by a 480 hp (360 kW) Gnome-Rhone 9Ad radial engine. The main difference from earlier aircraft was the use of an all-metal construction system which was patented by Wibault.
In January 1915, the two units merged and were re-equipped with Caudron G.3s, but continued to operate the REP Type N at least as late as March. [ 2 ] The Type N also formed the backbone of the Ottoman Air Service in 1912, and these machines were used operationally during the First and Second Balkan War in 1912–13. [ 2 ]
The later I and V types used a .303-in Vickers machine gun. A large metal "casserolle" spinner, appearing much like those used on the Deperdussin Monocoque pre-war racer of 1912, was designed to streamline the aircraft; but caused the engines to overheat. In 1915, the spinners were removed and the overheating problems disappeared with little ...
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