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The Vickers Wellington (nicknamed the Wimpy) is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber.It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey.Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson, a key feature of the aircraft is its geodetic airframe fuselage structure, which was principally designed by Barnes Wallis.
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.
The work of Mitchell lead to the design and production of the Supermarine Spitfire single-seat fighter and Wallis was involved in geodetic construction system. [2] The geodetic system lead to the Vickers Wellesley and later the Vickers Wellington twin-engined bombers. [2] McLean was managing director of Vickers (Aviation) until 1939. [2]
The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited at Brooklands near Weybridge in Surrey. After the Second World War , the Viking was an important airliner with British airlines, pending the development of turboprop aircraft like the Viscount .
In mid-1942, the Wellington replacement and B.5/41 were merged as a result of a new specification, B.3/42 for a Lancaster replacement but without high altitude performance. Vickers could take the work already done along and fit the four-engine wing to a new design of fuselage and a contract was raised for what would become the Windsor.
Handley Page and Vickers both designed aircraft to meet this specification, the Vickers design became the Wellington. The Handley Page design team, led by George Volkert, drafted a radical aircraft, initially centering upon the politically favoured Rolls-Royce Goshawk engine.
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The Vickers Wellington is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber aircraft that was produced from 1936 to 1945 and used throughout World War II. It was operated by a number of nations and service branches around the world.