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The aircraft was re-conditioned in 1928 and re-designated the Type 170 for use by Imperial Airways for route proving trials, starting in May 1928. Ii operated on the London-Paris route, typically taking about 2 1 ⁄ 2 hrs, and then on the London Brussels-Cologne service. [3] It set a world load carrying record on 6 July 1928. [4]
A.2 - two seat observation and attack aircraft Dewoitine D.5, Farman F.110, Caudron C.55, SPAD S.39 A.3 - three seat observation and attack aircraft Caudron C.34, Blériot 108 B.3 - three seat day bomber Caudron C.34 (also) BN.4 - four seat night bomber Blériot 76
The Vickers Vanguard was a short/medium-range turboprop airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs.. The Vanguard was developed during the mid-to-late 1950s in response to a specification issued by British European Airways (BEA) for a 100-seat airliner; Vickers decided to design such an airliner as a follow-up to the existing Viscount series, the ...
Pages in category "Vickers aircraft" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. ... Vickers Type 170 Vanguard; Vickers Vanguard; Vickers Vanox ...
With several manufacturers submitting designs to the same specification this could result in a number of different aircraft with the same X.XX/XX designation, e.g., Handley Page B.35/46, etc. [1] Upon acceptance of the design(s) the final service names would usually be chosen by the Air Ministry when they placed a production order, in the above ...
Vickers confirmed this by replacing the Lynx engines of G-AAUB with Jupiter VIFMs. In this guise it was known as the Viastra VIII. The first of the two West Australian Airways aircraft was briefly converted into a Viastra IX, [3] which had its engines lowered by 15 in (380 mm) before reconversion to a Viastra II. West Australian Airways also ...
The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited. Developed during the latter stages of the First World War to equip the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Vimy was designed by Rex Pierson , Vickers' chief designer.
The Air Ministry was keen to determine the best aircraft configuration and sought, under Air Ministry specification F.20/27, manufacturers to build biplanes and both low- and high-wing monoplanes. Vickers were asked for a prototype low-wing fighter and this became (somewhat unofficially) called the "Jockey", or sometimes the Jockey I.