On 19 November 1912, Vickers received a contract from the Admiralty for an experimental fighting biplane armed with a machine ... read more ... |
Vickers E.F.B.1 1913 |
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Vickers E.F.B.2 1913 |
Following the loss of the E.F.B.1, Vickers undertook major redesign of its gun carrier while retaining the basic configuration to ... read more ... |
In December 1913, a third Vickers Experimental Fighting Biplane, the E.F.B.3, made its debut. The slight overhang of the top ... read more ... |
Vickers E.F.B.3 1913 |
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Vickers F.B.5 Gunbus 1914 |
Progressive changes introduced by successive E.F.B.3s led to the E.F.B.5 - the E.F.B.4 being a project with a more streamlined ... read more ... |
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Vickers F.B.9 1915 |
Dubbed unofficially the Streamline Gunbus, the F.B.9, which emerged towards the end of 1915, introduced numerous refinements over its predecessor, ... read more ... |
On the outbreak of World War I, Vickers engaged R L Howard-Flanders to design a twin-engined fighting aeroplane capable of ... read more ... |
Vickers F.B.7 1915 |
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Vickers E.S.1 1915 |
Early in 1915, Rex K Pierson was tasked with the redesign of the so-called Barnwell Bullet, an unarmed single-seat biplane ... read more ... |
Although possessing a superficial resemblance to the F.B.7, the F.B.8, designed in the autumn of 1915 by Rex K Pierson, ... read more ... |
Vickers F.B.8 1915 |
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Vickers F.B.14 1916 |
Tractor-engined biplane best suited for reconnaissance duties. Engines ranged on the small number of production aircraft from an 89kW Beardmore ... read more ... |
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Vickers F.B.12 1916 |
A compact two-bay biplane of pusher type, the F.B.12 was designed for the 150hp Hart static radial engine, in the ... read more ... |
Conceived, like the F.B.12, to utilise the 150hp Hart engine, the F.B.16 was designed by Rex K Pierson. Completed and ... read more ... |
Vickers F.B.16 1916 |
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Vickers F.B.11 1916 |
Designed by Howard Flanders as an airship destroyer, for which purpose it had an elevated gunner's station, or "fighting top", ... read more ... |
A two-seat fighter-reconnaissance aircraft, the F.B.24 was yet another Vickers aircraft originally designed for the ill-fated and Vickers-sponsored Hart radial ... read more ... |
Vickers F.B.24 1916 |
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Derived from the abortive F.B.23 design intended as a successor to the F.B.9, the F.B.25 two-seat night fighter was conceived ... read more ... |
Vickers F.B.25 1917 |
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Vickers F.B.26 Vampire 1917 |
Curiously retrogressive in design when built in May 1917, the pusher fighter with boom-carried empennage being decidedly passe at that ... read more ... |
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Vickers Vernon 1921 |
Final derivative of the Vimy / Vimy Commercial was the Vickers Vernon bomber/transport used by the RAF during its policing ... read more ... |
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Vickers Victoria 1922 |
The Victoria 22-troop transport was built between the Vernon and Valentia. Production for the RAF totalled 94 aircraft. Entering service ... read more ... |
Designed to meet the requirements of Air Ministry Specification 1/21, the Vickers Virginia proved to be the backbone of the ... read more ... |
Vickers Virginia 1922 |
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Vickers 61 Vulcan 1922 |
In early 1921 design was initiated of the Vickers Vulcan transport, a biplane of 14.94m span with a deep oval-section ... read more ... |
During 1918 Vickers designed a light amphibian with biplane wings and tail unit, its Consuta plywood hull being built by ... read more ... |
Vickers Vulture 1923 |
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Vickers Vespa 1925 |
The Vickers Type 113 Vespa Mk I
first flown in September 1925 was built as a private venture to the requirements ... read more ... |
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Vickers Vendace 1926 |
Built to the requirements of Air Ministry Specification 5A/24 for a floatplane trainer, the single Vickers Type 120 Vendace Mk ... read more ... |
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Vickers 123 1926 |
Believing, at the end of 1925, that the time was right for the development of a new British fighter with ... read more ... |
After re-engining of the Type 123 with the 510hp Rolls-Royce F.XI 12-cylinder Vee-type water-cooled engine as the Type 141, this ... read more ... |
Vickers 141 1927 |
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Vickers Vildebeest 1928 |
The all-metal Vildebeest was adopted by the RAF as a standard torpedo-carrying and bombing biplane and went into service in ... read more ... |
A one-off civil variant designated
Type 72 Vanguard, accommodating 23 passengers and powered by two Napier Lion engines (later 485kW Rolls-Royce ... read more ... |
Vickers Vanguard 1928 |
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Vickers 125 Vireo 1928 |
The Wibault system of metal airframe construction, with which Vickers had gained experience in building the Type 121 Wibault Scout, ... read more ... |
The Vickers Type 134 Vellore Mk I
was a large equal-span biplane intended as a freight carrier. Powered by a 391kW ... read more ... |
Vickers Vellore 1928 |
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Vickers 143 1929 |
Evolved from the Type 141 to meet a Bolivian requirement which was to result, in 1929, in an order for ... read more ... |
Effectively the seventh Type 143 airframe, the Type 177 was intended as a single-seat shipboard fighter to Specification 21/26 - ... read more ... |
Vickers 177 1929 |
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The first prototype flew on 1 October 1930 powered by 3 x 201kW Armstrong Siddeley Lynx Major. Two production Viastra ... read more ... |
Vickers Viastra 1930 |
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Vickers 151 Jockey 1930 |
During the mid 'twenties, the Air Ministry accepted the philosophy that the primary concern of the RAF's fighter element should ... read more ... |
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Vickers 161 1931 |
In the mid 'twenties, the British Air Ministry found attractive the possibility of the 37mm COW (Coventry Ordnance Works) gun ... read more ... |
The Vincent was a three-seat general-purpose version of the Vildebeest, designed essentially for tropical service in the Middle East and ... read more ... |
Vickers Vincent 1932 |
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The Valentia was a development of the earlier Victoria troop-carrier, differing by having two 484kW Bristol Pegasus II.L3 or II.M3 ... read more ... |
Vickers Valentia 1934 |
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Vickers Wellesley 1935 |
The Wellesley evolved from Vickers' design for a general-purpose day and night bomber and coastal-defence torpedo-carrier biplane to satisfy Air ... read more ... |
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Vickers 279 Venom 1936 |
Fundamentally a redesigned and improved Type 151 Jockey and, indeed, initially known as the Jockey II, the Type 279, for ... read more ... |
The Warwick was a slightly enlarged version of the Wellington and employed the same geodetic form of construction. It was ... read more ... |
Vickers 284 Warwick 1939 |
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Vickers 432 1942 |
The final attempt by Vickers to develop a fighter for the RAF began in 1939 with a design for a ... read more ... |
The Barnes Wallis geodetic construction, introduced on the Vickers Wellesley and used later on the Vickers Wellington and Vickers Warwick, ... read more ... |
Vickers Windsor 1943 |
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Vickers Viking 1945 |
The Viking was a twin-engined 24-27-seat transport and was the first completely new post-World War II airliner to fly in ... read more ... |
The Valetta was a military transport aircraft, the prototype of which flew for the first time on 30 June 1947. ... read more ... |
Vickers Valetta 1947 |
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Vickers Viscount 1948 |
During World War II the US had gained a considerable start in the design and development of long-range transport aircraft. ... read more ... |
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Vickers Varsity 1949 |
The Varsity general-purpose aircrew trainer retained the general characteristics of the Valetta C.I, but had a tricycle landing gear and ... read more ... |
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Vickers Valiant 1951 |
As World War II came to an end, the strategic bombers which had served Britain so well throughout the war ... read more ... |
The very considerable success of the Vickers Viscount in airline service was due to the smoothness, economy and reliability of ... read more ... |
Vickers Vanguard 1959 |
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