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The Vickers F.B.5 (Fighting Biplane 5) (known as the "Gunbus") was a British two-seat pusher military biplane of the First World War.Armed with a single .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun operated by the observer in the front of the nacelle, it was the first aircraft purpose-built for air-to-air combat to see service, making it the world's first operational fighter aircraft.
The Vickers E.F.B.1 'Destroyer' was an early British military aircraft prototype. Although not itself a success, the design was considered worth developing, and a series of similar aircraft were produced in prototype form, eventually leading to the Vickers F.B.5 "Gunbus", which saw widespread service during World War I .
The Vickers F.B.19 was a British single-seat fighting scout of the First World War, developed from the Barnwell Bullet prototype, and sometimes known as the Vickers Bullet. It served with the Royal Flying Corps and the Imperial Russian Air Service , which subsequently led to the Red Air Force adopting it during the Russian Civil War .
The design was a development of the earlier Vickers F.B.12 prototypes; [2] and was a two-bay biplane with a high-mounted nacelle for the pilot and an initial armament of two .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Guns. Behind this was a water-cooled 200 hp (150 kW) Hispano-Suiza engine driving the propeller.
At the start of the First World War, Vickers entered into a partnership with the Hart Engine Company to develop a 150 hp (110 kW) nine-cylinder radial engine designed by Hart. This engine was planned to power a number of new designs by Vickers, the first of which was a small single-engine pusher biplane fighter , the F.B.12 .
New Zealand aviator used a Caudron Biplane at the Hall School, Hendon to be the second New Zealander to gain a licence in England. [59] In 1914 he made the first substantial cross-country flight in New Zealand. 659 Major Gerald Richard Vivian Kinsman RFA 24 October 1913 [56] Used a Vickers Biplane at the Vickers School, Brooklands. [60]
The Vickers E.S.1 was an early British Fighter aircraft of the First World War. A single-seat biplane , only three E.S.1s were built, although at least one was used by a home defence squadron of the Royal Flying Corps .
Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. ... In 1911, the company expanded into aircraft manufacture and opened a flying school.