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The Vickers Type 56 Victoria was a British biplane freighter and troop transport aircraft used by the Royal Air Force. The Victoria flew for the first time in 1922 and was selected for production over the Armstrong Whitworth Awana .
The Vickers Valentia (company designation Type 264) was a British biplane bomber transport aircraft built by Vickers for the Royal Air Force. The majority built were conversions of the earlier Vickers Victoria , itself derived from the Vickers Virginia .
Pages in category "Vickers aircraft" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. ... Vickers Victoria; Victory Bomber; Vickers Viget; Vickers ...
Once named "Victoria Lynne" [19] [20] [21] F-BGNU 708 January 25th, 1954 - March 10th, 1954 July 5th, 1954 March 26th, 1975 Air France; Air Viet Nam; Air France; Air Inter/Lignes Aériennes Intérieures; Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany: On static display [22] [23] VH-TVR 953C 1958 November 19th, 1958 April 4th, 1970 Trans ...
In it he confirmed that by 15 February 1929, aircraft types available for the airlift of passengers and baggage, included seven Vickers Victoria aircraft, one Handley Page Hinaidi, 24 Airco DH.9As and two Westland Wapitis. [2] The operation was accomplished in four stages. [2]
Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927. The majority of the company was nationalised in the 1960s and 1970s, with the remainder being divested as Vickers plc in 1977.
The aircraft was powered by twin Napier Lion engines and flew for the first time on 24 November 1922. [2] At the Aircraft Experimental Establishment at RAF Martlesham Heath, the Virginia prototype underwent type trials. One of the first modifications was to replace the original two-bladed propellers with four-bladed propellers.
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 ...