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The Canadian Vickers Vedette was the first aircraft designed and built in Canada to meet a specification for Canadian conditions. It was a single-engine biplane flying boat purchased to meet a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) demand for a smaller aircraft than the Vickers Viking with a much greater rate of climb, to be suitable for forestry survey and fire protection work.
Canadian Vickers ordered the construction of a large floating drydock, which was opened in 1912. [1] [3] Due to the establishment of Canadian Vickers, Montreal became one of Canada's leading shipbuilding centres. [1] The shipyard's first full year of operation was 1914, a year marked by the beginning of World War I. [2]
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In the mid-1980s, the museum moved to a former Trans Canada Air Lines and Transair hangar, T-2, at Winnipeg International Airport. [4] [6] The museum developed a master plan for a new facility in 2013 with the design firm Reich&Petch. [7] The museum received the Royal designation on December 19, 2014, to become the Royal Aviation Museum of ...
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Canadian Vickers Vista 3-view drawing from L'Air June 1,1927. Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 [1] General characteristics. Crew: 1; Length: 23 ft 8 in (7.22 m) Wingspan: 29 ft 6 in (8.98 m) Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.28 m) Empty weight: 655 lb (297 kg) Gross weight: 1,005 lb (456 kg) Fuel capacity: 110 lb (50 kg) fuel and oil
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