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Vickers F.B.27 Vimy side view. The Vickers F.B.27 Vimy is an equal-span twin-engine four-bay biplane, with balanced ailerons on both upper and lower wings. The engine nacelles were positioned mid-gap and contained the fuel tanks. It has a biplane empennage with elevators on both upper and lower surfaces and twin rudders. The main undercarriage ...
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Reginald Kirshaw "Rex" Pierson CBE (9 February 1891 – 10 January 1948) was an English aircraft designer and chief designer at Vickers Limited later Vickers-Armstrongs Aircraft Ltd. [1] He was responsible for the Vickers Vimy, a heavy bomber designed during World War I and the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic non-stop.
The Vimy was later developed into the Virginia, a mainstay in the RAF during the interwar years. Vickers was a pioneer in producing airliners, early examples being converted from Vimy bombers. Vickers brand aircraft were produced from 1911 to 1965, when BAC ended the name.
Flying replica of the Vickers Vimy [4] - The replica aircraft was used to re-enact the first flights from England to Australia, England to South Africa and the US to England. Amethyst Falcon ultralight biplane - Plans-built single seat aircraft for basic aerobatic flying (+6G / -3G), employs sheet metal fabric covered wings with tubular steel ...
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 ...
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 .
The envisioned aircraft was actually a derivative of an airliner, the Handley Page W.8, that was already in production by the company. [2] While this proposal was not acted upon at this time, two years later, tenders were sought for Specification 31/22, a replacement night bomber for the Airco DH.10 Amiens and the Vickers Vimy.