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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 ...
The Vickers team quickly assembled their aircraft and, at around 1:45 p.m. on 14 June the Vimy took off from Lester's Field. [12] Alcock and Brown flew the modified Vickers Vimy, powered by two Rolls-Royce Eagle 360 hp engines which were supported by an on-site Rolls-Royce team led by engineer Eric Platford. [13]
Third prototype Vickers Vimy, B9954, crashes during testing – stalls on takeoff with full load at Martlesham Heath, bomb load explodes, pilot killed. [233] 25 September Chief Machinist's Mate Francis E. Ormsbee went to the rescue of two men in an aircraft which had crashed in Pensacola Bay, Florida. He pulled out the gunner and held him above ...
The Vickers Vernon was a British biplane troop carrier [1] used by the Royal Air Force.It entered service in 1921 and was the first dedicated troop transport of the RAF. The Vernon was a development of the Vickers Vimy Commercial, a passenger variant of the famous Vickers Vimy bomber, and was powered by twin Napier Lion engines or Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engines.
Rolls-Royce Eagle engines at Derby in 1919. Development of the new 20 litre engine was led by Henry Royce from his home in Kent.Based initially on the 7.4 litre 40/50 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost engine, and drawing also on the design of a 7.2 litre Daimler DF80 aero engine used in a 1913 Grand Prix Mercedes that had been acquired, [2] the power was increased by doubling the number of cylinders to ...
During the 1914-18 First World War the company designed its first aero-engine, the Eagle, and Hives was involved in its development. In 1916 he was Head of the Experimental Department. [5] In 1919 the Eagle powered the twin-engined Vickers Vimy bomber on the first direct flight across the Atlantic. In 1920 Hives was appointed MBE. [6]
The Vickers Vimy bomber used to successfully fly from England to Australia. The second attempt to fly from England and Australia was made by Captain Ross Macpherson Smith of the Australian Flying Corps with his brother Lieutenant Keith Macpherson Smith as co-pilot, along with two mechanics, in a converted Vickers Vimy bomber. They would ...
Vickers was a pioneer in producing airliners, early examples being converted from Vimy bombers. Post-WWII, Vickers went on to manufacture the piston-engined Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner, the Viscount and Vanguard turboprop airliners and (as part of BAC) the VC10 jet airliner, which was used in RAF service as an aerial refuelling tanker until 2013.