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Vickers' entrant to this competition was the Type 253, though often known by the specification as the Vickers G.4/31. The Ministry had also ordered prototypes of other designs and some manufacturers had offered private ventures (aircraft built with their own money). The Type 253 was in competition with the Handley Page HP.47.
[1] [2] [3] XD816 1956 1956 1968 Royal Air Force: Brooklands Museum Weybridge, Surrey, England: On static display Cockpit only [4] [5] XD875 1957 August 27th, 1957 November 9th, 1962 Royal Air Force: Morayvia, Kinloss, Moray, Scotland: On static display Last Vickers Valiant ever built. Cockpit in preservation [6] [7] XD826 1956 December 15th ...
They were built at the Vickers Scotswood factory in Newcastle between 1977 and 1981. In 1981, after five years of negotiations, Vickers signed a £115 million contract to provide 108 Mk. 3N "Eagle" tanks, 15 Mk. 3 AVLBs and 18 Mk. 3 ARV/ARRVs to the Nigerian Army. Tanzania took delivery of two Mk. 3 ARVs which are used to recover Chinese ...
It was followed by a further 19 aircraft built wholly by Canadian Vickers, production continuing until October 1940. [8] The Northrop Delta was the first completely all-metal, stressed-skin aircraft built in Canada, however it was closely preceded by the Fairchild Super 71 , whose stressed skin construction was limited to the fuselage and not ...
The Vickers Wellesley was a medium bomber that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey. It was one of two aircraft to be named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , the other being the Vickers Wellington .
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The Vickers Vildebeest and the similar Vickers Vincent are single-engined British biplanes designed and built by Vickers and used as light bombers, torpedo bombers and in army cooperation roles. [ Note 1 ] First flown in 1928, they remained in service at the start of the Second World War , with the last Vildebeests flying against Japanese ...
Designs were offered by Handley Page, Vickers, Fairey and Armstrong Whitworth as well as Parnall. The G.4/31 was a large angular biplane with fixed spatted wheel spats powered by a 690 hp (515 kW) Bristol Pegasus IM3 with a Townend ring .