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The Vickers F.B.5 (Fighting Biplane 5) (known as the "Gunbus") was a British two-seat pusher military biplane of the First World War.Armed with a single .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun operated by the observer in the front of the nacelle, it was the first aircraft purpose-built for air-to-air combat to see service, making it the world's first operational fighter aircraft.
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 ...
Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref. XD818 1956 September 4th, 1956 January 1965 Royal Air Force: RAF Museum Cosford, RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England: On static display [1] [2] [3] XD816 1956 1956 1968 Royal Air Force: Brooklands Museum Weybridge, Surrey, England: On static display Cockpit ...
Using a Vickers Biplane at the Vickers School, Brooklands. Pilot in No 5 Sqn. Along with his observer, Lt. Charles George Gordon Bayly, was shot down and killed nr Enghien, Belgium on 22 August 1914 while on a reconnaissance flight. They were the first RFC officers (and 2nd Lt. V Waterfall the first pilot) to be killed in action.
Canadian Vickers aircraft (11 P) O. Lists of Vickers-Armstrongs aircraft operators (1 C, 2 P) S. Supermarine aircraft (2 C, 56 P, 2 F) Pages in category "Vickers ...
Richard Harold Barnwell (3 April 1879 – 25 August 1917) was an English aviation pioneer, who began as an aircraft builder. He died while test-flying an early Vickers fighter aircraft. He died while test-flying an early Vickers fighter aircraft.
In 1924, the Royal Canadian Air Force arranged for Canadian Vickers to purchase a licence to produce five landplanes and nine seaplane examples for use in forestry patrol. These differed from British-built aircraft by the use of U.S. Naval Aircraft Factory floats, and increased fuel tankage for extended range.
The aircraft crashed into the ground in an area of thick forest and exploded. [3] All 76 passengers and 11 crew on board were killed. Flight 925 was the first ever fatal crash involving the Vickers VC10 as well as the deadliest accident or incident. [4] [5]