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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]
A team of volunteers completed a full-scale replica of a Canadian Vickers Vedette Mark V (CF-MAG) aircraft in May 2002. The museum has facilitated the recovery of several aircraft, including the "Ghost of Charron Lake" - a Fokker Standard Universal that has taken more than 30 years to locate.
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The squadron moved to Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport in February 1937, where it was tasked as a photographic unit, equipped with Fairchild 71, Bellanca Pacemaker and Canadian Vickers Vedette. Mobilized on the 10 September 1939 as No. 8 (GR) Squadron at Sydney, Nova Scotia, It was redesignated Bomber Reconnaissance (BR) at the end of October 1939.
The Canadian Vickers Vedette was developed for forestry patrol in remote areas; a job that previously was done by canoe and took weeks could be accomplished in hours, revolutionizing forestry conservation. Although successful, flying-boat amphibians like the Vedette ultimately proved less versatile than floatplane amphibians and are no longer ...
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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