Vickers Aircraft
From Graces Guide
Please note this is a sub-section of Vickers and Vickers-Armstrongs. See Supermarine Aircraft for a separate list entry for Supermarine aircraft models.
Note: Built by Vickers.
Note: Built by Vickers-Armstrongs.
Note: Built by Supermarine.
Vickers Aircraft
Model
Date
Detail
FB5 Gunbus
1914
Fighter & Reconnaissance. Two-seater pusher-type biplane powered by 100 hp Gnome or 110 hp Clerget engine.
FB9 Gunbus
1915
Improved version of FB5 but few were made except for training.
Baby
1917
Single seat fighter flying boat
Vimy
1918
Heavy bomber. Three / four crew biplane. Used by Alcock and Brown to do the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in 1919. Powered by two 360 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII. Around 200-250 aircraft actually produced. Considerable numbers of the Vimy, of the type which crossed the Atlantic in 1919 were built by Westland Aircraft.
Valentia
1921
Flying Boat. Hull built by S. E. Saunders; 3 examples built; used by the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment for a short period.
Sea Lion
1919
Schneider race flying boat
Sea King
1919
Single seat fighter flying boat
Channel
1919
Civil version of the AD Boat
Seagull
1921
Amphibian Fleet Spotter. 450 hp Napier Lion engines. 6 built.
Vernon II
1921
Troop or cargo transport; Air ambulance. Three / four crew biplane. Powered by two 450 hp Napier Lion II engines.
Viking
1919-1923
Amphibious aeroplane.
Varuna
1920s-1932
Similar to Vedette but larger and powered by two Lynx engines.
Viginia X
1922
Heavy bomber. Three / four crew biplane built as the Vimy replacement. Powered by two 580 hp Napier Lion VB engines.
Viget
1923
Single bay biplane. Only one was built, reg G-EBHN.
Sea Eagle
1923
Civil amphibian flying boat
Valparaiso
1923-1936
Similar to Vixen. Powered by 470 hp Napier Lion IA engine
Scarab
1924
Military version of Sea Eagle
Swan
1924
Experimental amphibian
Sparrow
1924
Two-seat ultralight
Vanguard
1924
Twenty-three seat passenger machine.
Venture
1924
Army reconnaissance biplane similar to Vixen. Only six built for evaluation.
Victoria
1925
Troop transport. Three / four crew biplane. Powered by two 570 hp Napier Lion XIB. Built upon the Virginia model.
Southampton
1925
Flying boat for general reconnaissance. Five-crew biplane with two 470 hp Napier Lion V or two 502 hp Napier Lion VA engines suspended on struts between the two wings. Mk1 had a wooden hull but the Mk2 was metal. 78 were built. A Southampton X was built with three Jupiter engines.
S.4
1925
Schneider race seaplane
Vedette
1925-1941
Three-seat biplane flying boat. Powered by 200 hp Wright Whirlwind or Armstrong Siddeley Motors Lynx pusher engine.
Wibault Scout
1926-1934
Single-seater monoplane fighter. 26 built.
S.5
1927
Schneider race seaplane.
Vivid
1927
Military two seater.
Vellore
1928
Freight Carrier.
Seamew
1928
Vendance
1928-1933
Two-seater biplane trainer. Powered by 300 hp Hispano-Suiza 8
Vespa
1928-1940
Army co-operation biplane. Powered by 490 hp Armstrong Siddeley Motors Jaguar VIC engine.
S.6
1929
Racing seaplane.
Valiant
1929
General Service Military machine.
Interceptor
1929
Single-seater all metal fighter.
Jockey
1930
Interceptor fighter - Only one was ever built.
B 19/27
1930
Night Bomber - A Development of the Virginia. A Four Seater Twin-Tractor Bi-plane.
143 Scout
1930
Single seat biplane fighter.
S.6B
1931
Racing seaplane (first aircraft over 400 mph)
Flying Yacht
1931
Six-passenger All Metal Flying Yacht.
Rolls-Royce Type 163 Night Bomber
1931
4 Engined Night Bomber.
Scapa
1932
Flying boat for general reconnaissance. Five crew biplane powered by two 525 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIIMS engines. Re-engineered version of the Southampton. 14 planes built.
Stranraer
1932
Vildebeest
1932
Torpedo bomber. Two / three crew biplane and 22 troops. Powered by one 600 hp Pegasus IM3; 635 hp Pegasus IIM3 and 825 hp Perseus VIII engines. 194 planes were produced.
Seagull
1933
Mk V. Amphibian Flying Boat.
Vellox
1933
Passenger, Mail and Freight Carrier.
Vincent
1933-1942
Army co-operation and general purpose. Two / three crew biplane designed primarily for tropical service. Powered by one 650 hp Pegasus IIM3 engines. Design based on the Vildebeest. Around 200 planes produced.
Valentia
1936
Troop transport. Three / four crew biplane. Powered by two two 660 hp Pegasus IIL.3 engines. Built upon the Victoria model.
Spitfire
1936
Walrus
1936-1944
Reconnaissance amphibian. Based on the Seagull. Powered by Pegasus VI engines. 740 built.
Wellesley
1937
Sea Otter
1938
Flying boat
Wellington
1938-1953
Medium bomber monoplane. Mk1 powered by two 1,000 hp Pegasus XVIII radial engines. 11,464 aircraft built. in the late 1930s Vickers succeeded in building Wellingtons at a rate of one per day at Weybridge and 50 per month at Chester. Peak wartime production in 1942 saw monthly rates of 70 achieved at Weybridge, 130 at Chester and 102 at Blackpool.
Warwick
1939
Twin engined monoplane bomber.
Seafire
1942
Carrier-based fighter.
Spiteful
1944
Replacement for the Spitfire
Seafang
1946
Development of Spiteful. Naval fighter bomber.
Attacker
1946
Jet fighter
Viking V.C.1
1946
Airliner.
Viking IB
1948
Medium twin-engined civil transport.
Seagull ASR-1
1948
Air-sea rescue and reconnaissance
Swift
1948
Post World War Two jet fighter
Viscount
1948-1950
Turbo-prop Airliner
Vickers: Valiant (Four-Jet Bomber)
1951
Strategic Bomber
Scimitar
1951
Naval ground attack aircraft
508
1951
Twin jet naval fighter.
N.113
1956
Naval Strike aircraft
Vickers Vanguard
1959
Airliner.
Vickers V.C.10
1962
Airliner.
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Sources of Information
- The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) by J. M. Bruce. Published in 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-x
- The Encyclopedia of British Military Aircraft by Chaz Bowyer. Published in 1982. ISBN 1-85841-031-2
- [1] Wikipedia
- Warplanes of the World 1918-1939 by Michael J. H. Taylor. Published 1981. ISBN 0-7110-1078-1