Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Vimy was designed by Rex Pierson, Vickers' chief designer. Only a handful of Vickers Vimy aircraft had entered service by...
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non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland...
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Vickers E.F.B.8 Vickers F.B.11 Vickers F.B.12 Vickers F.B.14 Vickers F.B.16 Vickers F.B.19 Vickers F.B.24 Vickers F.B.25 Vickers Vampire Vickers Vimy...
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Adelaide Airport (section Vickers Vimy museum)
Aerodrome to Darwin via Singapore and Batavia on 10 December 1919. Their Vickers Vimy aircraft, affectionately known as "God 'Elp All Of Us", is preserved...
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The Vickers Virginia was a biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force, developed from the Vickers Vimy. Work on the Virginia was started in 1920...
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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...
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1919 England to Australia flight (section Vickers Vimy)
co-pilot, and mechanics James Bennett and Wally Shiers, in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber. In early 1919, the Commonwealth Government of Australia offered...
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Swan Van Berkel W-B Vickers F.B.11 Vickers Valparaiso Vickers Vernon Vickers Viking Vickers Vulcan Vickers Vulture Vickers Vimy Wight Converted Seaplane...
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culminated in the Vickers F.B.26 Vampire of 1917–18, but the F.B.5 remained their only significant production aircraft until the Vickers Vimy bomber, which...
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Rex Pierson (category Vickers people)
designer and chief designer at Vickers Limited later Vickers-Armstrongs Aircraft Ltd. He was responsible for the Vickers Vimy, a heavy bomber designed during...
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