Vickers Vimy
Bomber Biplane
The Vickers Vimy is a twin-engined bomber biplane aircraft with a crew of three produced by the British manufacturer Vickers Limited. The military Vimy was not operational in WWI.
The Vickers Vimy was also built for civil operations as the Vimy Commercial. A military transport version was the Vickers Vernon in service with the Royal Air Force. Several Vimy Commercial were exported to China where some of them were later converted to bombers again. Several Vimy aircraft were used for long-range record flights. In June 1919 a Vickers Vimy was used for the world?s first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John?s, Newfloundland to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
Crew | 3 |
Propulsion | 2 Piston Engines | |
Engine Model | Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII | |
Engine Power (each) | 268 kW | 360 hp |
Speed | 167 km/h | 90 kts 104 mph |
Service Ceiling | 2.134 m | 7.000 ft |
Range | 1.448 km | 782 NM 900 mi. |
Empty Weight | 3.221 kg | 7.100 lbs |
max. Takeoff Weight | 4.937 kg | 10.884 lbs |
Wing Span | 20,75 m | 68 ft 1 in |
Wing Area | 122,4 m² | 1318 ft² |
Length | 13,27 m | 43 ft 6 in |
Height | 4,76 m | 15 ft 7 in |
First Flight | 30.11.1917 | |
Production Status | out of production | |
Total Production | ca. 280 |
ICAO Code | VIMY | |
Data for (Version) | Vickers F.B.27A Vimy Mk.II | |
Variants | Vickers Vernon, F.B.27A Vimy II, Vimy Ambulance, Vimy Commercial |
[Photo-ID: 1206] © Karsten Palt 2008-07-16 | |
Vickers Vimy Reg.: F8614 Replica | |
Royal Air Force Museum [London-Hendon] |