Vickers Victoria
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| Type | Troop Carrier |
| Manufacturer | Vickers |
| Maiden flight | 1922 |
| Retired | 1935 |
| Primary user | RAF |
| Number built | 96 |
| Developed from | Vickers Virginia |
The Vickers Type 56 Victoria was a biplane freighter and troop transport aircraft of the British Royal Air Force, which flew for the first time in 1922.
The design mated a similar fuselage of the earlier Vernon transport with the wing of the Virginia bomber, which was developed in parallel. It was also powered by twin Napier Lion engines.
97 were built, many of which were later converted into Valentias.
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[edit] Variants
- Type 56 Victoria Mk I : The first prototypes.
- Type 81 Victoria Mk II : The second prototype.
- Type 117 Victoria Mk III : The first production version. Military transport aircraft for the RAF.
- Type 145 Victoria Mk IV : One prototype only.
- Type 169 Victoria Mk V : This was the main production version. Powered by two 425-kW (570-hp) Napier Lion VIIB piston engines.
- Victoria Mk VI : Final production - powered by 622 hp Bristol Pegasus engines instead of Lions.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (Victoria V)
Data from Aircraft of the Royal Air Force[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Capacity: 22 troops
- Length: 59 ft 6 in (18.14 m)
- Wingspan: 87 ft 4 in (26.62 m)
- Height: 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
- Wing area: 2,178 ft² (202.4 m²)
- Empty weight: 10,030 lb (4559 kg)
- Loaded weight: 17,760 lb (8073 kg)
- Useful load: lb (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: lb (kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Napier Lion XI , 570 hp (388 kW) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Maximum speed: 96 knots (110 mph, 177 km/h)
- Cruise speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Stall speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Range: 670 nm (770 mi, 1240 km)
- Service ceiling: 16,200 ft (4940 m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
- Wing loading: 8.15 lb/ft² (39.9 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.0642 hp/lb (0.0873 kW/kg)
- Climb 11 mins to 4,920 ft
[edit] References
- ^ Thetford, Owen (1957). Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57, 1st edition, London: Putnam.
[edit] See also
Designation sequence
Vickers Vernon - Vickers Victoria - Vickers Virginia - Vickers Vildebeest - Vickers Vanox - Vickers Vincent - Vickers Valentia
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