Canadian Vickers Vancouver
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| Type | Transport/Patrol flying-boat |
| Manufacturer | Canadian Vickers |
| Maiden flight | 1929 |
| Retired | 1940 |
| Status | out of service |
| Primary user | RCAF |
| Produced | 6 |
The Canadian Vickers Vancouver was a Canadian transport/patrol flying-boat of the 1930s built by Canadian Vickers.
It was a twin-engine, equal-span biplane. The hull was of metal and the rest of the structure was of fabric-covered wood.
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[edit] Development
The Vancouver was developed as a replacement for the Varuna in response to a Royal Canadian Air Force requirement for a flying-boat to transport men and equipment to forest fires. The main difference from the Varuna was a duralumin hull and more powerful engines. The two flight crew were located in two tandem open cockpits, forward of the wing. The main cabin could accommodate a fire-fighting team of six men and all the required equipment. Five aircraft were delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force, one was later converted into a coastal patrol aircraft.
[edit] Operational history
In the mid-1930s, the Vancouvers were modified as coastal patrol aircraft by the installation of machineguns and bombs.
After the outbreak of the Second World War, Vancouvers served with 4 Squadron, RCAF at Jericho Beach Air Station until withdrawn from service in 1940. After a brief period of service in training duties, they were finally withdrawn.
[edit] Variants
- Vancouver I - prototype with Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV engines, one built.
- Vancouver II - production transport version with Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC engines, five built.
- Vancouver II/SW - armed coastal patrol reconnaissance aircraft with Wright Whirlwind J-6 engines, one conversion from Vancouver II.
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[edit] Operators
Canada: Royal Canadian Air Force
- No. 4 Squadron RCAF
[edit] Specifications (IIS)
Data from RCAF.com[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 9 (2 pilots in Vancouver II)
- Capacity: 7 passengers (in Vancouver II only)
- Length: 38 ft 3 in (11.66 m)
- Wingspan: 55 ft in (16.76 m)
- Height: 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m)
- Wing area: 819 ft² (76.08 m²)
- Empty weight: 5,960 lb (2,706 kg)
- Loaded weight: 10,000 lb (4,540 kg)
- Useful load: lb (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: lb (kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Armstrong Whitworth Serval IV radial piston, 340 hp (254 kW) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Maximum speed: 82 knots (94 mph, 151 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 76 knots (86 mph, 138 km/h)
- Stall speed: knots (mph, km/h)
- Range: nm (mi, km)
- Service ceiling 4,800 ft (1,463 m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: hp/lb (W/kg)
Armament 3x0.303-in (7.7-mm) Lewis machineguns, 1,000-lbs (454-kg) bombs
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