Vickers Victoria
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| Type | Cargo/troop carrier |
| Manufacturer | Vickers |
| Maiden flight | 1922 |
| Retired | 1935 |
| Primary user | RAF |
| Number built | 96 |
| Developed from | Vickers Virginia |
| Variants | Vickers Valentia |
The Vickers Type 56 Victoria was a British biplane freighter and troop transport aircraft used by the Royal Air Force, which flew for the first time in 1922 and was selected for production over the Armstrong Whitworth Awana.
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[edit] Design and development
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.
[edit] Variants
- Type 56 Victoria Mk I
- The first prototype.
- Type 81 Victoria Mk II
- The second prototype.
- Type 117 Victoria Mk III
- The first production version. Military transport aircraft for the RAF. 31 new built.
- Type 145 Victoria Mk IV
- Metal wing structure. One prototype powered by Bristol Jupiter radials. Six Lion engined conversions from earlier marks.
- Type 169 Victoria Mk V
- This was the main production version. Metal structure. Powered by two 425-kW (570-hp) Napier Lion VIIB piston engines. 37 new build, plus one converted from Mk III.
- Victoria Mk VI
- Final production - powered by 622 hp Bristol Pegasus engines instead of Lions. 11 new build, 23 by conversion.
[edit] Operators
- Royal Air Force
- No. 58 Squadron RAF
- No. 70 Squadron RAF
- No. 216 Squadron RAF
[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 (4,559 kg)
- Loaded weight: 17,760 lb (8073 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Napier Lion XI inline piston engine, 570 hp (388 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 96 knots (110 mph, 177 km/h)
- Range: 670 nm (770 mi, 1240 km)
- Service ceiling 16,200 ft (4,940 m)
- 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] See also
Related lists List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
[edit] References
- ^ Thetford, Owen (1957). Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57, 1st edition, London: Putnam.
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