Vickers Viking (flying boat)
Vickers Viking | |
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Type: | Flying boat |
Design country: | |
Manufacturer: | |
First flight: |
1919 |
Production time: |
until 1923 |
Number of pieces: |
31 Viking |
The Vickers Viking was a single-engine flying boat made by the British manufacturer Vickers Ltd Aviation Department , which was developed for military purposes shortly after the First World War .
history
In December 1918, design work began on the second Vickers amphibious aircraft. The prototype was a five-seater double-decker with a pusher propeller and a Rolls-Royce Falcon engine. The second example, the Viking II, had a larger wingspan and a Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engine.
The Type 54 Viking IV had a larger cabin and other improvements. Most of the models in this version received a Napier Lion engine. Two copies of the next version, the Viking V, were sold to the Royal Air Force and used in Iraq .
The last Viking amphibious aircraft were built in 1923, some of them by the Canadian subsidiary Canadian Vickers , which thus entered aircraft construction. An improved version of the Viking was the Vickers Vulture , from which the Vickers Vanellus emerged .
The name Viking was also used for the Vickers Viking after World War II .
Users
Technical specifications
Parameter | Viking IV |
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crew | 1 |
Passengers | 2 |
span | 15.24 m |
length | 10.36 m |
height | 4.60 m |
Wing area | 55.2 m² |
Empty mass | 1701 kg |
Takeoff mass | 2451 kg |
Cruising speed | 144 km / h |
Top speed | 164 km / h |
Service ceiling | 2740 m |
Range | 724 km |
Engines | a 12-cylinder V-engine Rolls-Royce Eagle with 269 kW |
See also
literature
- CF Andrews, EB Morgan: Vickers Aircraft since 1908. Putnam, London 1988, ISBN 0-85177-815-1 .
- Peter London: British Flying Boats. Sutton Publishing, Stroud 2003, ISBN 0-7509-2695-3 .
- Larry Milberry: Aviation in Canada. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., Toronto 1979, ISBN 0-07-082778-8 .
- Ken M. Molson, Harold A. Taylor: Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Canada's Wings, Inc., Stittsville 1982, ISBN 0-920002-11-0 .