Vickers Vulcan

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Vickers Vulcan
Vickers Vulcan
Type: Airliner
Design country:

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom

Manufacturer:

Vickers

First flight:

May 1922

Production time:

until 1925

Number of pieces:

8th

The Vickers Vulcan was a double-decker single-engine airliner made by the British manufacturer Vickers Limited in the 1920s. It offered space for one pilot and eight passengers. Because of its clumsy shape and poor flight characteristics, it was nicknamed the Flying Pig ("flying pig").

history

The Vickers Vulcan was designed by the designer Reginald Kirshaw Pierson. The aircraft was a further development of the twin-engine Vimy Commercial . The fuselage was completely redesigned, the drive switched to a single Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII. Since the Vulcan was heavier than calculated by the designers, the engine turned out to be too weak. It was replaced by a Napier Lion on the last two machines .

The prototype completed its maiden flight in May 1922. The first machines were delivered to Instone Air Line from August 1922 , further aircraft went to its successor company Imperial Airways . The Australian airline Qantas refused to accept two aircraft that had been ordered after the first aircraft delivered failed to perform the contractually guaranteed flight service.

A total of eight machines had been built by 1925. Most had only a short period of service. The last aircraft in use crashed in July 1928.

Versions

Type 61
original production model with V12 engine Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII, 5 built
Type 63
Freight version of the Type 61, 1 built
Type 74
Version with Y-engine Napier Lion , 2 built

Planned but no longer built variants:

Type 68
Version for use in the colonies
Type 86
All-metal design

Users

commitment

  1. G-EBBL “City of Antwerp”; Type 61 - prototype, first flight April 1922, delivered to Instone Air Line in June 1922, later Imperial Airways, scrapped in May 1924
  2. G-EBDH; Type 61 - July 1922 delivered to Instone Air Line, returned to Vickers after an accident in 1922, parked in 1923
  3. G-EBEA “City of Brussels”; Type 61 - delivered to Instone Air Line in July 1922, returned to Vickers and parked in 1923
  4. G-EBEK; Type 63 - delivered to the Aviation Ministry in November 1922 , initially a freight version with Eagle IX engines, converted into a passenger aircraft for Imperial Airways in 1925, scrapped in 1926.
  5. G-EBEM; Type 61 - September 1922 delivered to the House of Commons Douglas Vickers, seventh place in the King's Cup Air Race September 1922, May 1926 lost off the Italian coast
  6. G-EBES; Type 61 - intended for Qantas, not completed
  7. PRAYER; Type 61 - November 1922 delivered to Qantas, returned, further whereabouts unknown
  8. G-EBFC; Type 74 - delivered to Douglas Vickers in January 1923, unsuccessful participation in the King's Cup Race 1923, sold to Imperial Airways in January 1925, stored in January 1925, scrapped in 1927
  9. G-EBLB; Type 74 - Delivered to Imperial Airways in May 1925, crashed at Purley on July 13, 1928 . After that, the Vulcan was no longer used to transport passengers.

Technical data (Vulcan Type 74)

Two-sided view
Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 6-8
length 11.58 m
span 14.94 m
height 4.34 m
Takeoff mass 3060 kg
Top speed 180 km / h
Service ceiling 3200 m
Range 690 km
Engines a 12-cylinder Y-engine Napier Lion with 336 kW (457 hp)

Comparable aircraft types

See also

literature

  • John Stroud: Wings of Peace - Vickers Vulcan . In: Airplane Monthly . November 1987, p. 608-612 (English).

Web links

Commons : Vickers Vulcan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Vickers%20Vulcan.htm