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The Vickers Valentia was a 1920s British flying boat designed during the First World War.
History
Three Valentia prototypes were built by the Vickers Company at their Barrow works (Walney Island perhaps), having been ordered in May 1918 as a potential replacement for the Felixstowe F.5. The hull was built by S.E.Saunders works at Cowes. The first of the three (Serial Number N124) first flew on 5 March 1921, when Stanley Cockerell began test-flying it over the Solent. N124 was damaged on landing in June 1921 and was dismantled, the second N125 forced landed on its delivery flight on 15 March 1922 The third flying boat N126 was delivered in 1923 and used for trials until it was withdrawn from use in November 1924.
The name was later re-used for a transport aircraft, the Vickers Type 264 Valentia.
Specifications (Valentia)
Data from Vickers Aircraft since 1908 General characteristics
Crew: 5
Length: 58 ft 0 in (17.68 m)
Wingspan: 112 ft 0 in (34.14 m)
Empty weight: 10,000 lb (4,536 kg)
Gross weight: 21,300 lb (9,662 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Condor water-cooled V12 engine, 650 hp (480 kW) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 105 mph (169 km/h, 91 kn)
Endurance: 4 hr 30 min
Time to altitude: 9.5 min to 6,000 ft (1,800 m)
Armament
Guns: Provision for two Lewis guns. Tested with COW 37 mm gun
See also
Canadian Vickers – Felixstowe F-III built for transatlantic attempt
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Felixstowe F.5
Phoenix P.5 Cork
Short N.3 Cromarty
Supermarine Swan
Saunders A.14
References
Andrews, C.F and Morgan, E.B. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London:Putnam, 1988. ISBN 0-85177-815-1.
London, Peter. British Flying Boats. Stroud, UK:Sutton Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7509-2695-3.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Vickers Valentia
- Vickers Type 264 Valentia
- Vickers Valentia (disambiguation)
- Valentia
- Vickers-Armstrongs
- John Waddy (British Army officer)
- Vickers F.B.5
- List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II
- Vickers Viscount
- No. 70 Squadron RAF
