Vickers Viking
Vickers Viking IV of the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1926
Type	amphibian
Manufacturer	Vickers
Maiden flight	1919
Produced	1919-1923

The Vickers 54 Viking was a single-engined amphibious aircraft designed for military use shortly after World War I. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (760x607, 81 KB) Vickers Viking IV flying boat G-CYEZ of the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1926. ... The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Forces. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... The Maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1919: Events Avianca begins services. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian... An Airbus A340 airliner operated by Air Jamaica An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers. ... Note: this is an artice about the Post World War Two twin-engined Vickers Viking airliner. ... Vickers Armstrong (Aircraft) company logo Vickers, founded as the Vickers Company in 1828, was a British manufacturer, primarily of military equipment, traditionally based in Barrow-in-Furness. ... An amphibious or amphibian aircraft is an aircraft that can land on either land or water. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz...

Research on Vickers' second amphibious aircraft type began in December 1918 with tests of alternative fuselage/hull designs occurring in an experimental tank at St Albans in Hertfordshire, England. A prototype, registered G-EAOV, was a 5-seat cabin biplane with a pusher propeller driven by a Rolls-Royce motor. Sir John Alcock died taking this aircraft or another early example to the Paris exhibition on 18 December 1919, whilst trying to land at Cote d'Everard, near Rouen, Normandy in foggy weather. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1918: Events February February 5 - 2nd Lt Stephen Thompson claims the first aerial victory for the US Air Service. ... St Albans (thus spelt, no apostrophe or dot) is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... Hs123 biplane. ... A British WWI-era F.E.2b pusher. ... Rolls-Royce Limited was a British car and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906 and was the result of a partnership formed in 1904. ... Sir John William Alcock (November 5, 1892 – 18 December 1919) was a Captain in the Royal Air Force who, together with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight from St. ... In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1919: Events Avianca begins services. ... Rouen Cathedral The entrance to Rouen Cathedral Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen Rouen, medieval house Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and presently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... Mont Saint-Michel, one of the famous symbols of Normandy. ...

The next example, G-EASC, known as the Viking II, had a greater wing span and a 360 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII motor. The Viking III machine, piloted by Captain Cockerell, won first prize in the amphibian class in Air Ministry competitions held in September and October, 1920. The Viking IV incorporated further refinements and had a wider cabin above a hull one foot wider, an example being G-EBBZ in which Ross Smith and J.M. Bennett (partners in the 1919 England to Australia flight) died on 13 April 1922 just outside the Brooklands racetrack near Weybridge in Surrey. Most of these Mark IV Vikings had a Napier Lion engine. The Rolls-Royce Eagle V12 was a 12 cylinder 60 degree V12 aero engine of 20 Liters capacity. ... The Air Ministry was formerly a department of the United Kingdom Government, established in 1918 with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the (then newly formed) Royal Air Force. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1920: Events February February 1 - the South African Air Force is established as an independent air arm. ... In 1919 the Commonwealth Government of Australia offered a prize of £10,000 for the first flight by Australians in a British aircraft from Hounslow or Calshot in England to Australia accomplished within 720 hours. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1922: Events Irish Air Corps formed at Baldonnel. ... Brooklands was a motor racing circuit built near Weybridge in Surrey, England. ... Map of Weybridge (from OpenStreetMap) Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... General characteristics Layout W-block inline Cooling water-cooled Cylinders 12 Valve type poppet Displacement 1462 in³ (25 l) Rotation rate 2050 rpm Power 500 hp Power 370 kW Weight 858 lb (290 kg) The Lion was a 12-cylinder W-block inline aircraft engine built by Napier & Son starting...

The last Viking amphibians were built during 1923, but the name was re-used for the twin-piston engined Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner some 22 years later, which saw service as the Valetta with the RAF and other air arms. Some Viking amphibians were built by Canadian Vickers Limited, a subsidiary company in Montreal with no previous plane making experience. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1923: Events January Air Union is created by the merger of Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes (CMA) with Grands Express Aériens (CGEA). ... Note: this is an artice about the Post World War Two twin-engined Vickers Viking airliner. ... An Airbus A340 airliner operated by Air Jamaica An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Vickers corporation, founded as the Vickers company in 1828, was a British manufacturer, primarily of military equipment. ... Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area    - City 366. ...

Military Operators

• Argentina
• Canada
• France
• Japan
• Netherlands.

Specifications (Viking IV)

General characteristics

• Crew: One, pilot
• Capacity: 2 passengers
• Length: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
• Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
• Height: 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m)
• Wing area: 594 ft² (55.2 m²)
• Empty weight: 3,750 lb (1,701 kg)
• Loaded weight: 5,600 lb (2,451 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: lb (kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Rolls-Royce Eagle piston engine, 360 hp (269 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 102 mph (164 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 90 mph (144 km/h)
• Range: 450 miles (724 km)
• Service ceiling: 9,000 ft (2,743 m)
• Rate of climb: 400 ft/min (121 m/min)
• Wing loading: 9 lb/ft² (44 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.13 hp/lb (0.22 kW/kg)

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