The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft of the World War I era. Designed by R.K. Pierson to be capable of attacking targets in Germany, and produced by the Vickers Company in Leighton Buzzard, it first flew on 30 November 1917. Only token numbers arrived in France before the end of the war and production switched to a passenger variant, called the Vimy-Commercial. It was named after the Battle of Vimy Ridge. A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... Airbus A380 An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First World War, also known as... 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. ... Location within the British Isles Leighton Buzzard is a town near the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, and is between Luton and Milton Keynes. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Combatants Allies Central Powers Commanders Julian Byng Arthur Currie Ludwig von Falkenhausen Strength 30,000 Unknown Casualties 3,598 dead 7,104 wounded 20,000 The Battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the opening battles in a larger British campaign known as the Battle of Arras. ...

Vickers Vimy

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Service

The Vimy served with Royal Air Force in the Middle East from 1919 until 1925, when it was replaced by the Vickers Virginia, and in Northern Ireland until 1929. A civilian version, the Vimy-Commercial, with a larger diameter fuselage largely of spruce plywood, was produced in 1919, mainly for foreign customers. A Chinese order for 100 is particularly noteworthy although a failure to pay interest from April 1922 probably led to the order not being completed. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Vickers Virginia was a bomber aircraft of the RAF, developed from the famous Vickers Vimy. ... Species About 35; see text. ...

The Vimy-Commercial first flew from Joyce Green airfield in Kent on 13 April 1919 with the military serial K107. It became G-EAAV on the civil register. Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ...

The Vimy was used in many pioneering flights, including the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by Alcock and Brown in June 1919 (their aircraft is preserved in the London Science Museum); Statue of Alcock and Brown at London (Heathrow) Airport. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Science Museum The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, Kensington, London, is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. ...

• In 1919, the Australian government offered £10,000 for the first All-Australian crew to fly an aeroplane from England to Australia. Keith Macpherson Smith, Ross Macpherson Smith and two other men completed the journey in Darwin on December 10, 1919 (their aircraft is preserved in a museum in Smith´s hometown Adelaide, Australia);
• In 1922 van Rynevald and Brand attempted to win the first England to South Africa flight. Their Vimy crashed in Africa, Rynevald and Brand changed to another aircraft and completed the race, but were disqualified as winners.

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. ... Sir Keith Macpherson Smith KBE, 20 December 1890 - 19 December 1955 was an Australian aviator, who along with his brother, Sir Ross Macpherson Smith, became the first pilots to fly from England to Australia (in 1919). ... Sir Ross Macpherson Smith KBE MC DFC AFC 4 December 1892 - 13 April 1922 was an Australian aviator, who along with his brother, Sir Keith Macpherson Smith, became the first pilots to fly from England to Australia (in 1919). ... Darwin is the territorial capital and most populous city of the Northern Territory. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ...

Vimy replica

In 1969 a Vimy replica was built by the Vintage Aircraft Flying Association at Brooklands (this aircraft is now displayed at the RAF Museum, Hendon, London). A second flyable Vimy replica was built in 1994 by an Australian/American team and in the 1990s this aircraft recreated two of the three great pioneering Vimy flights - England to Australia and England to South Africa. In 2005 the Atlantic crossing was recreated, flown by the aviator, Steve Fossett. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Steve Fossett Steve Fossett (born April 22, 1944, in Jackson, Tennessee) is a United States aviator and adventurer known for his appetite to set world records. ...

Vickers Vimy Replica, 2005

ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 381 KB) Vickers Vimy Replica shot at Connemara July 2005 Photographer, Paul Danter File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 381 KB) Vickers Vimy Replica shot at Connemara July 2005 Photographer, Paul Danter File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Specifications (Vimy)

General characteristics

• Crew:
• Length: 43 ft 7 in (13.27 m)
• Wingspan: 68 ft 1 in (20.75 m)
• Height: 15 ft 8 in (4.76 m)
• Wing area: ft² (m²)
• Empty weight: 7,104 lb (3,222 kg)
• Loaded weight: lb (kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 10,884 lb (4,937 kg)
• Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII , 360 hp (270 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 100 mph (165 km/h)
• Range: 900 miles (1,448 km)
• Service ceiling: 7,000 ft (2,135 m)
• Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
• Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.07 hp/lb (0.11 kW/kg)

Armament

• 1x .303 (7.7 mm) Lewis gun in Scarff ring in nose
• 1x .303 (7.7 mm) Lewis gun in Scarff ring in mid-fuselage
• 2,476 lb (1,123 kg) of bombs

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External links

• RAF Museum
• Alcock and Brown's aeroplane at the London Science Museum

Related content

Related development

• The Vickers Vernon transport and Vickers Virginia bomber were both developed from the Vimy.
• Sound recordings of the Vickers Vimy in flight were used for as sound effects for the airborne clone transports in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

  The Vickers Vernon was the first dedicated troop transport aircraft of the RAF, entering service in 1921. ... The Vickers Virginia was a bomber aircraft of the RAF, developed from the famous Vickers Vimy. ...

Designation sequence

F.B.5 - E.F.B.6 - F.B.7 - F.B.8 - F.B.9 Vimy - Vernon -Vickers Victoria - Vickers Virginia The Vickers F.B.5 Gunbus was the first operational British aircraft purpose-built for air-to-air combat, making it debatably the worlds first true fighter aircraft. ... The Vickers Vernon was the first dedicated troop transport aircraft of the RAF, entering service in 1921. ... The Vickers Type 56 Victoria was a freighter and troop transport aircraft of the RAF, which flew for the first time in 1922. ... The Vickers Virginia was a bomber aircraft of the RAF, developed from the famous Vickers Vimy. ...