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British Military Reconnaissance Aircraft 1920-1929: Vickers Vixen, Supermarine Seagull, Supermarine Southampton, Vickers 131 Valiant

British Military Reconnaissance Aircraft 1920-1929: Vickers Vixen, Supermarine Seagull, Supermarine Southampton, Vickers 131 Valiant


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 106. Not illustrated. Chapters: Vickers Vixen, Supermarine Seagull, Supermarine Southampton, Vickers 131 Valiant, Vickers Valparaiso, Bristol Bullfinch, Fairey Fremantle, Fairey Fleetwing, Bristol Type 84 Bloodhound, Avro Bison, Blackburn Blackburn, Blackburn Airedale, Short Springbok, Vickers Venture, Fairey N.4, Hawker Duiker, Supermarine Nanok, Armstrong Whitworth Wolf, Hawker Hedgehog, Supermarine Swan, English Electric Kingston, Supermarine Seamew, Supermarine Seal, Supermarine Scylla. Excerpt: Vickers Valparaiso The Vickers Vixen was a British general purpose biplane of the 1920s. Designed and developed by Vickers in a number of variants, with 18 Vixen Mark V sold to Chile. The Vixen also formed the basis of the closely related Venture and Valparaiso aircraft, which were also built and sold in small numbers in the 1920's In 1922, Vickers designed a two-seat biplane as a private venture as a possible replacement for the Airco DH.9A and Bristol F.2 Fighter. Building on the experience of the unsuccessful wartime FB.14 fighter-reconnaissance aircraft, the Vixen was a single-bay biplane with a steel tube fuselage and wooden wings, powered by a 450 hp (340 kW) Napier Lion engine. The first prototype aircraft, the Type 71 Vixen I, given the civil registration G-EBEC, flew in February 1923. It was tested at Martlesham Heath and showed good performance, prompting modification to a day bomber role as the Type 87 Vixen II, which was fitted with a ventral radiator between the undercarriage legs replacing the car-type radiator of the Vixen I, first flying in this form on 13 August 1923. The Vixen I and II formed the basis of the Venture army co-operation aircraft for the Royal Air Force and the Valparaiso for export purposes. The next version of the Vixen was the Vickers Type 91 Vixen III, first flying in April 1924 which was fitted wit...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781155428529
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 108
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Weight: 168 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155428528
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Vickers Vixen, Supermarine Seagull, Supermarine Southampton, Vickers 131 Valiant
  • Width: 152 mm


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