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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: 85. Chapters: Vickers Valiant, Vickers Wellington, Vickers VC10, Vickers Wellington LN514, Vickers Viscount, Vickers VC.1 Viking, Vickers Vildebeest, HMA No. 1, Vickers Vimy, Vickers Warwick, Vickers V-1000, Vickers Vanguard, Vickers Wellesley, 23 class airship, Vickers Vixen, Vickers Viastra, No. 9r, Vickers F.B.5, Vickers Virginia, Vickers Vellore, Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane, Vickers Venom, Vickers Valetta, Vickers F.B.16, Vickers Viking, Vickers Vendace, R.A.E. - Vickers Transonic Research Rocket, Vickers Type 253, Vickers Jockey, Vickers Vespa, Vickers 131 Valiant, Vickers Valparaiso, Vickers E.S.1, Vickers F.B.24, Vickers Varsity, Vickers Vireo, Vickers Type 161, Vickers Windsor, Vickers Vagabond, Vickers Vanox, Vickers Viget, Vickers Type 143, R80, Vickers Type 432, Vickers Type 207, Vickers E.F.B.7, Vickers Wibault, Vickers F.B.11, Vickers Type 264 Valentia, Vickers Type 170 Vanguard, Vickers E.F.B.8, Vickers Vulcan, Vickers Vampire, Vickers F.B.12, Vickers F.B.14, Vickers Venture, Vickers Victoria, Vickers Type 123, Vickers Vernon, Victory Bomber, Vickers Type 559, Vickers Type 163, Vickers Valentia. Excerpt: The Vickers VC10 is a long-range British airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, and first flown in 1962. The airliner was designed to operate on long-distance routes with a high subsonic speed and also be capable of hot and high operations from African airports. The initial concept of the VC10 was to provide a jet-powered airliner that could comfortably make use of the shorter runways commonly in use at the time. The performance of the VC10 was such that it achieved the fastest crossing of the Atlantic - London to New York by a jet airliner, a record still held to date for a sub-sonic airliner; only the supersonic Concorde remains faster. The VC-10 is often compared to the larger...
