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	Vickers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry in 1867.
		Vickers Sons and Maxim began work on a rigid airship for the British Admiralty in mid 1909 in a dock at Walney Island, Cumbria, sadly it disintegrated upon its second trip out of a floating hangar on the evening of 23 September 1911.
		Vickers was a pioneer in producing airliners, early examples being converted from Vimy bombers, and went on to manufacture the piston-engined Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner and Varsity military crew trainer, the Viscount and Vanguard turboprop airliners, and the stylish though noisy VC-10 jet airliner, which remains in RAF service as an aerial refuelling tanker.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vickers (1066 words)

	Vickers machine gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a name primarily used to refer to the water-cooled.303 inch (7.7 mm) Machine Gun produced by the Vickers company, originally for the British Army.
		Vickers produced the original Maxim guns and therefore had an unrivalled knowledge of its operation and manufacture.
		In British service, the Vickers gun fired the standard.303 inch (7.7 x 56 mm) cartridges used in the Lee Enfield rifle, which generally had to be hand-loaded into the cloth ammunition belts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vickers_machine_gun (672 words)

	Info and facts on 'Vickers' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (additional info and facts about Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd) became part of the nationalised British Shipbuilders (additional info and facts about British Shipbuilders) but was the first to return to the private sector.
		Vickers Sons and Maxim began work on a rigid airship for the British Admiralty in mid 1909 in a dock at Walney Island (additional info and facts about Walney Island), Cumbria (A county of northwestern England), sadly it disintegrated upon its second trip out of a floating hangar on the evening of 23 September, 1911.
		Vickers was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc (additional info and facts about Rolls-Royce plc) in 1999 for £576m ($1.03Bn.) The marine propulsion portfolio of Vickers made it particularly suited to Rolls-Royce, transforming the group into the global leader in marine power systems.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/vickers.htm (876 words)

	Encyclopedia: Vickers hardness test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Vickers hardness test was developed in the early 1920s and uses a pyramid-shaped indenter made of diamond.
		The Vickers test can be used for all metals and has one of the widest scales among hardness tests.
		In the Vickers hardness test the surface of the sample is indented by a diamond which makes a pyramid shaped hole.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vickers-hardness-test (371 words)

	Vickers Valiant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vickers Valiant was a British four-jet bomber, once part of the RAF's V bombers force.
		Vickers also considered an air transport version of the Valiant, with a low-mounted wing, wingspan increased to 42.7 m (140 ft) from 34.8 m (114 ft 4 in), fuselage lengthened to 44.5 m (146 ft), and uprated engines.
		The Valiant was Vickers last military aircraft, it was followed by the Vanguard, a passenger turboprop designed in 1959 and flying into the 1990s, and the Vickers VC-10, a jet passenger craft from 1962, though the latter did act as military transport for the RAF.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vickers_Valiant (3254 words)

	Vickers
		Vickers is to close its tank factory in Leeds with the loss of 450 jobs, as part of a cost-cutting programme that will see its total workforce reduced by 22%.
		Vickers may be forced to close one of its tank factories in Newcastle or Leeds because of a fall in world demand, with the loss of more than 600 jobs.
		Vickers is said to be considering the acquisition of GKN's armoured vehicles division, and is thought to be keen to complete a deal before the award of two large defence contracts.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /vickersa.htm (634 words)

	The Vickers Machine Gun
		The Vickers machine gun was the standard issue machine gun for the British Army in World War One.
		The Vickers was formally introduced to the British Army in 1912 and quickly saw use in the war.
		However, the Vickers, despite the difficulty in transporting it, retained its reputation as a hard-hitting and reliable weapon.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /vickers_machine_gun.htm (294 words)

	Brian Vickers Wins Busch Kroger 200
		Vickers, who entered fifth on the Busch Series points race, started third in the 200-lap race and spent most of it in Hmiel's rearview mirror.
		Vickers narrowly trailed Hmiel most of the race, but could never sustain the needed momentum that would have given him the lead.
		Vickers, however, finally passed Hmiel for the lead on lap 181 of the 200-lap race and held on for the win in his No.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/08/03/166233.html (728 words)

	Robert Wayne Vickers
		Vickers later told prison psychologist Kent Spillman that he regretted only one thing about the attack: that he didn't have enough time to carve a swastika to dot the 'i' on Ponciano's body.
		Vickers had managed to short-circuit the electronic locking mechanism on his cell door and left a dummy in his bed.
		Vickers' defense argued that his violent personality was a construct of the Arizona prison system, which failed to provide him with the psychiatric help he needed as a teen and raised him in a culture of violence.
	azcentral.com /specials/special32/articles/06250622EXEvickers-ON.html (726 words)

	NASCAR.com - Conversation: Brian Vickers - November 26, 2003
		Brian Vickers is young enough that one of life's realities struck him at the most inopportune time last week.
		Vickers, 20, was on the verge of celebrating his first Busch Series championship, as the youngest driver to ever win a NASCAR national touring title.
		Brian Vickers: At the beginning of the year, we went to Daytona confident, but realistic, (because) after all, this was my first full season with the team and none of us really knew what to expect, especially me.
	www.nascar.com /2003/news/features/conversation/11/26/convo_bvickers/index.html (1217 words)

	Brian Vickers
		The opportunity of a lifetime is what some might call the chance Brian Vickers has secured for the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series season and he has full intentions of making the best of the opportunity he has been presented.
		For the first time in his Busch Series career, Vickers will be behind the wheel for a full season as driver of the No. 5 GMAC Financial Services Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
		Even though 2003 is Vickers first full season in the Busch Series, he joins an established team with a crew chief who knows what it's like to work with young drivers.
	www.geocities.com /BrianVickersOnline/bio.html (820 words)

	First World War.com - Encyclopedia - Vickers Gun
		The Vickers Gun, closely modelled on the Maxim Gun, comprised the British Army's standard heavy machine gun at the start of the First World War, following its formal adoption in 1912.
		Water cooled - via a jacket around the barrel which held approximately one gallon - the Vickers was loaded from a 250-round fabric belt mounted on a tripod.
		As a measure of the effectiveness and reliability of the weapon, during the British attack upon High Wood on 24 August 1916 it is estimated that ten Vickers fired in excess of one million rounds over a twelve hour period.
	www.firstworldwar.com /atoz/mgun_vickers.htm (330 words)

	The Vickers Family Resource Page
		Josiah VICKERS (35) was born in 1826 in
		Joseph VICKERS was born on 16 Jul 1874.
		Isaac Newton Kelly VICKERS was born in 1860.
	kvickers.tfc.edu /Ralph_Edgecombe_Co_NC.htm (6148 words)

	Vickers Stock Research
		Vickers Stock Research is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Argus Research Group.
		Combining the talents of Stock Research, a respected analyzer of insider trading, with Vickers expertise in tracking the holdings of institutions, enables Vickers to provide the most up-to-date information on transactions and holdings of corporate officials, significant shareholders and institutions.
		The intelligence that Argus Vickers provides is the identification of the Fund Mangers and the Beneficial Owners hiding behind these names and the ability to show very accurate coverage of trading activity.
	www.vickers-stock.com /about (670 words)

	Vickers Transoceanic Airship
		Among the many unique features was the location of the passenger quarters on top of the airship, open-air observation decks at the stern and top, and a lift to transport passengers and crew between the upper and lower parts of the ship.
		Vickers Airship Catalogue - From Marcus Rowland's Forgotten Futures website, a reproduction of a Vickers airship brochure from the early 1920s.
		Vickers Transoceanic Airship - From the Airship Heritage Trust, a great deal of information about the project, including artist's impressions of the ship as it would have appeared in service.
	www.currell.net /models/vickers.htm (386 words)

	Stoops keeps mum on Vickers' absence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vickers, from Santa Monica (Calif.) Junior College, was expected to be a big factor after preseason camp.
		Stoops repeatedly said Vickers was the best junior college receiver available when he enrolled at UA in January.
		Vickers, listed on the depth chart as a possible starter prior to the Utah game, was a second-team junior college All-American after notching more than 700 yards and 10 touchdowns as a sophomore.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/ua/articles/0907uafbnb0907.html (406 words)

	NASCAR.com - Vickers' last gasp earns berth in all-star event - May 21, 2005
		CONCORD, N.C. Brian Vickers bumped his way into the Nextel All-Star Challenge, driving past the sliding Mike Bliss on the final lap of the Nextel Open on Saturday night a Lowe's Motor Speedway.
		Vickers' victory earned him a berth in the 21st annual all-star event.
		Vickers was unapologetic for his last-lap dash to get under -- and around -- Bliss.
	www.nascar.com /2005/news/headlines/cup/05/21/bvickers.nextel.open/index.html (337 words)

	TimesDispatch.com \| Vickers isn't without strong role models (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vickers said he's picking up on when is the right time to fight for a position and when it's in the best interest of him and the car to let the others go by.
		Vickers was reunited this year with crew chief Lance McGrew, who piloted Vickers to the 2003 Busch title.
		Vickers was 20, the youngest national series champion in NASCAR history.
	www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783338776&path=!sports!auto&s=1045855934848 (718 words)

	Vickers Machine Gun - UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vickers Machine Gun - UK Vickers Machine Gun - UK The first British airplane specially designed to carry a machine-gun, the Vickers pusher biplane, made its appearance in 1913.
		The Vickers company had manufactured this gun for the British Government since 1888, so it was the obvious choice; the belt feed, however, was found to interfere with its flexibility.
		It was installed in the Vickers pusher and proved so successful that rather reluctantly the type was ordered by the British Government in July 1914.
	www.aviation-history.com /guns/vickers.htm (127 words)

	LEGENDARY TENOR JON VICKERS TO GIVE DRAMATIC READING AT MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vickers himself has stated that Enée in Berlioz’s Les Troyens was his finest achievement, but it the title role in Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes which is most remembered by those who were fortunate to have seen it.
		Vickers is close to his Canadian roots and has always been an active farmer.
		Jon Vicker’s signature role, Peter Grimes, was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1967, and not since Chaliapin and Callas had any artist brought to the stage such riveting emotional and intellectual intensity.
	www.newschool.edu /html/press%20release/9_8vickers.html (410 words)

	The Vickers Valiant
		Edwards managed to sell the Vickers design to the Air Ministry on the basis that it would be available much sooner than the competition, going so far as to promise delivery of a prototype in 1951 and production aircraft in 1953.
		The wing had a "compound sweep" configuration, devised by Vickers aerodynamicist Elfyn Richards, with a large 45-degree angle of sweepback in the inner third of the wings and a shallow angle of about 24 degrees sweep outboard.
		Vickers gave up the project at the end of November and scrapped the V.1000 prototype, only a few months before its scheduled first flight.
	www.vectorsite.net /avval.html (4605 words)

	Vickers Gun
		The Vickers Company was accused of profiteering when in the early stages of the war they charged the Home Office £175 per gun.
		Fitted with interrupter gear, the Vickers was also standard armament on all British and French aircraft after 1916.
		In the trenches the Vickers were primarily used for defence, but it was also effectively used to assist an attack, by indirect or barrage fire, and to restrict and harass enemy movement behind their lines.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWvickers.htm (680 words)

	Chester County Weddings at Vickers Tavern.
		John Vickers was born in 1780 to Quaker parents in Caln Township.
		It was here that Vickers Pottery would become a landmark for the next 50 years, and span over four generations of the Vickers family.
		Vickers’ landmark home was transformed into a tavern during the 1970’s.
	www.weddings-delval.com /vickers (372 words)

	NASCAR.com - Conversation: Vickers - Sep 7, 2005
		Vickers' recent successes even prompted NBC/TNT pit reporter Matt Yocum to proclaim on the air that Vickers will visit Victory Lane twice between now and the end of the 2005 season.
		Just after he qualified ninth for the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway, Vickers sat down with NASCAR.COM's Mark Spoor over a plate of pasta to discuss his new job, his recent run of success and a surprising artist that currently occupies space on his IPod.
		Vickers: "An analyst" sounds pretty technical for what I'm going to be doing, probably.
	www.nascar.com /2005/news/features/conversation/09/07/bvickers_fontana (899 words)

	Vickers reveals its FCLV solution at DSEihales enhances UK'S battlefield surveillance capability
		Vickers is offering two vehicles, the RG-32M and RG-31 M, as options for the British Army's FCLV requirement.
		The trials programme means the vehicles are unavailable for DSEi but Vickers has produced a full-scale mock-up of the RG-32M, which is on show for the first time.
		We are using the combined prime contractor and systems integration expertise of Vickers in the UK and our South African company, Vickers 0MG, in the development and integration of land systems.
	www.defence-data.com /dsei/pageds1033.htm (351 words)

	Jon Vickers Interview
		Jon Vickers is one of the greatest heroic tenors of this (or any) age.
		Jon Vickers was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Canada in October of 1926.
		Vickers reminisced a bit about some of the greatest joys of his career, and the productions that stood out in his mind: Peter Grimes at the Met, Don Carlo at Covent Garden, Poppea in Paris.
	www.bruceduffie.com /vickers.html (5420 words)

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