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	Probert Encyclopaedia: Aviation (V) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Developed from the Vickers Vildebeest, the Vickers 266 was a large all-metal, fabric covered biplane powered by a Bristol Pegasus IIM 3 radial piston engine providing a top speed of 228 kmh and a range of 2012 km with auxiliary fuel carried.
		Vickers 266 was armed with a 0.303 inch calibre Vickers Mk II fixed forward-firing machine-gun in the port side of the forward fuselage with synchronisation equipment to allow it to fire through the propeller disc, and one 0.303 inch calibre Lewis Gun Mk IIIA trainable rearward-firing machine-gun in the rear cockpit.
		The Vickers Valetta was a modification of the Vickers Viking transport and general purpose aircraft and was powered by two Bristol Hercules Mk 230 radial piston engines providing a top speed of 415 kmh and a range of 850 km depending upon load.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /IV.HTM (2809 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Vickers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd became part of the nationalised 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, 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.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Vickers (1238 words)

	Vickers - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 1990s saw Vickers Shipbuilding enter a period of diversification, notably with the £340m ($609m) acquisition of Ulstein, the Norwegian shipbuilding group in December 1998.
		Vickers was acquired by 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.
		The role of Vickers Armstrong in the Chaco War is parodied as Viking Arms Co. Limited in Tintin's comic-book The Broken Ear.
	www.unipedia.info /Vickers.html (1063 words)

	Royal New Zealand Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the outbreak of World War II, the primary equipment of the RNZAF was 30 Vickers Wellington bombers, which the New Zealand government had offered to the United Kingdom in August 1939, together with the crews to fly them.
		The primary role of the RNZAF was to take advantage of New Zealand's distance from the conflict by training aircrew, as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme, alongside the other major former British colonies, Canada, Australia, and South Africa.
		James Allen Ward 1919-41 For climbing on the wing of his 75 Squadron Vickers Wellington bomber to smother a fire in flight.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force (2227 words)

	THE SINGAPORE LINK – 36 AND 100 SQUADRON
		Equipped with the biplane Vickers Vildebeest, an aeroplane of a quite different era, 36 and 100 Squadrons suffered dreadfully.
		Nine Vildebeests from 100 and 36 Squadrons, led by three Albacores and escorted by four Buffaloes and eight Hurricanes, took off from Singapore.
		Five Vildebeests, all the Albacores and one Hurricane were lost.
	www.angelfire.com /ms/36sqn/singlink.htm (1038 words)

	» Vickers Vildebeest
		The type was purchased in moderately large numbers by the [[Royal Air Force]] and the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] for coastal defence.
		A Spanish Vildebeest is also rumoured to have survived.
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	Demon
		The Vickers Vildebeest was first flown in 1928.
		A few were still in service with Coastal Command in 1939.
		The aircraft is in standard silver dope overall with grey forward fuselage.
	www.geocities.com /fredgeog/vildebeest.html (39 words)

	Bristol Pegasus IM3
		The Vickers Vildebeest was an ungainly looking three-seat general purpose biplane that first flew in April 1928.
		Obsolete by the outbreak of the Second World War, approximately 100 Vildebeests of various marks were still in service.
		Necessity meant the Vildebeest and an improved variant, the Vickers Vincent, continued in service.
	www.aviationarchive.org.uk /Gpages/html/G3782.html (125 words)

	Learn more about List of aircraft of the RAF in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Vickers VC-10 C1, C1(K), K2, K3, K4 - UK - four engine, jet transport
		Vickers Virginia II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
		Vickers Wellington I, II, III, IV, VI, VIII, X, XI, XIII, XIV, XVI
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_aircraft_of_the_raf.html (1063 words)

	The Virtual Aviation Museum -
		1949 - Vickers 648 Varsity, Transport and traning aircraft
		The Viscount was the first Turboprop driven airliner.
		The VC10 was designed by Vickers upon request from BOAC, which needed a high-performance airliner for operation in high altitude and hot areas.
	www.luftfahrtmuseum.com /htmi/ith/vickers.htm (151 words)

	Royal New Zealand Air Force - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was equipped initially with Avro 504K, De Havilland DH9s and Bristol Fighters, later aquiring Airspeed Oxford, Avro 626, De Havilland Gipsy Moth,Fairey IIIF, Fairey Gordon, Gloster Grebe, Vickers Vildebeest, Blackburn Baffin and small numbers of other types.
		On the outbreak of World War II, the primary equipment of the RNZAF was 30 Vickers Wellington bombers, which the New Zealand government promptly offered to the United Kingdom, together with the crews to fly them.
		The primary role of the RNZAF, however, was to take advantage of New Zealand's distance from the conflict by training aircrew, as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme, alongside the other major former British colonies, Canada, Australia, and South Africa.
	www.unipedia.info /RNZAF.html (1331 words)

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		Vickers Typ 54 Viking, Typ 8 Vulture und Typ 83 VAnellus
		Vickers Typ 56 Victoria, Typ 264 Valentia und Typ Typ 721 Vanguard
		Vickers Typ 134 Vellore und Typ 212 Vellox
	www.aircraft-archiv.de /en/htmls/flugzeuge/v.html (31 words)

	Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - Swaztika on a Vildebeest
		In the February 1995 issue of Aeroplane Monthly there is a Keith Woodcock painting of a Vickers Vildebeest (K4111) from 84 Sqn in the middle East in 1937.
		The swaztika, or broken cross, was a symbol of good luck way before any middle-European countried hijacked it for their own political ends.
		The other thing that could be a factor is that the old Vildebeest was hardly a new aeroplane in 1937 and may have been carrying the marking for some time.
	forum.keypublishing.co.uk /showthread.php?p=449331 (2205 words)

	airport war years
		The first known military use of Exeter Airport took place during July 1937 when 42 Squadron flying Vickers Vildebeest aircraft, were temporally based here whist engaged in co-operation exercises with the Royal Navy.
		Assigned to Spitfire repair under the Vickers Supermarine company at Woolston, AST carried out this work initially at their main works at Hamble and then set up a satellite unit based at Exeter Airport.
		In the first two raids, on the 3rd and 5th April, two Vickers Wellington aircraft of the GRU (L4252 and L4285) were destroyed and many of the resident aircraft were damaged, including Spitfires, Hurricanes (L2046 & Z2320), a Henley (L3247), a Wallace (K4244) and a Defiant (N1674).
	www.exeter-airport.co.uk /site/1/airport_war_years.html (9090 words)

	Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - Pronunciation Question
		Hmmmmm..........given that most aircraft are named after something else, eg Vickers Vildebeest is named after a vildebeest..what is a Vimy ?
		But if you mean a Vildebeest is named after the animal which is a type of Gnu, that is spelled (in English at least) as Wildebeest.
		Goolge Vildebeest and it comes up with almost totally Vickers Vildebeest references.
	forum.keypublishing.co.uk /showthread.php?p=565304 (877 words)

	T.C. Models 1/48 Vickers Vimy, Felixstowe F2A, & Short 184
		None of these three models should be attempted by anyone not thoroughly familiar with cast resin model building and biplane construction.
		One good point in this and the other two kits is that the interplane struts are made from heavy-guarge photoetched brass, which will profice sufficient strength, without being too thick, as would be the case with white metal of similar strength.
		Moving up on the difficulty scale, the Vickers Vimy is impressive just lying in parts in the box.
	www.internetmodeler.com /1998/september/first-looks/tcmodels.php (966 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: List of aircraft of the RAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Vickers Valetta C1 Vickers Valiant B1, B1(K), B(PR)1, B(PR)K1 De Havilland Vampire F1, F3, FB5, FB9, NF 10
		Vickers Varsity T1 Vickers VC-10 C1, C1(K), K2, K3, K4 - UK - four engine, jet transport
		Vickers Vildebeest I, II, III, IV Vickers Vimy
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=List_of_aircraft_of_the_RAF (1384 words)

	eBay.co.uk - vickers, Transportation, Militaria, Diecast Vehicles items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		SPITFIRE VICKERS SUPERMARINE MKVB BY BARRIE CLARK NEW
		Instances of the Number 3 by Salley Vickers new pb
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		Several of the Horsleys were lost on operations and in 1935 they were replaced by the Vickers Vildebeest.
		On the outbreak of the Second World War, 36 was little affected at first, but all was to change when Japan entered the war.
		When the Emperor's forces attacked Malaya, 36 Squadron in their ageing Vildebeests flew sortie after sortie against the Japanese naval forces, losing almost all its aircraft in the process.
	www.angelfire.com /ms/36sqn (2033 words)

	eBay.co.uk - vickers, Transportation, Diecast Vehicles, Model Kits items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		World War II Vickers Wellington the 'wimpy' NEW DVD
		VICKERS WELLINGTON IC FINE ART WWII Aircraft Print XL
		Vickers Machine Gun Book - Tank Training 1936 - Vol.
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	Vickers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In 2002 Vickers Defence Systems (which excluded the marine business) was bought by Alvis plc, and became a subsidiary, Alvis Vickers Ltd. In March 2004 the board of Alvis plc approved a £309m takeover bid by a direct competitor in the field of military vehicles, the American General Dynamics.
		1897: Vickers Sons & Maxim Limited bought The Barrow Shipbuilding Company Ltd
		1977: Vickers shipbuilding was nationalised as the Vickers Shipbuilding Group, a member Company of British Shipbuilders, by 1981 it was Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Limited, still nationalised.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/V/Vickers.htm (1064 words)

	RCAF.com : The Aircraft : Vickers VILDEBEEST
		Home » The Aircaft » Bombers » Vickers VILDEBEEST
		Torpedo-armed Vickers Vildebeest biplanes were used against Japanese shipping in the Far East (RAF Photo)
		This site is a personal site designed to promote the history of Canada's Air Forces and is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, the Department of National Defence or the Air Force Association of Canada.
	www.rcaf.com /aircraft/bombers/vildebeast/index.php?name=Vildebeest (268 words)

	eBay.co.uk - vickers, vickers Collectables, Transportation, Postcards, Militaria items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Vickers Wellington s Malta 1942 World War 2 photographs
		Programme - Peter Grimes - Jon Vickers 1969
		Programme - The Trojans - Janet Baker, Jon Vickers 1972
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	New Zealand Serials -Vickers Vildebeest Mk III, IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		New Zealand Serials -Vickers Vildebeest Mk III, IV New Zealand Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
		Demonstrated to the NZ High Commissioner at the Vickers Factory, Weybridge, England by Mutt Summers on 31 January 1935.
		Click here to view images of Vickers Vildebeest
	www.adf-serials.com /nz-serials/nz101.shtml (1638 words)

	Vickers Products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Brian Vickers 2005 Tm Caliber Scooby Doo 1/24 Pit Stop
		AIRWAYS 1/72ND SCALE B.E.A. Rule Slide For M K 111 Vickers 303 Machine Gun.
		ALIMONY DVD FILM NOIR Martha Vickers John Beal CRIME!
	www.fliesinflight.com /vickers.html (238 words)

	Airfix 1/72 Fairey Swordfish
		The Fairey Swordfish first flew in prototype form in the early 1930s.
		After airframe improvements to the prototype, the Swordfish quickly became the major front line torpedo bomber of the UK's Fleet Air Arm, even though it barely showed any technical improvement on its predecessor, the Vickers Vildebeest.
		The Swordfish was obsolete by the start of WW2, but nevertheless, it served in all the major campaigns of the war, including D-Day.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/raf/swordfish.htm (1598 words)

	Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon shipping June 8 - PC News at GameSpot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Burning Horizon will add 18 new missions to the game's campaign, all centered around battles fought by the historically renowned German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
		The pack will also include 56 new units, including Chi Ha and Pz IV H tanks, Zero, Blenheim, and Vickers Vildebeest planes, Afrika Korps, US Marines and Australian infantry, as well as tweaks to NPC AI and all-new terrain and buildings.
		The pack will retail for $29.99 when it hits stores on June 8.
	www.gamespot.com /pc/strategy/blitzkriegdesertfoxworkingtitle/news.html?sid=6099623 (311 words)

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