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	Vickers Vimy airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
		The Vickers Vimy was one of a new generation of heavy bombers which were designed to attack German strategic targets but which failed to see active service during the First World War.
		A number of Vimys were used for flying and parachute training duties.
		In May 1967 the Vintage Aircraft and Flying Association decided to build a Vimy replica to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Alcock and Brown's trans- Atlantic flight.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /vickers-vimy.htm (0 words)

	Vickers Vimy
		1) " Vickers" -- In the context of Vickers Vimy
		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 itssecond trip out of a floating hangar on the evening of 23 September 1911.
		2) " Vimy" -- In the context of Vickers Vimy
	www.lottery-news.net /dust32725-vickers_vimy.html (413 words)

	Vickers Information
		Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the steel manufacturer Edward Vickers and his father-in-law in 1828.
		Vickers Sons and Maxim began work on a rigid airship for the British Admiralty in mid 1909 in Cavendish Dock, 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.bookrags.com /wiki/Vickers (1500 words)

	- Vickers Vimy - encyklopedia
		Vickers Vimy to brytyjski ciężki bombowiec oraz samolot komunikacyjny, z okresu po I wojnie światowej, skonstruowany w firmie Vickers.
		Vickers Vimy w wersji bombowej: dwusilnikowy dwupłatowiec o konstrukcji drewnianej, pokryty płótnem.
		Vickers Vimy Commercial i Vernon różniły się cylindrycznym kadłubem, z miejscami dla pasażerów wewnątrz, w dwóch rzędach.
	katalog-stron.luman.biz /Vickers_Vimy (511 words)

	The Vickers F.B.27 Vimy - England
		The first Vimy F.B.27 prototype numbered B.9952 was powered by two 200 hp Hispano-Suiza engines and was then later fitted with two 260 hp Salmson water-cooled radial engines.
		The second Vimy F.B.27 prototype numbered B.9953 was powered by two 260 hp Sunbeam Maori engines.
		The performance of the Vimy IV was excellent and had a top speed of 98 mph at 5,000 feet.
	www.aviation-history.com /vickers/mw-vimy.html (0 words)

	The Vickers F.B.27 Vimy - Great Britain
		The Vimy achieved immortality with its performance of a long distance flight after World War I by Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown.
		In a modified Vimy IV they made the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic.
		The Vimy landed June 15,1919 at Clifden in Ireland.
	www.aviation-history.com /vickers/vimy.htm (0 words)

	Vimy Aircraft Project \| Information
		The British Vickers "Vimy" fully operational biplane replica shown here has endured some of the Earth's most forbidding terrain and inhospitable climates — flying 30,000 miles across five continents and more than thirty countries.
		On these pages you can learn more about the Vickers Vimy, including its history and how it was built.
		Our successful 1994 15,000 mile adventure from England to Australia resulted in the cover story for the May 1995 issue of National Geographic and the National Geographic TV documentary, "The Greatest Flight." Her 1999 "Silver Queen" voyage spanning 9,000 miles from London to Cape Town was also featured in National Geographic, in May 2000.
	www.vimy.org /vimyinfo/index.html (0 words)

	Team Merlin - Projects - Vickers FB.27 Vimy Replica NX71MY - Page 1
		The building of the replica Vickers Vimy 'NX71MY' was completed in America in 1994, to enable project founders Peter Mcmillan and Lang Kidby to re-enact a flight between England and Australia.
		Notable crowd increases were reported at each airshow the Vimy flew to, and both the event organisers, and public who saw her, said that the Vimy was the star of each show she attended.
		We are often asked about operating the Vimy, by the industry and enthusiasts alike, and are always happy to explain our operation of the world's largest airworthy bi-plane in the same skies that her ancestors did over 80 years ago.
	www.team-merlin.com /Projects_vickers_vimy_nx71my_1.html (452 words)

	CAHS News & Views: The Vimy Flies Again
		The Vimy replica has already completed the first two legs of the “Vimy Triple Crown”, historic flights that helped demonstrate the viability of commercial aviation, by successfully flying the 15,000 mile route from England to Australia in 1994, and the 9,000 mile journey from London to Cape Town in 1999.
		About the Vimy Project: The Vimy Project was organized in 1993 by Peter McMillan and Lang Kidby to build a flying replica of the 1919 Vickers Vimy and relive its historic first flights across the globe.
		The Vimy has flown nearly 40,000 miles to date, touching down in over 30 countries, reminding all who see her of the proficiency and self-reliance demonstrated by the pioneers of aviation.
	www.cahs.com /NewsAndViews/articles/TheVimyFliesAgain.htm (846 words)

	Dartford Technology: Engineering - Vickers
		Vickers offered to supply one Pelterie-type monoplane, at a cost of £1,500, with a framework initially constructed of steel; they intended to substitute a much higher alloy, Duralumin, in subsequent versions.
		The EFB1 (eventually abbreviated to FB1) was the forerunner of the well-known Vickers 'Gunbus'.
		The Vimy Commercial was the last plane to be test-flown at Joyce Green, because in 1919 Vickers transferred their aircraft operation to Weybridge in Surrey and the adjacent airfield at Brooklands.
	www.dartfordarchive.org.uk /technology/engin_vickers.shtml (1175 words)

	Vickers - Knowmore
		Vickers was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in 1999 for £576m ($1.03Bn.) The Vickers marine propulsion product range complemented the Rolls-Royce offering, transforming the group into the global leader in marine power systems.
		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.
	www.knowmore.org /index.php/Vickers (1058 words)

	FlightSim.Com Feature: Great Airplanes 6: Vickers Vimy
		The pair were experienced flyers, thanks to the First World War, and they converted a Vickers Vimy bomber and shipped it across to Newfoundland with so little fuss that the majority of people in Britain were unaware of the attempt until they arrived in Ireland.
		The Vimy was thrown violently about, lashed alternately with rain, snow and hail and the airspeed indicator quit as the plane went out of control again.
		As with all the 'Century of Flight' planes, the Vimy is a classy piece of coding, the one problem being that the compass was screwed to the floor of the original aircraft, which means that it isn't exactly easy to see in the virtual cockpit of the simulation.
	www.flightsim.com /cgi/kds?$=main/feature/vimy/vimy.htm (1730 words)

	Vickers Aircraft
		The British Vickers corporation is primarily a manufacturer of military equipment.
		It was a pioneer in producing airliners, early examples being converted from Vimy bombers, and went on to manufacture the piston-engined Viking and Varsity, the Viscount and Vanguard turboprop airliners, and the stylish though noisy VC-10 jet airliner.
		Vickers was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in 1999 for £576m.
	www.pilotfriend.com /acft_manu/Vickers.htm (212 words)

	Pilot Journal \| Into Africa
		Accommodations had to be made for a sky full of other airplanes, many of which cruised at hundreds of knots (the Vimy is a 60ish-knot airplane); war was being waged along parts of the route; and many of the runways established for the original flight had long since been reclaimed by jungles and savannahs.
		For the Vimy's crew, the flight was evolving into a test of their resourcefulness and determination, if not a declared war against the modern world.
		Several minutes later, the Vimy crew saw the reason they were to "stand by." Two French Mirage jet fighters dropped in out of the sun, one of them dropping flaps and gear to circle the biplane for a hard look-over.
	www.pilotjournal.com /content/pastissues/africa.html (2315 words)

	The Institution of Engineers of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The plane was a Vickers Vimy twin-engined biplane.
		The Vimy was originally designed as a bomber to be used during the First World War.
		The Vickers Vimy biplane that landed at Ballyconneely, Clifden on 15th June,1919.
	www.realizedvision.com /alcockandbrown.htm (386 words)

	V - Авиация от A до Z
		Vickers F.B.27 Vimy, Vimy Commercial and Vernon (Виккерс F.B.27 Вими, Вими Коммершиал и Вернон)
		Vickers Type 113 vespa (Виккерс Тип 113 Веспа)
		Vickers Type 57 Virginia (Виккерс Тип 57 Вирджиния)
	www.cofe.ru /avia/V (287 words)

	Introduction John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were two British fliers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Their aircraft was a Vickers Vimy, named after a battle in World War One.
		While visiting the engineering firm of Vickers he was asked if he would be the navigator for the proposed transatlantic flight, partnering John Alcock, who had already been chosen as pilot.
		By joining forces with the firm Vickers, Alcock and Brown entered the competition for the first direct transatlantic flight, set up by the Daily Mail with a prize of ten thousand pounds.
	www.fi.edu /flights/long/index.html (414 words)

	Vickers Vimy Photo Gallery by Robert Jones at pbase.com
		The Vimy project was organized in 1993 by Peter McMillan and Lang Kidby to build a flying replica of the 1919 Vickers Vimy and relive its historic flights across the globe.
		This Vimy has flown nearly 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) at this point, touching down in 35 countries, reminding all who see her of the bravery, proficiency, and self-reliance demonstrated by the pioneers of aviation.
		The aircraft was on its way to St. Johns, Newfoundland in order to recreate the first nonstop transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown in 1919, between St. John's, Newfoundland and Clifden, Ireland.
	www.pbase.com /robert_jones/vickers_vimy (190 words)

	The Vickers Vimy Cockpit Panorama
		This QTVR Panorama was taken inside the cockpit of the Vickers Vimy replica.
		The Air and Space QTVR camera was mounted at the Captain's (right seat for British aircraft) position.
		In July of 2001 when this picture was taken, the airplane was at the Confederate Air Force hangar at Falcon Field, Mesa, Arizona on its way to Oshkosh.
	www.airspacemag.com /multimedia/360views/vikersvimy.php (0 words)

	Press Releases — Canada Aviation Museum
		Piloted by the renowned record-breaking adventurer Steve Fossett, this is one of the last stops before he and co- pilot/navigator Mark Rebholz depart for St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
		Michael Potter, local vintage aircraft enthusiast and businessman, and his team will be escorting the Vickers Vimy into Rockcliffe in his 1920s Waco Taperwing biplane and 1930s de Havilland Tiger Moth aircraft.
		The Canada Aviation Museum will also be putting artifacts on display from its excellent collection, including a one pound note autographed by John Alcock and Arthur Brown; pieces of the original Vickers Vimy aircraft recovered in Ireland and a photograph of the Vickers Vimy in Ireland taken by Colonel MacPherson.
	www.aviation.technomuses.ca /media/press_releases/27may05.shtml (0 words)

	Vickers Vimy En Route For Trans-Atlantic Flight
		The Vickers Vimy replica that flew 15,000 miles from England to Australia in 1994, then 9,000 miles from London to Capetown in 1999, is ready for adventure No. 3 -- retracing the first nonstop Atlantic crossing, made by the British team of John Alcock and Arthur Brown, flying a Vimy, in June 1919.
		The Vimy will stop in Oshkosh, Toronto and Ottawa, and launch from St. John's sometime in mid-June.
		At the controls this time is ubiquitous aeronautical adventurer Steve Fossett, along with co-pilot Mark Rebholz, a veteran Vimy pilot and 747 captain.
	www.avweb.com /avwebflash/briefs/189818-1.html (0 words)

	A Vickers Vimy in 1/72nd
		The Vickers Vimy is one of those many promising designs that took so long to actually get working reliably that it just missed the war, 2 being sent to France but none going operational.
		Following a quick trip to the sink, much water, and a grinding of teeth, I decided I was only going to build one Vimy, and consigned one ruined set of fuselage and lower wings to the spares box (and a cutting mat to the bin).
		The Vimy had a mix of metal and wooden tubing used for it’s framework, so I added this where I thought it would show, throughout the fuselage.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2007/may/aviation/frog_vimy.php (2874 words)

	VICKERS VIMY
		The plane, designed by R.K. Pierson and built by the Vickers Company, was called the Vickers Vimy.
		And although the rugged, if ungainly, Vimy became operational too late to see combat, it entered the annals of aviation history in 1919 when it became first aircraft to complete a nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
		Then, late in the afternoon of June 14, 1919, a Vickers Vimy IV took off from a pasture near St.John's, Newfoundland, and headed eastward across the Atlantic.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aerojava/VICKERSVIMY.htm (507 words)

	HISTORIC VICKERS VIMY REPLICA RETURNS TO OSHKOSH
		A replica of the Vickers Vimy World War I bomber, which thrilled thousands of aviation enthusiasts at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2001, landed for an overnight stop at Pioneer Airport about 1:40 p.m.
		Vimys made two other historically significant flights-from England to Australia between November 12 and December 10, 1919, and from London to Cape Town, South Africa, between February 4 and March 20, 1920.
		Other than improvements for safety and different engines, the airplane was built from the original plans and is generally authentic.
	www.eaa.org /communications/eaanews/050524_vickers_vimy.html (953 words)

	aviation in australia - vickers vimy – atmitchell
		The Vimy was forced down at Cobbs Creek, NT, with a split propeller.
		On 14 February 1920, the Vickers Vimy flew across NSW from Narromine to Sydney.
		When the plane was spotted over Katoomba, a message was wired to the GPO in Sydney, where a flag was raised on the Martin Place tower to signal the Vimy’s imminent arrival.
	www.atmitchell.com /journeys/history/aviation/vickers.cfm (343 words)

	Microsoft Flight Simulator Century of Flight (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But the Vimy was still an open-cockpit wood-and-fabric design, with a top speed of 103 mph, extremely primitive flight and navigation instruments, and far less reliable engines and components than even Lindbergh had.
		The Vimys were also flying over long stretches of water and extremely hostile terrain, in challenging conditions, with only the most rudimentary ground support or weather information.
		Indeed, Ross Smith, the main pilot of the Vimy that flew from London to Australia in November of 1919, noted after only the first leg of the journey that "this sort of flying is a rotten game.
	www.microsoft.com /games/flightsimulator/aircraft_vimy.asp (593 words)

	The Toronto Aerospace Museum
		May 25, 2004, Toronto --- The twin-engine Vickers Vimy biplane was the first aircraft to fly non-stop across the Atlantic, in June 1919.
		With a wing span of 70 feet and the instruments of a much earlier era in aviation, the Vimy is representative of the pioneering era in long-distance aviation when flying to a schedule was still years away.
		The Vimy replica previously flew a 15,000-mile (24,000-kilometer) journey from England to Australia in 1994, and in 1999 made another adventurous flight from London to South Africa.
	www.torontoaerospacemuseum.com /vimy/newsrelease25.html (444 words)

	Triple crown Air Classics - Find Articles
		Production of the Vimy went on into 1923 but, even so, some aircraft were declared surplus at the end of the war and sold to civilians who wanted to utilize the type's proven long-range performance.
		After making sure the Vimy was secure, Mark took me aside and said "we've got a problem." They really did have a problem and it had nothing to do with the aircraft.
		The Vimy originally operated with modified Chevrolet V-8 engines converted for aeronautical use but, for the London to Cape Town flight, the powerplants were changed to modified BMW V-12s.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_200111/ai_n9011150 (943 words)

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