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For the United States Navy aircraft squadron, see <a href="/wiki/VC-7" title="VC-7">VC-7</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 125%;">V-1000 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Role </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Airliner" title="Airliner">Airliner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cargo_aircraft" title="Cargo aircraft">cargo aircraft</a> prototype<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Type of aircraft</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Manufacturer </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Vickers-Armstrongs" title="Vickers-Armstrongs">Vickers-Armstrongs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>First flight </th> <td>Not flown </td></tr> <tr> <th>Status </th> <td>Project cancelled </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="nowrap">Number built</span> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Vickers-Armstrongs" title="Vickers-Armstrongs">Vickers-Armstrongs</a> <b>V-1000</b> was a proposed <a href="/wiki/Jet_propulsion" title="Jet propulsion">jet-powered</a> <a href="/wiki/Cargo_aircraft" title="Cargo aircraft">cargo aircraft</a> that was designed to meet a requirement issued by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Supply" title="Ministry of Supply">Ministry of Supply</a> which sought a strategic transport for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) to support its <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bomber" title="Strategic bomber">strategic bomber</a> fleet, particularly the <a href="/wiki/V_bomber" title="V bomber">V-bombers</a>. The design bears many similarities to the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">Vickers Valiant</a>, one of the V-bombers, but also featured substantial changes. In addition to its military application, both the Ministry and Vickers also intended to use the same basic design as the <b>VC7</b>, a six-abreast trans-Atlantic <a href="/wiki/Jet_airliner" title="Jet airliner">jet airliner</a> for <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation" title="British Overseas Airways Corporation">British Overseas Airways Corporation</a> (BOAC). </p><p>In 1955, by which point the prototype was already largely complete, the Ministry of Supply decided to terminate the V-1000 project in mid-development. By that time, the design had garnered interest from airlines, and had led to re-designs being conducted by competing US manufacturers, influencing the design of the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707</a> and <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8" title="Douglas DC-8">Douglas DC-8</a>. The V-1000 is one of the great "what-ifs" of British aviation,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its cancellation was the topic of considerable debate in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hans8_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans8-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>We have handed to the Americans, without a struggle, the entire world market for big jet airliners.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/George_Edwards_(aviation)" title="George Edwards (aviation)">George Edwards</a>, Vickers managing director, <sup id="cite_ref-lance_28_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lance_28-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the early 1950s, Britain's civil aircraft industry was releasing and manufacturing a number of competitive and innovative aircraft designs. They include the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet" title="De Havilland Comet">de Havilland Comet</a>, the world's first <a href="/wiki/Jet_propulsion" title="Jet propulsion">jet-powered</a> commercial transport aircraft, the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">Vickers Viscount</a>, the world's first <a href="/wiki/Turboprop" title="Turboprop">turboprop</a>-powered commercial airliner, and the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Britannia" title="Bristol Britannia">Bristol Britannia</a>, a turboprop-powered aircraft capable of conducting routine <a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_flight" title="Transatlantic flight">transatlantic flights</a>. All of those designs had their origins in the specifications laid out by the wartime <a href="/wiki/Brabazon_Committee" title="Brabazon Committee">Brabazon Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_89_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_89-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With those aircraft, Britain appeared to be on track to capturing a large slice of the global demand for civil aircraft for the foreseeable future.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_89_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_89-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) had been pursuing development of a new generation of <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bomber" title="Strategic bomber">strategic bombers</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">Vickers Valiant</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Avro_Vulcan" title="Avro Vulcan">Avro Vulcan</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Victor" title="Handley Page Victor">Handley Page Victor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_89_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_89-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armed with <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a> and powered by jet engines, those aircraft would be entering service during the 1950s as the <a href="/wiki/V_bomber" title="V bomber">V-bombers</a>. The first of the V-bombers to enter service was the Valiant. Noting the favourable performance attributes of the Valiant, both the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Supply" title="Ministry of Supply">Ministry of Supply</a> (MoS) and Vickers became interested in a prospective transport derivative, as a potential long-range successor to the smaller Comet.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_89_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_89-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAF had also noticed a demand for a suitable transport aircraft capable of accompanying the V-bombers on deployments to any part of the world, carrying a mix of personnel and cargo needed for such deployments, while having similar speed and range capabilities to the bomber force.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_89_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_89-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vickers received a request from the MoS for submissions of the Valiant transport derivative.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_89_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_89-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation" title="British Overseas Airways Corporation">British Overseas Airways Corporation</a> (BOAC) was also interested in a potential commercial airliner from Vickers; thus, the company was naturally excited that it would be possible to develop an aircraft that would serve as both a military transport, being procured for the RAF, and as a commercial airliner, that BOAC would be expected to order. Such a move would mean increased financial support for the program as well as improved access to development and testing resources.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_89_90_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_89_90-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to aviation author Derek Wood, <a href="/wiki/George_Edwards_(aviation)" title="George Edwards (aviation)">Sir George Edwards</a>, who headed the design, viewed the military variant "as a stepping stone to the civil version", which was internally designated as the <i>VC7</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_90_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_90-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Working in direct cooperation with BOAC throughout the studies performed for the project, Vickers came to quickly recognise that producing a suitable aircraft would not be a straightforward matter of simply pairing the Valiant's wings onto a new fuselage suitable for transport duties. Amongst the changes required would be an entirely new structure, the adoption of roomy and <a href="/wiki/Cabin_pressurization" title="Cabin pressurization">pressurised</a> <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_cabin" title="Aircraft cabin">cabin</a>, and more powerful engines.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_89_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_89-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RAF requirements also provided some complications for the design, such as necessitating the use of <a href="/wiki/Flap_(aeronautics)#Slotted_flap" title="Flap (aeronautics)">double-slotted flaps</a> to achieve the short field performance sought, along with the integration of a rear-mounted sizable <a href="/wiki/Hydraulics" title="Hydraulics">hydraulic</a> <a href="/wiki/Freight_elevator" class="mw-redirect" title="Freight elevator">freight elevator</a> for self-loading operations.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_90_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_90-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crucially, it was recognised that, in order for the aircraft to be economically viable against competing aircraft powered by turboprop engines and traditional <a href="/wiki/Piston_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Piston engine">piston engines</a>, an engine capable of more thrust and superior specific fuel consumption than the Valiant's <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Avon" title="Rolls-Royce Avon">Rolls-Royce Avon</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbojet" title="Turbojet">turbojet</a> engine would be necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_89_90_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_89_90-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1952, the MoS formally released <a href="/wiki/List_of_Air_Ministry_specifications" title="List of Air Ministry specifications">Air Specification C.132D</a> for the jet-powered transport. Various firms responded with their own submissions to meet the requirement <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page" title="Handley Page">Handley Page</a> offered the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Handley_Page_HP.97&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handley Page HP.97 (page does not exist)">HP.97</a>, which featured a two-level layout that moved the passenger seating above the wing of a design otherwise almost identical to the Victor. BOAC rejected the design, which led to the more highly modified <a href="/w/index.php?title=Handley_Page_HP.111&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handley Page HP.111 (page does not exist)">HP.111</a>, which was similar in layout but had a modern six-abreast single-deck <a href="/wiki/Fuselage" title="Fuselage">fuselage</a>. <a href="/wiki/Avro" title="Avro">Avro</a> started with their Vulcan design, keeping its <a href="/wiki/Tailless_aircraft" title="Tailless aircraft">tailless</a> <a href="/wiki/Delta_wing" title="Delta wing">delta wing</a> and mating it with a new fuselage, producing the <a href="/wiki/Avro_Atlantic" title="Avro Atlantic">Avro Atlantic</a> (Avro Type 722). As the name implies, the design was specifically intended to offer trans-Atlantic range. Avro boasted that the delta wing offered good takeoff performance without the need for <a href="/wiki/Flap_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flap (aircraft)">flaps</a> or <a href="/wiki/Leading_edge_slats" class="mw-redirect" title="Leading edge slats">slats</a> that conventional wings would require, while also offering a high cruising speed. Various versions were offered with 2+2 to 3+3 seating, with the added oddity that the seats faced to the rear of the aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The initial submission made by Vickers was designated as the <i>VC5</i>, which was essentially a slightly-stretched Valiant bomber with windows. It retained the Valiant's shoulder-mounted wing, which would have left many rows windowless, and also meant that it had long <a href="/wiki/Landing_gear" title="Landing gear">landing gear</a> that BOAC considered unsuitable. Originally designed in the late 1940s, the VC5 attracted little interest and was soon dropped in favour of a more advanced submission by Vickers. Amongst the differences between the VC5 and the VC7 were a larger 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) fuselage with six-abreast seating for 131 passengers, the wings having been relocated to a low-mounted position, the addition of slotted flaps, and the overall size of the wing being considerably larger. As envisioned, the VC7 would not only be capable of flying the traditional <i><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Airways" title="Imperial Airways">Empire</a></i> routes but also the increasingly prestigious <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation#Early_post-war_operations" title="British Overseas Airways Corporation">North Atlantic market</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_90_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_90-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selection_and_refinement">Selection and refinement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Selection and refinement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 1953, Vickers received an order for the production of a flight-capable prototype, later given the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_military_aircraft_serials" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom military aircraft serials">serial number</a> <i>XD662</i>, along with a structural test frame.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_91_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_91-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in March 1953, it was revealed that the Vickers design had been selected as the winner of the MoS competition.<sup id="cite_ref-hans28_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans28-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1954, the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Air" title="Secretary of State for Air">Secretary of State for Air</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Sidney,_1st_Viscount_De_L%27Isle" title="William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle">William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle</a> announced that a production order for the military variant, designated as the <i>V-1000</i>, was to be placed for the RAF.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_91_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_91-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Detailed development work on the project started following the issuing of the Specification in October 1952, however it was soon recognised that the V-1000 would be substantially more difficult to develop that any previous transport aircraft that had been operated by the RAF as neither the ministry nor industry were experienced in the development of jet aircraft of this scale before.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_91_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_91-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a concept, the aircraft was more complex than the Comet, as well as being physically far larger as an aircraft. The strict and detailed requirements of the specification required extensive testing, such as the heavy use of <a href="/wiki/Wind_tunnel" title="Wind tunnel">wind tunnels</a> to cover short-field operations in addition to high-speed cruising flight, while structural and system demands took Vickers into uncharted territories and new entirely new fields.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_91_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_91-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While much of the knowhow had been derived from the Valiant and there were elements of the design, such as the engines' internal mounting inside the wings, showed this ancestry, areas such as the structure had dramatic differences, the integrity of the cabin and engine bay conforming to <a href="/wiki/Fail-safe" title="Fail-safe">fail-safe</a> principles, unlike the preceding Comet.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_91_92_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_91_92-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The finalised design for the V-1000 was enlarged beyond that which the RAF had expected; this was so that <a href="/wiki/Commonality" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonality">commonality</a> could be maximised between the VC7 and V-1000; accordingly, the same airframe was to be used for both the civil and military variants.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_90_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_90-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A key innovation of the V-1000 was its intended use of the <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Conway" title="Rolls-Royce Conway">Rolls-Royce Conway</a>, which was the first production <a href="/wiki/Turbofan" title="Turbofan">bypass</a> engine, offering both increased range and improved fuel economy.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_90_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_90-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Limited" title="Rolls-Royce Limited">Rolls-Royce Limited</a> was already developing the Conway engine, having performed its first running in 1950, and had demonstrated the improved fuel consumption of the engine; by 1951, the Conway was being developed for a thrust output of 13,000 lb; enough to serve as the powerplant for the V-1000.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_90_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_90-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as the V-1000 design was enlarged beyond its original dimensions, the development of a more powerful model of the Conway was necessitated, contributing to delays on the overall project.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_93_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_93-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction of the prototype was performed at Vickers' facility at <a href="/wiki/Wisley_Airfield" title="Wisley Airfield">Wisley Airfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>; flight trials would have also been based there.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_93_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_93-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By November 1956, over £4 million had been spent on the V-1000 project; the first prototype had also reached 80 per cent completion.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_98_99_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_98_99-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had been estimated that the VC7 would have been in operational service as early as 1959, the same year in which the first V-1000s were projected to be delivered to the RAF. If it had entered commercial service as envisioned, it would have been the first <a href="/wiki/Turbofan" title="Turbofan">turbofan</a>-equipped airliner to serve long-haul routes.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_99_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_99-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The VC7 proved to be of concern to aircraft manufacturers in the United States, where both <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company" title="Douglas Aircraft Company">Douglas</a> were in the process of designing their own jet transports to a very similar requirement from <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>. Both companies had responded with designs sized for 2+3 seating (the original 707 design was 2+2), providing more limited passenger capabilities than the VC7.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Additionally, the VC7's wing design offered a number of advanced features and increased wing area that greatly reduced take-off run and allowed it to operate from a wider selection of airports, while at the same time offering longer ranges. When the US companies approached airlines with their plans, they found that they were constantly rejected as the VC7 was more interesting. Both companies undertook expensive re-designs of their projects to compete, enlarging the fuselage to match the VC7's 3+3 layout and increasing the overall size and weight of their aircraft.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> When they were re-introduced to the markets in this larger form, the US firms fared considerably better; after an initial order from <a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Airways" class="mw-redirect" title="Pan American Airways">Pan American Airways</a>, orders started rolling in from around the world. The better range that the VC7 offered took longer to address, and at one point was solved by incorporating the Conway into those designs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changing_requirements_and_cancellation">Changing requirements and cancellation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Changing requirements and cancellation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In mid-1955, it was acknowledged that the V-1000 would have a higher all-up weight of 248,000lb, instead of the 230,000lb figure that had been originally forecast, negatively impacting the aircraft's performance.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_93_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_93-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By this time, political support for the project was receding; according to Wood, the RAF were having second thoughts about the project. The Air Staff, seeking to reduce expenditure due to pressure from <a href="/wiki/HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">HM Treasury</a>, noted the V-1000 to be one of the most expensive ongoing projects, and thus came to favour its cancellation.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_93_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_93-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By reallocating the budget that had assigned to the V-1000 to other projects, it would have the effect of avoiding their cancellation instead.<sup id="cite_ref-hans28_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans28-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around the same time, the Air Staff declared that the requirement for the transport to be capable of the same speed and altitude performance as the V-bombers was unnecessary. They also questioned the need to support the V bomber fleet at long distances, given the ever-shrinking state of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hans28_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans28-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These changes in attitude may have also been due to government pressure for the RAF to procure the turboprop-powered <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Britannia" title="Bristol Britannia">Bristol Britannia</a> to equip <a href="/wiki/RAF_Transport_Command" title="RAF Transport Command">Transport Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_93_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_93-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During late 1955, the MoS declared that the demand for strategic airlift was immediate, and chose to purchase several Britannias to fill this role.<sup id="cite_ref-hans28_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans28-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This selection had coincided with political pressure to bolster employment in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, where much of the production of the Comet 2 was to have been conducted under licence by <a href="/wiki/Short_Brothers" title="Short Brothers">Short Brothers</a>. The Comet 2's cancellation, along with the aborted <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Swift" title="Supermarine Swift">Supermarine Swift</a> fighter, had left Short's with a bleak future; an order for Britannias, to be built in the same factory, was seen as providing a neat solution for all concerned.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_93_96_97_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_93_96_97-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By November 1955, press rumours regarding the major shifts in RAF transport policy and the fate of the V-1000 were prolific and of a negative tone. On 11 November 1955, the cancellation of the V-1000 order was announced at a press conference held by the MoS.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_96_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_96-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the conference, a MoS spokesperson spoke in-depth on the V-1000 and its termination, observing that the programme had taken "long than was hoped to overcome some of the programs of meeting the specification", as well as highlighting the role played by the Britannia in substituting for the intended V-1000 fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_96_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_96-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also noted that the civil version was also not intended to be developed due to BOAC having no requirement for it.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_96_97_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_96_97-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the design's military prospects having turned sour, civil opportunities for the type in the form of the VC-7 had also become clouded. According to Wood, <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Maudling" title="Reginald Maudling">Reginald Maudling</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Supply" title="Minister of Supply">Minister of Supply</a>, believed in the VC7 and of its value to BOAC.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_93_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_93-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, beyond BOAC, other airlines were interested in operating the VC7. <a href="/wiki/Gordon_McGregor_(businessman,_born_1901)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon McGregor (businessman, born 1901)">Gordon McGregor</a>, the President of <a href="/wiki/Trans-Canada_Air_Lines" title="Trans-Canada Air Lines">Trans-Canada Air Lines</a>, travelled to Britain to lobby in favour of the project's continuation.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_94_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_94-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, BOAC Chairman <a href="/wiki/Miles_Thomas" title="Miles Thomas">Miles Thomas</a> was not as keen on the VC7; the airline had suffered considerable financial hardship due to the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet#Early_hull_losses" title="De Havilland Comet">crashes of multiple de Havilland Comets</a>, which it had invested heavily in, and BOAC had already committed itself to the improved Comet 4 and had secured permission to procure several Britannias as well.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_94_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_94-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon hearing of the V-1000's termination, Thomas called for an up-to-date specification for the VC7 to be made available, including forecasts of its unit price and delivery dates.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_93_94_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_93_94-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After reviewing this information, Thomas announced that he would not purchase the VC7 due to its weight increases impacting its performance; according to Woods, the real reason was BOAC wanting to avoid having to support another British aircraft programme in addition to its existing commitments.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_94_95_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_94_95-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of BOAC's objections to the VC7 were influenced by the Conway engine, which was still in development at that time. Amongst the detracting claims made where that the enclosed engines in the wing would be unable to accept higher powered fan engines; Woods notes that the successful application of such improvements to the military Victor proves that this was entirely possible.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_95_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_95-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the cancellation announcement, Mauldling stated to the press that the decision had been made due to both BOAC and the RAF being unwilling to order the type, leaving him without any alternative.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_97_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_97-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BOAC declared that they were perfectly happy with the Britannia for their trans-Atlantic routes, and would remain so until an enlarged <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet" title="De Havilland Comet">de Havilland Comet</a> 4 arrived in a few years. In the end, BOAC's decision would quickly be reversed when it became clear that their competitors were going to enter the jet age before them. The VC7 had been cancelled by this point, and a study demonstrated it would be too costly to restart the line. Instead, BOAC ordered the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707</a> in October 1956, ironically in a special model to be powered by the Conway.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_99_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_99-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Contrary to BOAC's worries, the Conway proved to have an almost flawless development cycle, and on several occasions outstripped the development of the models it was meant to power. </p><p>As had been pointed out at the time, the VC7's performance from limited airfields was considerably better than that of the Boeing 707, which required long runways and extensive ground support. This limited the BOAC 707s to high-volume routes between larger well-equipped airports in Europe and North America. BOAC was also under strong political pressure to offer jet service on a number of limited-capacity "Empire routes" that the Boeing could not service, and turned to Vickers for a solution. The result was the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">Vickers VC10</a>, with additional power and a smaller fuselage that dramatically improved "<a href="/wiki/Hot_and_high" title="Hot and high">hot and high</a>" performance. Although the VC10 was successful in this role, most of the airports for which it had been designed were soon improved sufficiently for the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 to be able to serve them comfortably after all. The VC10 lost its competitive edge, and sold only in limited numbers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_debate">Parliamentary debate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Parliamentary debate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cancellation led to a lengthy series of questions in the House that went on for weeks. <a href="/wiki/John_Peyton,_Baron_Peyton_of_Yeovil" title="John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil">John Peyton</a> characterised it as "this disappointing and retrograde decision".<sup id="cite_ref-hans28_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans28-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deputy Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a> asked "does not this decision mean that the American companies, the Douglas and the Boeing, will, in effect, be so far ahead of us in the next development of the pure jet that we shall have 10 or 20 years to make up at some stage afterwards?",<sup id="cite_ref-hans28_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans28-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a prediction that proved astonishingly accurate. Air Commodore <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Vere_Harvey,_Baron_Harvey_of_Prestbury" title="Arthur Vere Harvey, Baron Harvey of Prestbury">Arthur Vere Harvey</a> expressed concerns of the industry in general, while <a href="/wiki/William_Robson_Brown" title="William Robson Brown">William Robson Brown</a> questioned the wisdom of cancelling at such a late date given that £2.3 million had been invested in the project.<sup id="cite_ref-hans28_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans28-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response, the Minister of Supply, Reginald Maudling, noted that it was extremely unlikely that other airlines would order the VC7, as "everyone concerned accepts that we cannot launch an aircraft of this category into the markets of the world unless we first have a home purchaser who will buy and operate it, which is not so in this case."<sup id="cite_ref-hans28_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans28-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He declined to offer continued financial support to Vickers for the civilian model for this reason; he also claimed that development had been lagging and weight had increased to offset performance. </p><p>These later claims were attacked several weeks later in a lengthy statement by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Williams_(Conservative_politician)" title="Paul Williams (Conservative politician)">Paul Williams</a>, who pointed out that weight had indeed increased, but Rolls-Royce had addressed this by increasing power to offset this effect. He also noted that the aircraft had a built-in margin of safety due to its larger wing. He described the entire issue as "one of the most disgraceful, most disheartening and most unfortunate decisions that has been taken in relation to the British aircraft industry in recent years."<sup id="cite_ref-hans8_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans8-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Woods attributes the cancellation as being the result of a lack of understanding of the air transport industry within the British government of the era.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_98_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_98-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Debate on the issue continued, and the V-1000 continued to come up in debate as late as 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-hans6_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hans6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The V-1000 was an all-metal jet-powered aircraft, having adopted a conventional <a href="/wiki/Monoplane" title="Monoplane">monoplane</a> configuration and broadly resembling a scaled-up version of the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet" title="De Havilland Comet">de Havilland Comet</a>. The wing differed considerably from the Comet; the outer wing, which housed integral fuel tanks on the VC7 and flexible fuel bags on the V-1000, was <a href="/wiki/Swept_wing" title="Swept wing">swept</a> at 28 degrees, while the <a href="/wiki/Leading_edge" title="Leading edge">leading edge</a> of the inner wing, where the engines and air intake were located, was more highly swept at 38 degrees.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The engines, buried within the wings, were placed further outboard than the preceding Comet to reduce cabin noise and avoid the rear fuselage encountering the jet blast. Finally, while the fuselage section looks similar to other "narrow body" airliners, albeit featuring a more rounded <a href="/wiki/Ogive" title="Ogive">ogive</a>-shaped nose similar to the Comet's (a design feature also copied on the <a href="/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle" title="Sud Aviation Caravelle">Sud Aviation Caravelle</a>), the V-1000 and VC7 were both designed for a six-abreast layout, and thus had a much larger diameter than the Comet.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the then-innovative features to be used by the V-1000 was its adoption of the <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Conway" title="Rolls-Royce Conway">Rolls-Royce Conway</a> engine, the world's first <a href="/wiki/Turbofan" title="Turbofan">turbofan</a> engine. During takeoff, the Conway's power was to have been boosted by <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a>-<a href="/wiki/Methanol" title="Methanol">methanol</a> injection, of which the aircraft was to carry 550 gallons within the inner wing root.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, uprated versions of the Conway engine were under development, which would have been available for use on the V-1000.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_93_96_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_93_96-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flying controls of the wing consisted of multiple <a href="/wiki/Flap_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flap (aircraft)">flaps</a>, the inner set of which being single-slotted and the outer pair being double-slotted, two-section independently operated <a href="/wiki/Aileron" title="Aileron">ailerons</a>, and multi-section <a href="/wiki/Air_brake_(aeronautics)" title="Air brake (aeronautics)">dive brakes</a> set across various locations of the upper and lower wing surfaces.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tail surfaces were conventional and adopted a similar shape to that used for the wing; the tailplanes had a pronounced <a href="/wiki/Dihedral_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dihedral (aircraft)">dihedral</a> to keep them clear of the jet exhaust. The <a href="/wiki/Elevator_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elevator (aircraft)">elevators</a> were split into four separate sections while the <a href="/wiki/Rudder" title="Rudder">rudder</a> was divided into three separately-controlled pieces.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The fuselage consisted of a <a href="/wiki/Longeron" title="Longeron">stringer</a>-skin structure supported by large numbers of light section frames; these frames were attached to Z-section stringers which were in turn <a href="/wiki/Rivet" title="Rivet">rivetted</a> to the skin.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A semi-circular <a href="/wiki/Vertebral_column" title="Vertebral column">spine</a>-like reinforcing beam was to traverse the full length of the fuselage for strength and to stiffen the structure. The entirety of the fuselage was to be <a href="/wiki/Cabin_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabin pressure">pressurised</a>, including its two underfloor cargo holds; the only exceptions being far end of the tail and the <a href="/wiki/Landing_gear" title="Landing gear">landing gear</a> bays.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of eighteen semi-circular windows, similar to those used on the earlier <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">Vickers Viscount</a>, were to be set into the fuselage along with front and rear entrance doors and a total of six emergency exits. The floor of the main cabin was to be constructed so that it could withstand up to 75lb/sq ft in the center sections while the outer sections were to support up to 150lb/sq ft.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the military version, a total of five positions were to be provided in the cockpit; the intended crew would have been a pair of pilots, a <a href="/wiki/Flight_engineer" title="Flight engineer">flight engineer</a>, navigator, and signaller.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main cabin would have been furnished with rear-facing seats in a six-abreast configuration for up to 120 equipped troops.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_93_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92_93-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the design features of the VC7 would go on to influence the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">Vickers VC10</a>. In particular, the wing arrangement with the various high-lift devices, such as the curved Kuchemann-style wingtips adopted, proved useful in the "hot and high" roles the VC10 would later fill.<sup id="cite_ref-wood_92_24-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the VC10 was powered by the Conway, albeit in a higher-powered version with much greater bypass ratio. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(VC7)"><span id="Specifications_.28VC7.29"></span>Specifications (VC7)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Specifications (VC7)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> Vickers Aircraft since 1908<sup id="cite_ref-Andrews_vick_p570-1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrews_vick_p570-1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Capacity:</b> 100 passengers</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 146 ft 0 in (44.50 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 140 ft 0 in (42.67 m)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 3,263 sq ft (303.1 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics)" title="Aspect ratio (aeronautics)">Aspect ratio</a>:</b> 6.0:1</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 109,100 lb (49,487 kg)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 231,000 lb (104,780 kg)</li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 4 × <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Conway" title="Rolls-Royce Conway">Rolls-Royce Conway</a> turbofan, 15,000 lbf (67 kN) thrust each</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Cruise speed:</b> 520 mph (830 km/h, 450 kn)</li> <li><b>Range:</b> 4,100 mi (6,700 km, 3,600 nmi) (still air, 18,900 lb (8,600 kg) payload)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Barry Jones, "Opportunity Lost", <i>Aeroplane</i>, May 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hans8-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hans8_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hans8_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1955/dec/08/vickers-v-1000-aircraft">"Hansard 8 December 1955, Vickers V-1000 Aircraft, Motion made, and Question proposed"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a>, 8 December 1955, question tabled by Mr. Paul Williams</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lance_28-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lance_28_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lance 2000, p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_89-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wood_89_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_89_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_89_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_89_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_89_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_89_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_89_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 89.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_89_90-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wood_89_90_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_89_90_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, pp. 89-90.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_90-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wood_90_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_90_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_90_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_90_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_90_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_90_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 90.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chat.carleton.ca/~jnoakes/ram/atlantic.html">"The Avro Atlantic: An Airliner that Never Was"</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_91-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wood_91_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_91_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_91_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_91_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 91.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hans28-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hans28_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hans28_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hans28_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hans28_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hans28_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hans28_9-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hans28_9-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hans28_9-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1955/nov/28/aircraft-vickers-1000">"Hansard 28 November 1955, Aircraft , Vickers V-1000"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a>, 28 November 1955, question tabled by Mr. Paul Williams</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_91_92-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_91_92_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, pp. 91–92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_93-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wood_93_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_93_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_93_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_93_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_93_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_93_11-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 93.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_98_99-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_98_99_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, pp. 98–99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_99-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wood_99_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_99_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_93_96_97-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_93_96_97_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, pp. 93, 96-97.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_96-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wood_96_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_96_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 96.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_96_97-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_96_97_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, pp. 96-97.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_94-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wood_94_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_94_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 94.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_93_94-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_93_94_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, pp. 93-94.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_94_95-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_94_95_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, pp. 94-95.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_95-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_95_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 95.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_97-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_97_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 97.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_98-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_98_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 98.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hans6-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hans6_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1957/feb/06/north-atlantic-services-medium-range">"Hansard 6 February 1957, North Atlantic Services (Medium-Range Aircraft)"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a>, 6 February 1957, question tabled by Mr. John Rankin</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_92-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_24-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, p. 92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_93_96-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_93_96_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, pp. 93, 96.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wood_92_93-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wood_92_93_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wood 1975, pp. 92-93.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Andrews_vick_p570-1-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Andrews_vick_p570-1_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Andrews and Morgan 1988, pp. 570–571.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_V-1000&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>Andrews, C.F. and E.B. Morgan. <i>Vickers Aircraft since 1908</i>. London: Putnam, 1988. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85177-815-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-85177-815-1">0-85177-815-1</a>.</li> <li>Cole, Lance. <i>Vickers VC10</i>. Crowood, 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86126-231-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-86126-231-0">1-86126-231-0</a>.</li> <li>Wood, Derek. <i>Project Cancelled</i>. 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href="/wiki/Vickers_131_Valiant" title="Vickers 131 Valiant">131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vendace" title="Vickers Vendace">133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vellore" title="Vickers Vellore">134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Victoria" title="Vickers Victoria">138</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Virginia" title="Vickers Virginia">139</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_123" title="Vickers Type 123">141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vixen" title="Vickers Vixen">142</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_143" title="Vickers Type 143">143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Victoria" title="Vickers Victoria">145</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vixen" title="Vickers Vixen">146</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_131_Valiant" title="Vickers 131 Valiant">147</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vixen" title="Vickers Vixen">148</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vespa" title="Vickers Vespa">149</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanox" title="Vickers Vanox">150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Jockey" title="Vickers Jockey">151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viastra" title="Vickers Viastra">153</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vendace" title="Vickers Vendace">155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vendace" title="Vickers Vendace">157</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viastra" title="Vickers Viastra">160</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_161" title="Vickers Type 161">161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_161" title="Vickers Type 161">162</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_163" title="Vickers Type 163">163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vellore" title="Vickers Vellore">166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valparaiso" title="Vickers Valparaiso">168</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Victoria" title="Vickers Victoria">169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_170_Vanguard" title="Vickers Type 170 Vanguard">170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Jockey" title="Vickers Jockey">171</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vellore" title="Vickers Vellore">172</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vellore" title="Vickers Vellore">173</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_143" title="Vickers Type 143">177</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vespa" title="Vickers Vespa">193</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">194</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanox" title="Vickers Vanox">195</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Jockey" title="Vickers Jockey">196</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viastra" title="Vickers Viastra">198</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viastra" title="Vickers Viastra">199</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viastra" title="Vickers Viastra">203</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_207" title="Vickers Type 207">207</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vespa" title="Vickers Vespa">208</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">209</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vespa" title="Vickers Vespa">210</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vellore" title="Vickers Vellore">212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">216</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viastra" title="Vickers Viastra">220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanox" title="Vickers Vanox">225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">227</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_C.26/31&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers C.26/31 (page does not exist)">230</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_C.26/31&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers C.26/31 (page does not exist)">231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Victoria" title="Vickers Victoria">241</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">245</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley" title="Vickers Wellesley">246</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_B9/32&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers B9/32 (page does not exist)">249</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vespa" title="Vickers Vespa">250</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">252</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_253" title="Vickers Type 253">253</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanox" title="Vickers Vanox">255</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viastra" title="Vickers Viastra">256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">258</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viastra" title="Vickers Viastra">259</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Victoria" title="Vickers Victoria">262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_264_Valentia" title="Vickers Type 264 Valentia">263</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_264_Valentia" title="Vickers Type 264 Valentia">264</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">266</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">267</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">271</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">277</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Venom" title="Vickers Venom">279</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley" title="Vickers Wellesley">281</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_264_Valentia" title="Vickers Type 264 Valentia">283</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">284</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">285</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">286</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley" title="Vickers Wellesley">287</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley" title="Vickers Wellesley">289</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">290</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley" title="Vickers Wellesley">291</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley" title="Vickers Wellesley">292</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_B.12/36&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers B.12/36 (page does not exist)">293</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley" title="Vickers Wellesley">294</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">295</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">296</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">298</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">299</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_B.1/35&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers B.1/35 (page does not exist)">400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">401</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley" title="Vickers Wellesley">402</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">403</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_B.1/39&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers B.1/39 (page does not exist)">405</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">406—410</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_432" title="Vickers Type 432">414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">416—419</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_432" title="Vickers Type 432">420</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">426</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">427</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">428—431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_432" title="Vickers Type 432">432</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">433</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">435—443</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">444</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">445</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_432" title="Vickers Type 432">446</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">447</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">448</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">449</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">451</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">452</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">453</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">454</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">455</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">456</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">457</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">458</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">459</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">461</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">462</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">463</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" title="Avro Lancaster">464</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">465</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">466</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">467</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">469</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">470</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">471</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">473</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">474</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">475</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">478</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">479</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">480</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">481</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">483</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">485</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">488</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">490</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">491</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">492</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">493</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">495</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">496</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">498</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">499</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_559" title="Vickers Type 559">559</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAC_TSR-2" title="BAC TSR-2">571</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAC_TSR-2" title="BAC TSR-2">579</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_Type_581&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers Type 581 (page does not exist)">581</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_SST&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers SST (page does not exist)">586</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_SST&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers SST (page does not exist)">587</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">602</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">604</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">607</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">610</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">611</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">614—618</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">619</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">620—628</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">630</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">632</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">634</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">635</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">636</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">637</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">638</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">639</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">640</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">641—646</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Varsity" title="Vickers Varsity">648</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">649</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">650</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">651</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">654</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">657</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">659</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">660</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">663</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">664</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">667</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Varsity" title="Vickers Varsity">668</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">672—674</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">700—703</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">705</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">706</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">709</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UB.109T" title="UB.109T">711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UB.109T" title="UB.109T">715</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">721</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">722</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">723</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">724</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UB.109T" title="UB.109T">725</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">726</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">730—732</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">734—742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">744—745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">747—749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">754—757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">759—798</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_OR.323&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers OR.323 (page does not exist)">799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">800—843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard" title="Vickers Vanguard">850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard" title="Vickers Vanguard">860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard" title="Vickers Vanguard">870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard" title="Vickers Vanguard">877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Dean" title="Red Dean">888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vigilant" title="Vickers Vigilant">889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vigilant" title="Vickers Vigilant">891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vigilant" title="Vickers Vigilant">894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vigilant" title="Vickers Vigilant">897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard" title="Vickers Vanguard">900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard" title="Vickers Vanguard">901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard" title="Vickers Vanguard">950—953</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1000—1004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">1100—1106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">1109—1112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">1125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">1150—1154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">1164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">1170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">1180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">1181</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">1400</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Hydravion" title="Vickers Hydravion">Hydravion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_R.E.P._Type_Monoplane" title="Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane">Monoplane No.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air-tractor_sledge" title="Air-tractor sledge">Monoplane No.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_R.E.P._Type_Monoplane" title="Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane">Monoplane No.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_R.E.P._Type_Monoplane" title="Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane">Monoplane No.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_R.E.P._Type_Monoplane" title="Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane">Monoplane No.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_R.E.P._Type_Monoplane" title="Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane">Monoplane No.6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_R.E.P._Type_Monoplane" title="Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane">Monoplane No.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_R.E.P._Type_Monoplane" title="Vickers R.E.P. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">Tay Viscount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vagabond" title="Vickers Vagabond">Vagabond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_170_Vanguard" title="Vickers Type 170 Vanguard">Vanguard (1923)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard" title="Vickers Vanguard">Vanguard (1959)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC.1_Viking" title="Vickers VC.1 Viking">VC.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">VC.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Varsity" title="Vickers Varsity">VC.3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_VC.4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers VC.4 (page does not exist)">VC.4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_VC.5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers VC.5 (page does not exist)">VC.5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_VC.6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers VC.6 (page does not exist)">VC.6</a></li> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st World War<br />Fighting Biplanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_E.F.B.1" title="Vickers E.F.B.1">E.F.B.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.5" title="Vickers F.B.5">E.F.B.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.5" title="Vickers F.B.5">E.F.B.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.5" title="Vickers F.B.5">E.F.B.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.5" title="Vickers F.B.5">F.B.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.5" title="Vickers F.B.5">F.B.6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_E.F.B.7" title="Vickers E.F.B.7">E.F.B.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_E.F.B.8" title="Vickers E.F.B.8">E.F.B.8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.5" title="Vickers F.B.5">F.B.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.11" title="Vickers F.B.11">F.B.11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.12" title="Vickers F.B.12">F.B.12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.14" title="Vickers F.B.14">F.B.14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.16" title="Vickers F.B.16">F.B.16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.19" title="Vickers F.B.19">F.B.19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.25" title="Vickers F.B.25">F.B.23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.24" title="Vickers F.B.24">F.B.24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.25" title="Vickers F.B.25">F.B.25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vampire" title="Vickers Vampire">F.B.26 Vampire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vimy" title="Vickers Vimy">F.B.27 Vimy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_123" title="Vickers Type 123">123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_123" title="Vickers Type 123">141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_143" title="Vickers Type 143">143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Jockey" title="Vickers Jockey">151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_161" title="Vickers Type 161">161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_161" title="Vickers Type 161">162</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_143" title="Vickers Type 143">177</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Venom" title="Vickers Venom">279</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_432" title="Vickers Type 432">432</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_143" title="Vickers Type 143">Bolivian Scout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.19" title="Vickers F.B.19">Bullet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_161" title="Vickers Type 161">C.O.W. Gun Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_E.S.1" title="Vickers E.S.1">E.S.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_E.S.1" title="Vickers E.S.1">E.S.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.5" title="Vickers F.B.5">Gunbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.16" title="Vickers F.B.16">Hart Scout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Jockey" title="Vickers Jockey">Jockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valparaiso" title="Vickers Valparaiso">Valparaiso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vampire" title="Vickers Vampire">Vampire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Venom" title="Vickers Venom">Venom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vireo" title="Vickers Vireo">Vireo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wibault" title="Vickers Wibault">Wibault Scout</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bombers, GP and<br />reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_163" title="Vickers Type 163">163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_207" title="Vickers Type 207">207</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_253" title="Vickers Type 253">253</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_Type_581&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vickers Type 581 (page does not exist)">581</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_Bomber" title="Victory Bomber">Bomber scheme C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valentia" title="Vickers Valentia">Valentia (1921)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_131_Valiant" title="Vickers 131 Valiant">Valiant (1927)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">Valiant (1951)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viking" title="Vickers Viking">Vanellus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanox" title="Vickers Vanox">Vanox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Venture" title="Vickers Venture">Venture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vespa" title="Vickers Vespa">Vespa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_Bomber" title="Victory Bomber">Victory Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vigilant_(1920)" title="Vickers Vigilant (1920)">Vigilant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viking" title="Vickers Viking">Viking (1919)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">Vildebeest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vimy" title="Vickers Vimy">Vimy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vildebeest" title="Vickers Vildebeest">Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Virginia" title="Vickers Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vixen" title="Vickers Vixen">Vivid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vixen" title="Vickers Vixen">Vixen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viking" title="Vickers Viking">Vulture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley" title="Vickers Wellesley">Wellesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Windsor" title="Vickers Windsor">Windsor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military Transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Type_264_Valentia" title="Vickers Type 264 Valentia">Valentia (1934)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">Valetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vernon" title="Vickers Vernon">Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Victoria" title="Vickers Victoria">Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trainers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Varsity" title="Vickers Varsity">Varsity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vendace" title="Vickers Vendace">Vendace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VIM" title="Vickers VIM">Vickers Instructional Machine (VIM)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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