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Vertical Aerospace - VA-X2 Seraph / VA-X4 - 2021 - Великобритания
Vickers - No.6 - 1912 - Великобритания
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Aviation Historian 10 / F.Merriam - Birds of a Feather /Echoes from Dawn Skies/ (5)
The first non-airship aircraft built by Vickers was a series of seven monoplanes based on designs by Robert Esnault-Pelterie, with fuselages made of steel tubing braced with piano wire and covered with fabric. Seen here is Monoplane No 2, later acquired for use on the 1912 Australian Antarctic expedition.
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Flight 1937-05 / Flight
The R.E.P. monoplane was one of the first to be built in this country by Vickers, Ltd. It had an R.E.P. semi-radial or "fan" shaped air-cooled engine. Steel construction was employed.
