Vickers Venom
Страна: Великобритания
Год: 1936

Единственный экземпляр
An early Aquila engine was installed in a Vickers Venom fighter.
The square-cut appearance of the Venom is apparent in this view and is in total contrast to the Spitfire fighter test flown during the same period.
View of the Vickers Venom taken at Brooklands in June 1936. After extensive testing the aircraft was scrapped in 1939.
View of the Venom taken at Brooklands in mid-1936. The first flight of this aircraft was made on June 17, 1936, from Brooklands.
The Vickers P.V. fighter with Bristol Aquila sleeve valve engine.
View of the Venom taken at Brooklands in mid-1936. The first flight of this aircraft was made on June 17, 1936, from Brooklands.
The shape of wings to come. Monoplanes fill the new types park at the 1936 pageant.
One wonders if anyone who walked past the New Types Park at the 1936 Hendon RAF Pageant realised the significance of Nos 1 and 2, the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire prototypes. Just visible too is the tail of the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, destined to become one of the mainstays of Bomber Command during the early part of the war, three years away.
Built as a private venture to the same specification as the Gloster, the Vickers Venom has an Aquila sleeve-valve engine.
The Vickers Venom arriving at Hatfield for the SBAC show on June 27, 1936. Note the fully extended 90° deflection trailing-edge flaps and the Perspex observation panels positioned below the main cockpit canopy.
Quill took over the testing of the Vickers Type 279 Venom in June 1936.
SWIFT POISON: The Vickers Venom single-seater fighter with Bristol Aquila sleeve-valve engine.
Vickers Fighter. Note the simple electrically operated undercarriage
Vickers Type 279 Venom
The Venom, derived from the Type 151, was Vickers' first fighter to feature a retractable undercarriage.