Vickers Vimy

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The Vickers Vimy was a British twin‑engine biplane bomber from World War I, best known for making the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane
bomber aircraft
twin‑engine aircraft
aircraftCategory bomber
military aircraft
aircraftConfiguration biplane
armament bombs
machine guns
construction wood and fabric
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 3
designer R. K. Pierson
surface form: Reginald Kirshaw Pierson
engineConfiguration twin‑engine
enteredService 1919
era World War I
surface form: World War I era
firstFlight 1917
firstNonStopTransatlanticFlightCrew Arthur Whitten Brown
John Alcock
firstNonStopTransatlanticFlightDate June 1919
firstNonStopTransatlanticFlightFrom St. John’s
surface form: St. John’s, Newfoundland
firstNonStopTransatlanticFlightTo Clifden, County Galway
surface form: Clifden, Ireland
height about 4.6 m
introduced 1919
landingGear fixed landing gear
length about 13.3 m
manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs
surface form: Vickers Limited
maximumSpeed about 160 km/h
notableFor first non‑stop transatlantic flight
long‑distance record flights
numberOfEngines 2
operator Royal Air Force
civil operators (converted Vimy Commercial)
powerplant Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 piston engine
surface form: Rolls‑Royce Eagle VIII engine
primaryUser Royal Air Force
Royal Flying Corps
productionStatus out of production
range about 1,300 km
retired 1933
role heavy bomber
serviceCeiling about 3,000 m
tailConfiguration conventional tail
usedBy Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Flying Corps
South African Air Force
usedInConflict World War I
variant Vickers Vimy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vickers Vimy Commercial

Vickers Vimy of Alcock and Brown
surface form: Vickers Vimy Transatlantic
wingspan about 20.7 m

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John Alcock aircraftFlown Vickers Vimy
Rolls-Royce Eagle notableAircraft Vickers Vimy
this entity surface form: Vickers Vimy (early versions)
Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 piston engine usedOnAircraft Vickers Vimy
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII
Arthur Whitten Brown aircraftFlown Vickers Vimy
Napier Lion notableApplication Vickers Vimy
this entity surface form: Vickers Vimy Commercial
John aircraftFlown Vickers Vimy
subject surface form: John Alcock
Vickers Vimy variant Vickers Vimy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vickers Vimy Commercial
No. 7 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Vickers Vimy