Vickers Varsity
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The Vickers Varsity was a British twin-engine military trainer aircraft used primarily by the Royal Air Force for crew training in the post-World War II era.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military trainer aircraft
ⓘ
twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | transport‑derived trainer ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | all‑metal construction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| designedFor | training complete bomber crews ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Vickers Valetta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vickers Viking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature | large ventral pannier for bomb‑aimer training ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | twin‑engine ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1949-07-17 ⓘ |
| fuselageOrigin | based on Vickers Valetta fuselage ⓘ |
| hasNATOReportingName | none ⓘ |
| introduced | 1951 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Vickers‑Armstrongs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturerDivision | Vickers‑Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableVariant | Varsity T.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | around 160 ⓘ |
| operator |
Royal Air Force
ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerplant | Bristol Hercules radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pressurisedCabin | true ⓘ |
| primaryConfiguration | trainer ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| retiredFromRAF | 1976 ⓘ |
| role |
bombing trainer
ⓘ
crew trainer ⓘ navigation trainer ⓘ radio operator trainer ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
RAF Bomber Command (training units)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RAF Flying Training Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor | Hawker Siddeley Andover (in some training roles) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivingExamples | preserved in museums in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tailplane ⓘ |
| usedBy | RAF training schools ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air engineer training
ⓘ
bomb aimer training ⓘ multi‑engine pilot training ⓘ navigator training ⓘ radio operator training ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | post‑World War II era ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bristol Hercules