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Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public in 1867, acquired more businesses, and began branching out into military hardware and shipbuilding. In 1911, the company expanded into aircraft manufacture.

Amazing Vickers Armstrong Whitworth

Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927. The majority of the company was nationalised in the 1960s and 1970s, with the remainder being divested as Vickers plc in 1977. It was one of Britain's most prominent armaments firms

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History

Vickers merged with the Tyneside-based engineering company Armstrong Whitworth, founded by William Armstrong, to become Vickers-Armstrongs. Armstrong Whitworth and Vickers had developed along similar lines, expanding into various military sectors and produced a whole suite of military products. Armstrong Whitworth were notable for their artillery manufacture at Elswick and shipbuilding at a yard at High Walker on the River Tyne.

Vickers-Armstrong Works in Scotswood

1929 saw the merger of the acquired railway business with those of Cammell Laird to form Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon (MCCW); Metro Cammell.

In 1935, before rearmament began, Vickers-Armstrongs was the third-largest manufacturing employer in Britain, behind Unilever and ICI.

In 1956 Dorothy Hatfield became the first female engineering apprentice at Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Brooklands, followed in 1958 by Janet Gulland who was the first female graduate apprentice at the company.

Founded 1828; aircraft 1927 

Industry Building of ships and floating structures
Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
Manufacture of military fighting vehicles
arms industry
metal industryvehicle construction
Predecessor Vickers
Founded 1927
Defunct 1977
Fate Assets split and majority nationalised
Successor Vickers plc
British Aircraft Corporation (est. 1960)
British Shipbuilders
British Steel Corporation
Headquarters Vickers House, Westminster, London
Key people
Parent Vickers Limited
Armstrong Whitworth

Product list Vickers Armstrong Whitworth included in Aircrafttotal 

Vickers Varsity / Vickers Vanguard / Vickers VC-10 / Vickers Viscount type 630 / Vickers valint /
Vickers FB.5 gunbus / Vickers Viking / 

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Missiles And Other Weapons
"Upkeep" And "Highball" / Bouncing Bombs / Tallboy Bomb / Grand Slam Bomb


AVRO York / AirspeedAmbasador / BAC Trident / Bristol Type 175 Brittania / Bristol Freighter / BAe Jetstream / Hawker 125 / Hawker 900 / BAe RJ85 / BAC 1-11 Britten Norman Defender / Britten Norman Islander / Britten Norman Trilander / Havilland DHC-6 / Percival Pembroke / Hawker 748 Andover / Hawker ATP / DeHavilland DH.84 Dragon / DeHavilland DH.89 Rapide / DeHavilland DH.106 Comet / DeHavilland DH.104 Dove / DeHavilland DH.114 Heron / DHA-3 Drover /
Bac Aerospaciale Concorde / Scottish Aviation Pioneer / Short Skyvan / Short 360 /
 Vickers Varsity / Vickers Vanguard / Vickers VC-10 / Vickers Viscount.

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Vickers-Armstrongs Limited amazing aircraft of the past & future.

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Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and  Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927

Vickers FB5 Gunbus

Vickers F.B.5 (Fighting Biplane 5) (known as the "Gunbus") was a British two-seat pusher military biplane of the First World War. Armed with a  .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun

Vickers Wellington

Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey

Vickers VC1 Viking

Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited

Vickers Vanguard 

Vickers Vanguard was a short/medium-range turboprop airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs

Vickers Valiant

Vickers Valiant was a British high-altitude jet bomber designed to carry nuclear weapons, and in the 1950s and 1960s was part of the Royal Air Force's "V bomber"

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Vickers Visccount type 630

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General Info

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General Info

  • Crew: 2 pilots + cabin crew
  • Capacity: 75 passengers
  • Length: 85 ft 8 in (26.11 m)
  • Wingspan: 93 ft 8 in (28.55 m)
  • Height: 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
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Performance

    • Maximum speed: 352 mph (566 km/h
    • Range: 1,380 mi (2,220 km, 1,200 nmi)
    • Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
    • Wing loading: 75 lb/sq ft (370 kg/m2)
    • Power/mass: 0.12 hp/lb
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