The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited. Developed during the latter stages of the First World War to equip the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Vimy was designed by Rex Pierson, Vickers' chief designer.
Only a handful of Vickers Vimy aircraft had entered service by the time the Armistice of 11 November 1918 came into effect, so the type did not serve in active combat operations during the war, but the Vimy became the core of the Royal Air Force (RAF)'s heavy bomber force throughout the 1920s. The Vimy achieved success as both a military and a civil aircraft, the latter using the Vimy Commercial variant. A dedicated transport derivative of the Vimy, the Vickers Vernon, became the first troop-transport aircraft operated by the RAF.
During the interwar period the Vimy set several records for long-distance flights, the most celebrated and significant of these being the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, performed by John Alcock and Arthur Brown in June 1919. Other record-breaking flights were made from the United Kingdom to destinations such as South Africa and Australia. The Vimy continued to be operated until the 1930s in both military and civil capacities.
Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Vimy was designed by Rex Pierson, Vickers' chief designer. Only a handful of VickersVimy aircraft had entered service by...
non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War VickersVimy bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland...
Aerodrome to Darwin via Singapore and Batavia on 10 December 1919. Their VickersVimy aircraft, affectionately known as "God 'Elp All Of Us", is preserved...
The Vickers Virginia was a biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force, developed from the VickersVimy. Work on the Virginia was started in 1920...
RAF. The Vernon was a development of the VickersVimy Commercial, a passenger variant of the famous VickersVimy bomber, and was powered by twin Napier...
co-pilot, and mechanics James Bennett and Wally Shiers, in a modified VickersVimy bomber. In early 1919, the Commonwealth Government of Australia offered...
were larger than the standard Luftwaffe bombers of World War II. The VickersVimy, a long-range heavy bomber powered by two Rolls-Royce Eagle engines,...
designer and chief designer at Vickers Limited later Vickers-Armstrongs Aircraft Ltd. He was responsible for the VickersVimy, a heavy bomber designed during...
Metropolitan-Vickers, then merging the remaining bulk of the original business with Armstrong Whitworth to form Vickers-Armstrongs. The Vickers name resurfaced...
flew from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, England on 12 November 1919 in a VickersVimy, eventually landing in Darwin Australia on 10 December, taking less than...
The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee...
The Hyderabad was produced as a replacement night bomber for the RAF's VickersVimy and Airco DH.10 Amiens bombers. It was a derivative of the Handley Page...
The Vickers Vulcan was a British single-engine biplane airliner of the 1920s built by Vickers Limited at Brooklands Aerodrome, Surrey. It carried eight...
"Wings of Peace (Vickers Vulcan)". Aeroplane Monthly. Kelsey. pp. 609–612. Stroud, John (February 1984). "Wings of Peace (VickersVimy Commercial)". Aeroplane...
with the letter "V". Vickers' submission had initially been rejected as not being as advanced as the Victor and the Vulcan, but Vickers' chief designer George...
Brown took off from Lester's Field in St. John's, Newfoundland in a VickersVimy. They navigated across the Atlantic Ocean by dead reckoning and landed...
was made in 1919, by John Alcock and Arthur Brown, in a twin-engine VickersVimy, from Newfoundland to Ireland in sixteen hours. By 1936 the Bureau of...
First non–stop transatlantic flight: John Alcock and Arthur Brown flew a VickersVimy from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland, on June 14–15, 1919...
The Vickers VC10 is a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first flown at...
cross the Atlantic (but in multiple stages). Later that year, a British VickersVimy piloted by Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight...
After the war, O/400s remained in squadron service until replaced by the VickersVimy toward the end of 1919. War-surplus aircraft were converted for civilian...
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