Vickers Varsity Aircraft
Varsity T.1, Cosford | |
Production Details | |
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Design Company: |
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First Flight: |
17 July 1949 |
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Type 668 Varsity: |
3 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
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Varsity T.1: |
160 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
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Type Specification | |
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Applies to: |
Vickers Varsity T.1 |
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Type: |
Twin engined general purpose aircrew trainer |
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Wing: |
Mid wing cantilever monoplane. All metal single spar stressed skin construction |
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Fuselage: |
Light alloy structure |
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Tail Unit: |
Cantilever monoplane type. Construction similar to wings |
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Landing Gear: |
Retractable nose wheel type. All units have twin wheels |
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Power Plant: |
Two 1,950 hp Bristol Hercules 264 fourteen cylinder two row radial air cooled sleeve valve engines. Rotol four blade constant speed fully feathering airscrews, diameter 14 ft |
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Accommodation: |
Flight deck in forward fuselage seating student pilot and instructor side by side, with student signaller and instructor behind. Side by side bomb aiming station for instructor and student in nose of underslung nacelle. Station for instructor and two navigator students in rear fuselage aft of main spar |
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Dimensions | |
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Span: |
95 ft 7 in |
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Length: |
67 ft 6 in |
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Height: |
23 ft 11 in |
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Wing Area: |
974 sq ft |
Weights | |
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Tare: |
27,040 lb |
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Max All Up: |
37,500 lb |
Performance | |
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Max Cruise Speed: |
288 mph at 10,000 ft |
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Initial Rate of Climb: |
1,400 ft/min |
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Service Ceiling: |
28,700 ft |
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Range: |
2,648 miles |
Preserved in British Museums | |
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Varsity T.1: |
WF369 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display WF372 - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Display WJ903 - Aeroventure, Doncaster - Nose WJ945 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display WL626 - Aeropark, Nottingham East Midlands Airport - Display WL679 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display |
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