Vickers Aircraft
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Model
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Date
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Detail
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FB5 Gunbus
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1914
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Fighter & Reconnaissance. Two-seater pusher-type biplane powered by 100 hp Gnome or 110 hp Clerget engine.
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FB9 Gunbus
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1915
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Improved version of FB5 but few were made except for training.
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Baby
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1917
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Single seat fighter flying boat
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Vimy
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1918
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Heavy bomber. Three / four crew biplane. Used by Alcock and Brown to do the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in 1919. Powered by two 360 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII. Around 200-250 aircraft actually produced. Considerable numbers of the Vimy, of the type which crossed the Atlantic in 1919 were built by Westland Aircraft.
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Sea Lion
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1919
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Schneider race flying boat
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Sea King
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1919
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Single seat fighter flying boat
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Channel
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1919
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Civil version of the AD Boat
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Seagull
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1921
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Amphibian Fleet Spotter. 450 hp Napier Lion engines. 6 built.
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Vernon II
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1921
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Troop or cargo transport; Air ambulance. Three / four crew biplane. Powered by two 450 hp Napier Lion II engines.
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Viking
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1919-1923
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Amphibious aeroplane.
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Varuna
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1920s-1932
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Similar to Vedette but larger and powered by two Lynx engines.
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Viginia X
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1922
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Heavy bomber. Three / four crew biplane built as the Vimy replacement. Powered by two 580 hp Napier Lion VB engines.
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Viget
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1923
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Single bay biplane. Only one was built, reg G-EBHN.
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Sea Eagle
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1923
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Civil amphibian flying boat
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Valparaiso
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1923-1936
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Similar to Vixen. Powered by 470 hp Napier Lion IA engine
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Scarab
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1924
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Military version of Sea Eagle
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Swan
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1924
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Experimental amphibian
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Sparrow
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1924
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Two-seat ultralight
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Vanguard
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1924
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Twenty-three seat passenger machine.
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Venture
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1924
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Army reconnaissance biplane similar to Vixen. Only six built for evaluation.
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Vixen.
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1925
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General purpose biplane. Powered by 500 hp Napier Lion V.
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Victoria
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1925
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Troop transport. Three / four crew biplane. Powered by two 570 hp Napier Lion XIB. Built upon the Virginia model.
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Southampton
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1925
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Flying boat for general reconnaissance. Five-crew biplane with two 470 hp Napier Lion V or two 502 hp Napier Lion VA engines suspended on struts between the two wings. Mk1 had a wooden hull but the Mk2 was metal. 78 were built. A Southampton X was built with three Jupiter engines.
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S.4
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1925
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Schneider race seaplane
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Vedette
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1925-1941
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Three-seat biplane flying boat. Powered by 200 hp Wright Whirlwind or Armstrong Siddeley Motors Lynx pusher engine.
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Wibault Scout
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1926-1934
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Single-seater monoplane fighter. 26 built.
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S.5
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1927
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Schneider race seaplane.
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Vivid
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1927
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Military two seater.
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Vellore
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1928
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Freight Carrier.
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Seamew
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1928
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Vendance
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1928-1933
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Two-seater biplane trainer. Powered by 300 hp Hispano-Suiza 8
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Vespa
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1928-1940
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Army co-operation biplane. Powered by 490 hp Armstrong Siddeley Motors Jaguar VIC engine.
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S.6
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1929
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Racing seaplane.
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Valiant
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1929
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General Service Military machine.
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Interceptor
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1929
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Single-seater all metal fighter.
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Jockey
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1930
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Interceptor fighter - Only one was ever built.
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B 19/27
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1930
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Night Bomber - A Development of the Virginia. A Four Seater Twin-Tractor Bi-plane.
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143 Scout
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1930
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Single seat biplane fighter.
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S.6B
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1931
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Racing seaplane (first aircraft over 400 mph)
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Flying Yacht
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1931
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Six-passenger All Metal Flying Yacht.
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Rolls-Royce Type 163 Night Bomber
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1931
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4 Engined Night Bomber.
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Scapa
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1932
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Flying boat for general reconnaissance. Five crew biplane powered by two 525 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIIMS engines. Re-engineered version of the Southampton. 14 planes built.
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Stranraer
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1932
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Vildebeest
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1932
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Torpedo bomber. Two / three crew biplane and 22 troops. Powered by one 600 hp Pegasus IM3; 635 hp Pegasus IIM3 and 825 hp Perseus VIII engines. 194 planes were produced.
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Seagull
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1933
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Mk V. Amphibian Flying Boat.
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Vellox
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1933
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Passenger, Mail and Freight Carrier.
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Vincent
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1933-1942
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Army co-operation and general purpose. Two / three crew biplane designed primarily for tropical service. Powered by one 650 hp Pegasus IIM3 engines. Design based on the Vildebeest. Around 200 planes produced.
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Valentia
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1936
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Troop transport. Three / four crew biplane. Powered by two two 660 hp Pegasus IIL.3 engines. Built upon the Victoria model.
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Spitfire
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1936
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Walrus
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1936-1944
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Reconnaissance amphibian. Based on the Seagull. Powered by Pegasus VI engines. 740 built.
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Wellesley
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1937
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Sea Otter
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1938
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Flying boat
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Wellington
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1938-1953
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Medium bomber monoplane. Mk1 powered by two 1,000 hp Pegasus XVIII radial engines. 11,464 aircraft built. in the late 1930s Vickers succeeded in building Wellingtons at a rate of one per day at Weybridge and 50 per month at Chester. Peak wartime production in 1942 saw monthly rates of 70 achieved at Weybridge, 130 at Chester and 102 at Blackpool.
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Warwick
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1939
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Twin engined monoplane bomber.
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Seafire
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1942
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Carrier-based fighter.
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Spiteful
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1944
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Replacement for the Spitfire
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Seafang
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1946
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Development of Spiteful. Naval fighter bomber.
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Attacker
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1946
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Jet fighter
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Viking V.C.1
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1946
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Airliner.
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Viking IB
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1948
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Medium twin-engined civil transport.
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Seagull ASR-1
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1948
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Air-sea rescue and reconnaissance
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Swift
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1948
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Post World War Two jet fighter
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Viscount
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1948-1950
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Turbo-prop Airliner
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Vickers: Valiant (Four-Jet Bomber)
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1951
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Strategic Bomber
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Scimitar
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1951
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Naval ground attack aircraft
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525
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508
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1951
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Twin jet naval fighter.
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N.113
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1956
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Naval Strike aircraft
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Vickers Vanguard
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1959
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Airliner.
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Vickers V.C.10
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1962
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Airliner.
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