Kolbenmotorflugzeug

Langstreckenbomber Vickers FB 27 A Vimy, Transatlantic

Dating

Vorbild: 1919

Persons

Rolls-Royce Ldt. (Rolls Royce) (1906), Hersteller/in Motor, archivalisch belegt

Vickers Limited (1911 - 1927), Hersteller/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Description

Langstreckenbomber Vickers FB 27 A Vimy Transatlantic Vorbild: Modifizierter Nachtbomber der Captain J. Alcock und Lieutenant A. Whitten Brown für die Atlantiküberquerung von Neufunland nach Irland am 14. und 15. Juni 1919 diente. Spannweite 21 m, Länge 13 m, Höhe 4.7 m, V'max. 166 km/h, Fluggewicht 6 t, Motoren 2x 360 PS Rolls Royce Eagle V III.

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Geography

Herkunftsland/Herkunftsort: Grossbritanien, Vorbild

Material / Technique

Holz, Metall, Kunststoff, Schnur

Dimensions

32 x 51.5 x 11.5 cm

Inventory number

VHS-4163

Legend

Pioneers pave the way The geographical barriers fall Louis Blériot’s crossing the English Channel in 1909 proved that there were no more geographical barriers to aviation. The potential of First World War multi-engined bomber aircraft was clearly demonstrated by the long-distance flights in the years after 1918: the first transatlantic flights were made in 1919 using military aircraft. John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown flew from Newfoundland to Ireland in a Vickers Vimy and Albert C. Read in stages from New York via the Azores and Lisbon to Plymouth in a Curtiss NC-4 flying boat.