Langstreckenbomber Vickers FB 27 A Vimy “Transatlantic”, GB 1919

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.

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.

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Langstreckenbomber Vickers FB 27 A Vimy, Transatlantic

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

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

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