Canadian Vickers Velos
Appearance
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Role | Survey floatplane |
National origin | Canada |
Manufacturer | Canadian Vickers |
First flight | 1928 |
Retired | 1928 |
Status | destroyed |
Primary user | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Number built | 1 |
The Canadian Vickers Velos was a Canadian twin-engined float-equipped sesquiplane designed and built by Canadian Vickers Limited in 1928. Designed for survey work, it proved difficult to fly and only one was built.
Operator
[edit]Specification
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Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Length: 44 ft 0 in (13.41 m)
- Wingspan: 68 ft 0 in (20.73 m)
- Max takeoff weight: 7,918 lb (3,592 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial piston engine
Performance
- Maximum speed: 85 mph (137 km/h, 74 kn)
See also
[edit]Related lists
References
[edit]- ^ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 1040.
External links
[edit] Media related to Canadian Vickers Velos at Wikimedia Commons