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The Vickers Valentia was a 1920s British flying boat designed during the First World War.

Valentia
Valentia (N126) at the Marine and Armament Experimental Establishment, Isle of Grain, April 1923.[1]
Role Flying boat
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs
First flight 5 Mar 1921
Introduction 1921
Retired 1924
Primary user Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment
Number built 3

History


Three Valentia prototypes were built by the Vickers Company at their Barrow works (Walney Island perhaps), having been ordered in May 1918 as a potential replacement for the Felixstowe F.5. The hull was built by S.E.Saunders works at Cowes. The first of the three (Serial Number N124) first flew on 5 March 1921, when Stanley Cockerell began test-flying it over the Solent.[2] N124 was damaged on landing in June 1921 and was dismantled, the second N125 forced landed on its delivery flight on 15 March 1922[3] The third flying boat N126 was delivered in 1923 and used for trials until it was withdrawn from use in November 1924.

The name was later re-used for a transport aircraft, the Vickers Type 264 Valentia.


Specifications (Valentia)


Data from Vickers Aircraft since 1908 [4]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


See also


Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era


References


  1. Chorlton, Martyn, ed. (2012). Aeroplane Collectors' Archive: Golden Age of Flying-boats. Kelsey Publishing Group, Cudham, Kent. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-907426-71-1.
  2. "Air Ministry's New Flying Boat", The Times, 8 March 1921
  3. Wixey, Ken, "Flying Boats of the RAF: 1920s 'One-offs' ", FlyPast No. 106, Stamford, Lincs., U.K., May 1990, page 68.
  4. Andrews and Morgan 1988, p.482.
  5. "The Vickers-Saunders flying boat "Valentia"". Flight. XIII (11): 191. 17 March 1921.
  6. London 2003, pp.266–267.

На других языках


- [en] Vickers Valentia

[fr] Vickers Valentia (hydravion)

Le Vickers Valentia était un hydravion biplan britannique de patrouille maritime, conçu par Vickers Limited pendant la Première Guerre mondiale

[it] Vickers-Saunders Valentia

Il Vickers-Saunders Valentia era un idrovolante biplano a scafo centrale prodotto congiuntamente dalle aziende britanniche Vickers e S.E. Saunders & sons nei primi anni venti. Le prove operative furono caratterizzate da due incidenti e complessivamente il velivolo mise in luce prestazioni di scarso rilievo che condussero le autorità a non procedere con ulteriori ordini di costruzione.



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