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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:aircraft
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Vickers_Valetta
gptkb:Vickers_Viscount
gptkb:Vickers_Varsity
gptkb:Vickers_Wellington_Mk._X
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gptkbp:acquisition
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Merged with Bristol Aeroplane Company
Merged with English Electric Company
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gptkbp:discontinued
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1960s
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gptkbp:founded
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1908
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Vickers_Limited
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Vickers Aircraft Company
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gptkbp:industry
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Aerospace
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gptkbp:key_people
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gptkb:Sir_John_C._Vickers
Sir George Vickers
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:England
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gptkbp:notable_event
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World War II production
First flight of Vickers Vanguard in 1953
First flight of Vickers Viscount in 1948
First flight of Vickers Wellington in 1938
Formation of British Aircraft Corporation in 1960s
Post-war aircraft development
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gptkbp:notable_products
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gptkb:Vickers_Viscount
gptkb:Vickers_Vanguard
gptkb:automobile
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gptkbp:parent_company
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gptkb:Vickers_Limited
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gptkbp:products
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gptkb:horse_race
gptkb:aircraft
Bombers
Experimental aircraft
Seaplanes
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gptkbp:related_to
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gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Commercial_aviation
Engineering
Aircraft design
Aircraft manufacturing
British aviation history
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gptkbp:subsidiary
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gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:British_Aircraft_Corporation
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gptkbp:type
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Private company
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