Vickers Varsity

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:category gptkb:Vickers_aircraft
high-wing aircraft
twin piston-engined tractor aircraft
aircraft first flown in 1949
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew 5
gptkbp:engine gptkb:Bristol_Hercules_264
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:piston_engine
gptkbp:firstFlight 17 July 1949
gptkbp:height 6.10 m
gptkbp:introduced 1951
gptkbp:length 22.35 m
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 452 km/h
gptkbp:maxTakeoffWeight 24,040 kg
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Flying_Classroom
gptkbp:numberBuilt 163
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Vickers_Wellington_T10
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Swedish_Air_Force_Museum
gptkb:Brooklands_Museum
gptkb:Imperial_War_Museum_Duxford
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_Museum_Cosford
gptkb:Newark_Air_Museum
gptkbp:primaryUser gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:range 2,735 km
gptkbp:retired 1976
gptkbp:role navigation trainer
bomb aimer trainer
crew trainer
radio operator trainer
gptkbp:serviceCeiling 7,620 m
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley_Andover
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Swedish_Air_Force
gptkb:RAF_Topcliffe
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_College_Cranwell
gptkb:Royal_Aircraft_Establishment
gptkb:Empire_Test_Pilots'_School
gptkb:French_Air_Force
gptkb:A&AEE_Boscombe_Down
gptkb:RAF_Oakington
gptkb:RAF_Stradishall
gptkb:RAF_Finningley
gptkbp:wingspan 29.87 m
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_Museum
gptkb:RAF_Museum_Cosford
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vickers Varsity