Tag: aeroplane
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Vickers Type 253
Vickers Type 253 The Vickers Type 253 was built to Air Ministry specification G.4/31 for a general purpose aircraft capable of carrying out level bombing, army co-operation, dive bombing, reconnaissance, casualty evacuation and torpedo bombing. The design is often also known as the Vickers G.4/31. Although a conventional biplane design, the internal fuselage construction, designed Read more
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Parnall Pipet
Parnall Pipet Designed as a shipborne fighter, the Parnall Pipet first flew in the summer of 1928. During testing of the first prototype N232, severe tail flutter was encountered, resulting in the tailplane spar fracturing. Despite receiving a broken neck, the pilot survived and flew again but the aircraft was a write-off. A second prototype Read more
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Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.3
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.3 The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.3 (Farman or Fighting Experimental) also known as the A.E.1 (“Armed Experimental”) was a pusher biplane aircraft designed to carry a heavy cannon armament in the nose. The tail of the F.E.3 was attached by a tubular boom to the propellor by bearings and braced by wires Read more