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The Valmet L-70
Vinka is a Finnish-designed
piston-powered
military
basic
trainer aircraft.
The design work on the aircraft began in
1970. It
was intended as a replacement for the
Saab Safirs
then in use with the
Finnish Air Force.
The first
prototype
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The Vickers Type 151 Jockey was an experimental low wing monoplane interceptor fighter powered by a radial engine. It was later modified into the Type 171 Jockey II which had a more powerful engine and detailed improvements. Only one was built, and this was lost before its development was complete, but the knowledge gained enabled Vickers to produce the more refined Venom. |
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The Coventry Ordnance Works (C.O.W.) designed and built in 1915 a small 37 mm cannon capable of firing a 1 pound, and then later 1.5 pound high-explosive shell. Vickers had acquired in the early twenties the rights for this gun and after a proposal to the Air Staff a specification was issued to develop a dedicated aircraft to carry such a large calibre weapon. Originally the design was specified for a twin-engine plane carrying two of the ‘1.5 pounder’ 37 mm weapons, which was more widely known as the C.O.W.-gun. Although two such cannon-planes were actually built (the Bristol Bagshot and the Westland Westbury) they simply lacked the power and performances, and the idea never materialized. Later, a new specification, Spec. F29/27 was issued for a bomber-destroyer carrying a single COW gun. Vickers submitted their Type 161 to meet this specification |
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The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a bomber by the larger four-engine "heavies" such as the Avro Lancaster. |
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The F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) was a single-engine aircraft carrier-based air superiority fighter aircraft built by Vought. It replaced the Vought F-7 Cutlass. The first F-8 prototype was ready for flight in February 1955, and was the last American fighter with guns as the primary weapon, principally serving in the Vietnam War.The RF-8 Crusader was a photo-reconnaissance development and operated longer in U.S. service than any of the fighter versions. RF-8s played a crucial role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, providing essential low-level photographs impossible to acquire by other means.US Naval Reserve units continued to operate the RF-8 until 1987. |
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The Vought OS2U Kingfisher was a American catapult-launched observation floatplane. The OS2U was the main shipboard observation aircraft used by the United States Navy during World War II, and 1,519 of the aircraft were built. It served on battleships and cruisers of the US Navy, and with the United States Coast Guard, the United States Marine Corps in VMS-3, the Royal Navy and the Soviet Navy. The Royal Australian Air Force also operated a few Kingfishers from shore bases. |
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The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman during World War II. This unorthodox design consisted of a flat, somewhat disc shaped body (hence its name) serving as the lifting surface.Two piston engines buried in the body drove propellers located on the leading edge at the wingtips. |
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The prototype (designated the V-1) was an
all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tailwheel
landing gear. It had accommodation for a pilot and six passengers and
first flew on 19 February 1933. The production aircraft were designated
the V-1A and had a slightly larger and longer fuselage for two pilots
and eight passengers. Production ended in 1936 after 24 aircraft had
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American Airlines bought eight V-1As and
the V-1 prototype (after it had been modified for two pilot operation)
and they entered service in 1934. By 1936 they were sold having been
replaced with twin-engined aircraft. A number of aircraft were operated
by private companies or individuals. One V-1A was fitted with twin
floats and sold to the Soviet Union. One aircraft was used in an attempt
to make the first New York-London-New York return flight. It was later
used by Nationalist forces in Spain. Seven former American Airlines
aircraft were used by the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, with
machine-guns and under-fuselage bomb racks fitted. Four of the aircraft
were captured by the Nationalists |
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In 1940, Vultee Aircraft started the design of a single engined dive-bomber, the Vultee Model 72 (V-72) to meet the requirements of the French Armée de l'Air. The V-72 was built with private funds and was intended for sale to foreign markets. The V-72 was a low-wing, single engine powered, monoplane with a closed cockpit and a crew of two. An air-cooled radial Wright Double Row Cyclone GR-2600-A5B-5 engine rated at 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) powered the V-72. It was armed with both fixed forward firing and flexible mounted .30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns in the rear cockpit. The aircraft also carried up to 1,500 lb (680 kg) of bombs in an interior bomb bay and on external wing racks.[ |
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