Gallery No 27b - Vickers Valleta

Aircraft - 3 Images

My thanks to Roger Dunn and the MOD for supplying these images.Wikipedia for text.

Design Company:
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Weybridge & Hurn

First Flight:
30 June 1947

Valetta Prototype:
1 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Valetta C.1:
211 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Valetta C.2:
11 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Valetta T.3:
40 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:
Vickers Valetta C.1

Type:
Twin engined military transport

Wing:
Cantilever mid wing monoplane. All metal structure

Fuselage:
All metal oval section monocoque structure

Tail Unit:
Cantilever monoplane type. All metal structure

Landing Gear:
Retractable two wheel type. Each main wheel retracts rearwards into engine nacelle. Tail wheel retracts rearwards into fuselage

Power Plant:
Two 1,975 hp Bristol Hercules 230 nine cylinder air cooled radial engines driving De Havilland or Rotol four blade constant speed feathering airscrews 13 ft 3 in diameter

Accommodation:
Crew of four comprising two pilots, navigator and radio operator

Dimensions

Span:
89 ft 3 in

Length:
62 ft 11 in

Height:
19 ft 7 in

Wing Area:
882 sq ft

Weights

Empty:
24,980 lb

Gross:
36,500 lb

Performance

Max Speed:
258 mph at 10,000 ft

Initial Rate of Climb:
1,275 ft/min

Service Ceiling:
21,500 ft

Range:
1,460 miles

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267 Squadron

Vickers Valetta
The RAF Valetta was developed from the Vickers Viking and entered into the service of the RAF in 1948. It was used to Berlin -Gatow from 1953 until the 1960's.

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Gallery No 27b - Vickers Valleta

Aircraft - 3 Images

267 Squadron

Vickers Valetta The RAF Valetta was developed from the Vickers Viking and entered into the service of the RAF in 1948. It was used to Berlin -Gatow from 1953 until the 1960's.

Vickers Valetta
The RAF Valetta was developed from the Vickers Viking and entered into the service of the RAF in 1948. It was used to Berlin -Gatow from 1953 until the 1960's.