Handley Page Victor

The Handley Page Victor was a British jet bomber aircraft produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company during the Cold War. It was the third and final of the V-bombers that provided Britain's nuclear deterrent. The other two V-bombers were the Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. Some aircraft were modified for strategic reconnaissance role using both cameras and radar.

Handley Page Victor K2 XL231, 'Lusty Lindy' in front of Signal Square, Elvington, Yorkshire, England, UK (HDR) * 1
The Handley Page Victor was the third and final of the RAF’s V Bomber trio to enter service and was also the last one to be 2
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Handley Page Victor Aircraft Information = Handley Page Victor HP.4
Handley Page Victor B1 - Click here for a bigger picture and more information Photographer: Mike Dowsing Location: RAF Hullavington, UK - 5
Handley Page Victor B1 bomber ads page at Classic Aircraft Classic Aircraft Homepage Handley Page Victor B1 bomber Spare Parts at Classic Aircraft = 6
Handley Page Victor B1 cockpit Photograph at Classic Aircraft = There are over 120 photographs in the image gallery of old aeroplanes.7
Handley Page Victor B2 - Click here for a bigger picture and more information Photographer: H John Black Location: RAF Alconbury (EGWZ), 8
Handley Page Victor Tankers In The Royal Air Force = During several scheduled aircraft displays at Offutt, I (Lt Col W.P.9
Handley Page Victor XL231 was converted to the K2 tanker specification in 1962, less than a year after entering service, and saw service during the Falklands conflict (in support 10
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Slinky Sue: Handley Page Victor K2 original painting & fine art printsClick to zoom in on the image Slinky Sue = Aircraft featured in the painting / prints: 13
subsonic speeds and high altitudes, the Handley Page Victor was part of the RAF "V" bomber fleet until 1968.14
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The Handley Page Victor represents to me the aircraft thinking of the fifties: big, bold and…beautiful! Seeing this plane with its large tail is like seeing an old dinosaur.16
The Handley Page Victor was a British jet bomber aircraft produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company.17
The Handley Page Victor was a British jet bomber aircraft, one of the 'V bombers' intended to carry Britain's nuclear arsenal.18
The Handley Page Victor was one of the "V" bombers, developed in the UK in the nineteen fifties in the middle of the Cold War.19
The Handley Page Victor was the last and most sophisticated of the "V" Bombers to enter service with the RAF, like the Valiant and Vulcan the Victor was designed 20
The Handley Page Victor was the longest serving V-Bomber with the RAF.21
The Handley page Victor was the most radical in design and a very large aircraft.22
Height Main
28
Height Alt
8.57 m
Engine(jet)
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire A.S.Sa.7
Length Alt
35.05 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
205000.0
Thrust Main
11050
Jet Or Prop
jet
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Range Main
6
000 mi
Designer
Reginald Stafford
Introduced
April 1958
Max Speed Main
627 mph
Max Speed More
at 36
000 ft
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
93182.0
Ceiling Main
56000.0
Number Built
86
Crew
5
Retired
1993
Thrust Alt
49.27
Armament
* Up to 35 × 1
000 lb bombs or* 1× Yellow Sun free-fall nuclear bomb
Area Main
2406.0
Primary user
Royal Air Force
Span Alt
33.53 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Manufacturer
Handley Page
First Flight
24
Number Of Jets
4
Production End Year
1952
National Origin
United Kingdom
Span Main
3352.8
Production Start Year
1952
Type of jet
turbojet
Empty Weight Alt
40468.0
Length Main
3502.6600000000003
Area Alt
223.5 m²
Range Alt
5217
Similar Aircraft
* Avro Vulcan* Boeing B-47 Stratojet* Short Sperrin* Tupolev Tu-16-Xian H-6* Vickers Valiant
Max Speed Alt
545
Last Flight
4
Related
* Handley Page HP.88
British research aircraft
Empty Weight Main
89030.0
Ceiling Alt
17
000 m
Produced
1952
Category
Air refueling
British bomber aircraft 1950-1959
Falklands War aircraft
Gulf War aircraft
Handley Page aircraft

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