Vickers Wellesley

The Vickers Wellesley was a British 1930s light bomber built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge Surrey for the Royal Air Force. While it was obsolete by the start of the Second World War and unsuited to the European air war the Wellesley was successfully used in the desert theatres of East Africa Egypt and the Middle East.

Die Vickers Wellesley war ein leichter britischer Bomber von 1935. Er war bereits zu Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges veraltet und musste deshalb von der europäischen Front abgezogen werden.1
Along with the Vickers Wellesley it was one of two bombers named after Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.2
Le Vickers Wellesley est un avion bombardier qui servit, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, de couverture aux troupes australiennes.3
Vickers Wellesley - Click here for a bigger picture and more information Photographer: Mike Dowsing Collection Location: In Flight, UK 4

Made by Vickers-Armstrongs.

Il Vickers Wellesley, sebbene non sia stato mai un fuoriclasse, era per i tempi uno dei velivoli più interessanti ed innovativi 5
Vickers Wellesley, and 176 of the aircraft were built. The massive fuel capacity of the Wellesley saw the aircraft assigned to the RAF’s Long Range Development Unit.6
converted to the Vickers Wellesley in September 1937 and then Battles in April 1938.7
More Users
Egyptian Air Force
South African Air Force
Height Main
15
Designer
Barnes Wallis
Length Alt
11.96 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
12500.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Range Main
1
220 mi
Loaded Weight Main
11048.0
Height Alt
4.67 m
Type Of Prop
radial piston engine
Loading Main
18
Power/mass Main
288.0
Bombs
2000
Max Speed Main
228 mph
Cruise Speed Main
180 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
5670.0
Ceiling Main
25500.0
Number Built
177
Crew
Two
Max Speed More
at 19
700 ft
Span Main
2273.3
Cruise Speed Alt
157
Area Main
630.0
Cruise Speed More
at 15
000 ft
Primary user
Royal Air Force
Span Alt
22.73 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
690.0
Engine(prop)
Bristol Pegasus XX
Manufacturer
Vickers-Armstrongs
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
19
Production End Year
1938
Loaded Weight Alt
5011.0
More Performance
1068.0
Production Start Year
1936
Power/mass Alt
Guns
** 1 × .303 in Vickers machine gun in right wing** 1 × .303 in Vickers K machine gun in rear cockpit
Empty Weight Alt
3066.0
Length Main
1196.34
Area Alt
58.5 m²
Range Alt
1963.0
Power Main
925 hp
Max Speed Alt
198
Empty Weight Main
6760.0
Ceiling Alt
7
772 m
Category
British bomber aircraft 1930-1939
Vickers aircraft
Produced
1936
Loading Alt
86

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