Vickers Windsor Aircraft
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Production Details | |
Design Company: |
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Weybridge & Hurn |
First Flight: |
23 October 1943 |
Type 447 Windsor: |
1 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Type 457 Windsor: |
1 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Type 461 Windsor: |
1 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Type Specification | |
Applies to: |
Vickers Type 447 Windsor |
Type: |
High altitude, heavy bomber |
Wing: |
Mid wing cantilever monoplane. All metal geodetic structure |
Fuselage: |
All metal geodetic structure |
Tail Unit: |
Cantilever monoplane type. All metal structure |
Landing Gear: |
Retractable type. Four main units retracting backwards into engine nacelles, remaining partially exposed. Fixed tail wheel |
Power Plant: |
Four 1,635 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 65 |
Accommodation: |
Unknown |
Armament: |
12,000 lb bomb load |
Dimensions | |
Span: |
117 ft 2 in |
Length: |
76 ft 10 in |
Height: |
23 ft |
Wing Area: |
1,248 sq ft |
Weights | |
Empty: |
38,606 lb |
Gross: |
54,000 lb |
Performance | |
Max Speed: |
317 mph at 23,000 ft |
Initial Rate of Climb: |
1,250 ft/min |
Service Ceiling: |
27,250 ft |
Range: |
2,890 miles |
Preserved in the UK | |
None known | |
Web Sites | |
None known |