Vickers Varsity Aircraft

Varsity T.1, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Weybridge & Hurn

First Flight:

17 July 1949

Type 668 Varsity:

3 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Varsity T.1:

160 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:

Vickers Varsity T.1

Type:

Twin engined general purpose aircrew trainer

Wing:

Mid wing cantilever monoplane. All metal single spar stressed skin construction

Fuselage:

Light alloy structure

Tail Unit:

Cantilever monoplane type. Construction similar to wings

Landing Gear:

Retractable nose wheel type. All units have twin wheels

Power Plant:

Two 1,950 hp Bristol Hercules 264 fourteen cylinder two row radial air cooled sleeve valve engines. Rotol four blade constant speed fully feathering airscrews, diameter 14 ft

Accommodation:

Flight deck in forward fuselage seating student pilot and instructor side by side, with student signaller and instructor behind. Side by side bomb aiming station for instructor and student in nose of underslung nacelle. Station for instructor and two navigator students in rear fuselage aft of main spar

Span:

95 ft 7 in

Length:

67 ft 6 in

Height:

23 ft 11 in

Wing Area:

974 sq ft

Tare:

27,040 lb

Max All Up:

37,500 lb

Max Cruise Speed:

288 mph at 10,000 ft

Initial Rate of Climb:

1,400 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

28,700 ft

Range:

2,648 miles

Preserved in British Museums

Varsity T.1:

WF369 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display WF372 - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Display WJ903 - Aeroventure, Doncaster - Nose WJ945 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display WL626 - Aeropark, Nottingham East Midlands Airport - Display WL679 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display

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