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1919
1919 - 0760.PDF
IZ0H5 ,U,"M''9" " MILESTONES ** THE VICKERS MACHINES AT the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914, the were fitted with the 100 h.p. monosoupape engine, of whole of the Technical Offices and the Drawing Office which Major Wood, realising its worth, had already staff of the Aviation Department of Messrs. Vickers, ordered a great number. Ltd., were transferred from Vickers House to the Up to this time the armament of aeroplanes had Crayford Works. The work on experimental sea- not received much attention, either by the Services planes, of which two were under construction, was or designers. The chief functions of the R.F.C. had abandoned, and all efforts concentrated on the been that of carrying out reconnaissance flights and THE VICKERS F.B .5.—This (machine, [which was fitted with a 100 h.p. Gnome monosoupape engine, was affectionately known as the •« Gun *bus." Vickers Fighter F.B. 5, which was the only definitely the dropping of small bombs. Fighting in the air, offensive aeroplane then in existence. This was as understood to-day, did not exist, and although familiarly known as— observers sometimes armed themselves with Service "The Vickers Gun-'Bus " rifles or revolvers for cases of emergency, machines With his usual foresight, the late Major Wood, very seldom approached sufficiently near to one having finished exhaustive tests, had a batch of another to exchange shots. The advent of the 50 F.B. 5's actually in construction. These machines Vickers F.B. 5 marked an epoch in the history of THE VICKERS E.S. 1, OR •• BARNWELL BULLET."—Note the stream-line body. The engine was a 100 h.p. Gnome monosoupape 760
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