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1921
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\ •••• NOVEMBER IO, 1921 The Super-marine " Seal " Amphibian flying boat (Napier " Lion "). and lower centre sections and the engine struts. It is very- accessible, and the radiator is so hung that engine vibrations are not transmitted to it. The pilot is provided with a machine gun projecting through the nose of the boat, while the rear gunner has his gun mounted on a revolving ring. Just in front of the rear gunner is the cockpit for the wireless operator. The machine is the property of the Air Ministry, and no details may therefore be given. VICKERS LTD. AVIATION DEPARTMENT VICKERS HOUSE, BROADWAY, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, S.W. 1. ' IT is quite impossible, in the brief space available in this issue of FLIGHT, to do justice to the many activities of a firm like Vickers, Ltd., and we must perforce confine our- selves to a brief reference to some of the more important types of aeroplanes now being built by this firm. In addition to complete machines, Vickers are the manufacturers of a number of highly interesting and successful instruments, petrol pumps and system's, flares and signals for aircraft, etc. These auxiliaries are of such great interest as to require special descriptive articles, and we hope to deal with them in these columns shortly. In the meantime, a brief reference to the various types of aeroplanes and seaplanes bearing the famous name of Vickers should be sufficient to recall the better-known types. As far as the general public is concerned, the first Vickers machine to make history was the " Vimy-Rolls " on which the late Sir John Alcock and Sir Arthur Brown made the flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 16 hours. Already before that time, the " Vimy " had done excellent work, but this was not of such a nature as to come before the general public. The " Vimy " was designed by Mr. Pierson, chief designer of Vickers Aviation Department, who has also designed all the Vickers machines produced since the end of the War. The first commercial machine to be produced was the " Vimy-Commercial " with two Rolls-Royce " Eagle " engines. This machine was similar to the standard Vimy except for the fuselage, which was enlarged to form a com- modious cabin seating 10 passengers. This type of machine is well known on the London-Paris airway, where it has been doing excellent work for the Instone Air Line. A number of these machines has also been sold to China. A somewhat enlarged edition, fitted with two Napier " Lion " engines, has followed the original Vimy-Commercial. Originally designed as an air ambulance, this machine had space for several stretcher cases, as well as for a doctor and nurse. More recently a number is being built for the Air The Vickers " Viking " Mk. IV Amphibian flying boat (Napier " Lion ").
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