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Aviation History
1937
1937 - 1039.PDF
APKIL 22, 1937. a FLIGHT. fitted with two 850 h.p. Bristol Pegasus Xs, driving three- bladed, fixed-pitch Fairey metal airscrews. A maximum speed of over 160 m.p.h. is attained, and the normal range may be increased by using the '' bomb tanks" seen in position. The Vickers Wellesley on the right was originally built to a specification for general-purpose aircraft, but so great were its potentialities, thanks to fine aerodynamic design and the Wallis system of geodetic con struction employed, that it was subsequently classed as a medium bomber. Performance data may not be disclosed, but the range of the Wellesley, when made known, will un doubtedly cause something of a sensation. A De Havilland variable-pitch airscrew is specified for the Pegasus engine, and the under carriage is completely retract able. Pilot and observer are housed in separate cockpit en closures. It will be noted that the Wellesley is camouflaged in accordance with the recently announced policy of the Air Ministry to treat bombers and Army co-operation aircraft with a scheme of "shadow shading." B ' Flight nhotneraphs.)
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