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Aviation History
1952
1952 - 1222.PDF
FLIGHT Prominent among these new pictures of the Vickers Varsity crew trainer is the splendid study below, with the Gothic spires of Lincoln Cathedral—landmark of the "bomber country"—as a background. This Varsity belongs to No. 201 Advanced Flying School, which is based at nearby Swinderby. VARSITY IN THE R.A.F. AS described in Flight last week, No. 201 Advanced Flying School has recently been re-equipped with the Vickers Valetta T.3 and—the subject of these studies by L. W. McLaren —Varsity T.i. Powered by two Bristol Hercules 264 engines (each delivering 2,100 h.p. for take-off), the Varsity has a high performance befitting its r61e as a trainer of future bomber crews —yet is sufficiently docile for relatively inexperienced pilots to fly it solo after a few hours' training. Two student navigators may be carried in rearward-facing seats, and behind them is a third seat for an instructor. Gee and Rebecca navigation aids are provided, and there is a bombing position in the under-fuselage pannier, in the aft section of which there are racks for practice-bombs. The Varsity is slightly larger than its predecessor, the Valetta, and is also distinguished by its nosewheel undercarriage. It replaces an earlier Vickers-Armstrongs aircraft, the Wellington, which is still in service as a naviga tional trainer—though replacements are on the way.
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