Designed for 'hot and high' conditions across BOAC's 'Empire routes' with high lift wings and an efficient rear engine design. The iconic rear-mounted quad-jet layout created a smoother, quieter ...

The Vimy was the first aircraft to fly non-stop across the ... before retiring to Brooklands Museum for permanent display. The Vickers Vimy was designed as a long-range bomber and was first ...

"It (the Vickers Wellington ... part of the backbone of the Germans' fighter force — and other Axis fighter aircraft had largely disappeared. The one time he did see a U-boat, the submarine ...