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The Vespa was designed by Vickers as a private venture to meet the requirements of Air Ministry Specification 30/24 the first prototype, the Vespa I being flown in September 1925. The Vespa, which was a single-engine biplane with a slim fuselage suspended between closely spaced and highly staggered two-bay wooden wings, was delivered for evaluation by the Royal Air Force, but crash landed owing to engine trouble on 24 June 1926 and was badly damaged. It was then rebuilt with steel, fabric-covered wings as the Vespa II, but this was unsuccessful in getting orders from the RAF.

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  • Vickers Vespa
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  • The Vespa was designed by Vickers as a private venture to meet the requirements of Air Ministry Specification 30/24 the first prototype, the Vespa I being flown in September 1925. The Vespa, which was a single-engine biplane with a slim fuselage suspended between closely spaced and highly staggered two-bay wooden wings, was delivered for evaluation by the Royal Air Force, but crash landed owing to engine trouble on 24 June 1926 and was badly damaged. It was then rebuilt with steel, fabric-covered wings as the Vespa II, but this was unsuccessful in getting orders from the RAF.
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dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
loaded weight main
  • 4370.0
Guns
  • *1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 in Vickers machine gun *1 × .303 in Lewis Gun on Scarff ring in rear cockpit
number of props
  • 1(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 10.06 m
span main
  • 1524.0
power/mass alt
  • 0(xsd:double)
more performance
  • 960.0
height alt
  • 3.20 m
Introduced
  • 1928(xsd:integer)
primary user
  • Bolivia
Type
  • Army Cooperation Aircraft
type of prop
  • 14(xsd:integer)
loading main
  • 7(xsd:double)
range alt
  • 580(xsd:integer)
length main
  • 1005.84
power alt
  • 366.0
area main
  • 576.0
power main
  • 490.0
height main
  • 320.04
span alt
  • 15.24 m
range main
  • 504.0
Manufacturer
max speed main
  • 121.0
engine (prop)
  • Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar VIC
power/mass main
  • 0(xsd:double)
ceiling main
  • 26000.0
empty weight main
  • 2882.0
ceiling more
  • absolute ceiling
loaded weight alt
  • 1986.0
area alt
  • 53.5
First Flight
  • 1925(xsd:integer)
more users
max speed alt
  • 139(xsd:integer)
jet or prop?
  • prop
loading alt
  • 36(xsd:double)
empty weight alt
  • 1310.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 7,900 m
Retired
  • 1940(xsd:integer)
Crew
  • Two
Number Built
  • 15(xsd:integer)
ref
  • Vickers Aircraft Since 1908
abstract
  • The Vespa was designed by Vickers as a private venture to meet the requirements of Air Ministry Specification 30/24 the first prototype, the Vespa I being flown in September 1925. The Vespa, which was a single-engine biplane with a slim fuselage suspended between closely spaced and highly staggered two-bay wooden wings, was delivered for evaluation by the Royal Air Force, but crash landed owing to engine trouble on 24 June 1926 and was badly damaged. It was then rebuilt with steel, fabric-covered wings as the Vespa II, but this was unsuccessful in getting orders from the RAF. It did, however, attract attention from Bolivia, which ordered six Vespa IIIs, an improved all metal version, in 1928, and the Irish Free State, which ordered four Vespa IVs in 1929 and a further four Vespa Vs in 1930. The prototype Vespa was modified as the Vespa VI for demonstration to the Central Chinese government, but was not purchased, so was returned to Britain. It was rebuilt as the Vespa VII, with a supercharged Bristol Pegasus S engine for an attempt on the world altitude record, setting a record of 43,976 ft (13,407 m) on 16 September 1932.
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