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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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rdf:type	aircrafttype
rdfs:label	Vickers Vespa
rdfs:comment	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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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	dbkwik:resource/WkfkYNJWQQjK6k0WS5xNoA==
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	dbkwik:resource/wm35Ul9rFUXGRbbTLRUVWw==
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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