Canadian Vickers Vedette

what is it?

The Canadian Vickers Vedette was the first aircraft designed and built in Canada to meet a specification for Canadian conditions. It was a single-engine biplane flying boat purchased to meet a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) demand for a smaller aircraft than the Vickers Viking with a much greater rate of climb, to be suitable for forestry survey and fire protection work. The type went on to have a long and distinguished career in civil operations in Canada.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 148 km/htop speed
• size 1,452 kgmax take-off weight
• built 60made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 102 years ago, in 1924.
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1924-11-04

introduced

1925

retired

1941

status

retired

number built

60

role

amphibious general aviation survey

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

makers

Canadian Vickers

engines

1× Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV

crew

3

length

10 m

wingspan

12.8 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

1,452 kg

top speed

148 km/h

cruise speed

121 km/h

range

—

ceiling

3,962 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.