3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vickers Viking amphi: San Diego Air & Space Museum· Public domain
- 2. Vickers Viking III G-EAUK: SDASM Archives· No restrictions
- 3. Vickers Viking IV at the Alberta Aviation Museum: CambridgeBayWeather· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Vickers Viking was a British single-engine pusher amphibious biplane designed shortly after World War I. The final versions were renamed the Vulture and Vanellus.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15.2 m wingspan
base stats
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- Wingspan of 15.2 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
- 1919
- status
- retired
- number built
- 31
- role
- biplane amphibian
- makers
- Vickers
- engines
- 1× Napier Lion
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 3
- length
- 10.4 m
- wingspan
- 15.2 m
- height
- 4.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,626 kg
- top speed
- 182 km/h
- cruise speed
- 146 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1668332, Wikipedia: Vickers Viking (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.