Vickers Vulcan

what is it?

The Vickers Vulcan was a British single-engine biplane airliner of the 1920s built by Vickers Limited at Brooklands Aerodrome, Surrey. It carried eight passengers and a pilot.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 180 km/htop speed
• seats 8passengers
• size 3,062 kgmax take-off weight
• built 8made 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 104 years ago, in 1922.
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.9 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

1922-05

introduced

1922

retired

1928

status

retired

number built

8

role

airliner

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Vickers

engines

1× Napier Lion / Rolls-Royce Eagle

crew

1

passengers

8

length

11.6 m

wingspan

14.9 m

height

4.3 m

max take-off weight

3,062 kg

top speed

180 km/h

range

—

ceiling

3,200 m

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