Vickers Valiant - Wikipedia
The Vickers Valiant was a British high-altitude jet bomber designed to carry nuclear weapons, and in the 1950s and 1960s was part of the Royal Air Force's "V bomber" strategic deterrent force.
Vultee BT-13 Valiant - Wikipedia
The Vultee BT-13 Valiant is an American World War II-era basic (a category between primary and advanced) trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps, and later US Army Air Forces.
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Vickers Valiant - Key.Aero
Jan 17, 2024 · A Valiant from 49 Squadron was the first RAF aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, during trials at Maralinga, South Australia, in October 1956. Another from the same unit dropped the first British hydrogen bomb the following year over the Pacific.
Vickers Valiant - BAE Systems
Vickers Valiant B1 (WB215) 2nd aircraft. Built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Weybridge, the Vickers Valiant was a four jet, high-altitude, strategic bomber and was the first, and most conservative in design, of the V-Bombers (the others being the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan).
Vickers Valiant B1 - RAF Museum
Vickers Valiant B1. The Valiant was the first of Bomber Command’s V class aircraft and established Britain’s air-borne nuclear deterrent force before pioneering operational in-flight refuelling in the Royal Air Force.
The UK's Three V Bombers - Their Roles & Capabilities - Simple …
Jan 7, 2024 · The Vickers Valiant was the first of these aircraft to enter production and did so in 1951. The aircraft was designed to serve as a high-altitude, long-range strategic bomber and was the only one of the three bombers to drop live nuclear weapons (for multiple tests).
Vickers Valiant - Price, Specs, Photo Gallery, History - Aero Corner
The Vickers Valiant is a high-altitude strategic bomber aircraft designed by Sir George Edwards and manufactured by Vickers-Armstrong. It was one of the V bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force during the 1950s and 1960s.
Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant - History
Vickers Valiant - History. Designed in response to the same specification that also eventually produced the Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor, the Valiant had an uncertain start to life. Vickers had been working on jet bomber designs since 1944 but …
Vickers Valiant - Military Factory
Oct 3, 2023 · The Valiant served as an important testbed for British engineers to perfect the free-fall nuclear bomb concept. The first squadron-strength group was formulated in January of 1955 through No. 232 OCU training group at Gaydon (Warwickshire), beginning the career of the Vickers Valiant.