Vickers Vivid
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Vickers Vivid

One prototype flown on 27 June 1927. No production.

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Vickers VividA three-view drawing (800 x 678)


Specification 
 CREW2
 ENGINE1 x 490hp Napier Lion VA
 DIMENSIONS
    Wingspan13.74 m45 ft 1 in
    Length9.75 m31 ft 12 in
    Wing area54.63 m2588.03 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
    Max. speed217 km/h135 mph
 ARMAMENT2 x 7.7mm machine-guns, 4 x 50kg bombs

Vickers Vivid

Comments 
John C Symons, penwith(@)dsl.pipex.com, 18.10.2009

According to Flight Magazine AUGUST 29, 1929, page 912, a Vickers "Vivid" was used to fly an air mail from Oranmore, Galway, to London, mail which had been transferred from the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Karlsruhe at Galway. The pilot was Col C Russell of the Irish Free State Air Service.
Is this likely to be so?

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