Vickers Type 253
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The Vickers Type 253 was a single-engined two-seat biplane general-purpose military machine, built to a 1930 government specification. It won a production contract, but this was transferred to the sam
Vickers Type 253
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19
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The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 was a two/three-seat single-engine biplane, built as a general-purpose military aircraft in the mid-1930s. A newer, monoplane aircraft was preferred and only one A.W.19
Vickers Type 253
…private ventures (aircraft built with their own money). The Type 253 was in competition with the Handley Page HP.47. Fairey G.4/31, Westland PV.7, Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19, Blackburn B-7, Hawker P.V.4 and the Parnall G.4/31. The Ministry preferred an air-cooled engine, and Vickers' choice was the radial Bristol Pegasus…
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