The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited. Developed during the latter stages of the First World War to equip the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Vimy was designed by Rex Pierson, Vickers' chief designer.
Vickers Vimy
Vickers F.B.27 Vimy side view
Alcock and Brown's Vimy at Clifden, Ireland on 15 June 1919, having landed in a bog
Vickers Vimy, G-EAOU, flown by Ross Macpherson Smith and his brother Keith Macpherson Smith from England to Australia in 1919
Heavy bombers are bomber aircraft capable of delivering the largest payload of air-to-ground weaponry and longest range of their era. Archetypal heavy bombers have therefore usually been among the largest and most powerful military aircraft at any point in time. In the second half of the 20th century, heavy bombers were largely superseded by strategic bombers, which were often even larger in size, had much longer ranges and were capable of delivering nuclear bombs.
USAAF B-29 Superfortress, a heavy bomber.
The British produced Short Bomber
The Douglas B-18 Bolo on take off
The USAAF B-24 Liberator