Bench Tester
This weekend's Net Flicks candidate is former Royal Air Force Vickers T.1 WF372/T preserved at Brooklands
Vickers produced the WWII Wellington bomber on which they based their subsequent Viking airliner and the military version - the Valetta.
Those types were all 'tail-draggers' but the Varsity was a further larger development with a tricycle undercarriage
Used by the RAF for Navigational Training along with a number being used as Test platforms by the RAE and by the RAF's Met Flight
The Swedish Air Force acquired several too
It was also rather unkindly nicknamed 'The Pig'
276A7690
Bench Tester
This weekend's Net Flicks candidate is former Royal Air Force Vickers T.1 WF372/T preserved at Brooklands
Vickers produced the WWII Wellington bomber on which they based their subsequent Viking airliner and the military version - the Valetta.
Those types were all 'tail-draggers' but the Varsity was a further larger development with a tricycle undercarriage
Used by the RAF for Navigational Training along with a number being used as Test platforms by the RAE and by the RAF's Met Flight
The Swedish Air Force acquired several too
It was also rather unkindly nicknamed 'The Pig'
276A7690