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Vickers F.B.19

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wings, severely limited visibility for the pilot. The clearest view was sometimes said to be upwards, through a transparent section in the upper wing. Modifications were introduced, including a more powerful 110-hp (82-kW) Le Rhône or Clerget engine and
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All examples of the F.B.19s active in Russian service appear to have been Mk. I planes with unstaggered wings. A number of additional examples are said to have remained in crates on the dockside at
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The 100-hp Gnome Monosoupape engine gave a relatively slow speed, and the relatively low cockpit position, placed behind a wide rotary engine and between
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in late 1916 for operational evaluation, where the RAF found them unsuitable for the fighting conditions then evolving. Twelve Mk IIs went to the
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designed the F.B.19, which first flew in August 1916. It was a single-engine, single-bay, equal-span
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hands. A force of six F.B.19s are said to have been employed in 1918 against the anti-Bolshevik
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appears to have been due in part to it receiving a more powerful engine in Russia.
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Andrews, C.F and Morgan, E.B., 1988. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London: Putnam.
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Around sixty-five F.B.19s were built. Six early production examples were sent to
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claimed two of his victories. A number of unarmed planes served as trainers.
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102 mph (164 km/h, 89 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
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The F.B.19 found more favour in Russia, where it was known as the
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War Planes Of The First World War: Volume Three Fighters
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Britain's Forgotten Fighters of the First World War
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Morgan. 505:24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) 499:18 ft 2 in (5.54 m) 25: 517:215 sq ft (20.0 m) 511:8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) 419: 397: 375: 353: 166:, which subsequently led to the 39: 3047:Single-engined tractor aircraft 3032:1910s British fighter aircraft 338:or a 110 hp (82 kW) 321:or a 110 hp (82 kW) 1: 3057:Aircraft first flown in 1916 368:Imperial Russian Air Service 164:Imperial Russian Air Service 702:. London: Macdonald, 1969. 685:Vickers Aircraft since 1908 529:1,485 lb (674 kg) 405:Ukrainian People's Republic 3073: 715:British Aeroplanes 1914–18 542:, 100 hp (75 kW) 479:British Aeroplanes 1914–18 303:allied expeditionary force 142:was a British single-seat 523:900 lb (408 kg) 38: 601:Citations and references 3052:Rotary-engined aircraft 687:. London:Putnam, 1988. 484:General characteristics 472:Specifications (F.B.19) 282:s found their way into 170:adopting it during the 717:. London:Putnam, 1957. 178:Design and development 135: 259:faster than both the 158:. It served with the 150:, developed from the 134: 464:No. 141 Squadron RFC 459:No. 111 Squadron RFC 2959:Military Transports 671:Bruce 1957, p. 688. 630:Hare, Paul (2014). 617:Bruce 1969, p. 112. 593:Vickers machine gun 454:No. 47 Squadron RFC 449:No. 30 Squadron RFC 444:No. 17 Squadron RAC 439:No. 14 Squadron RFC 232:Operational history 148:the First World War 48:General information 2757:C.O.W. 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Index

Vickers Bullet

scout
Manufacturer
Vickers
G. H. Challenger
Royal Flying Corps

fighting scout
the First World War
Barnwell Bullet
Royal Flying Corps
Imperial Russian Air Service
Red Air Force
Russian Civil War
G. H. Challenger
biplane
Sopwith Camel
Nieuport 17
synchronised
machine gun
Vickers-Challenger synchroniser gear
unstaggered
staggered
Eastern Front
France
Middle East
Yevgraph Kruten
SPAD S.VII
Sikorsky S-20

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