Vickers Type 151 Jockey.zip 2024-06-04

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Vickers Type 151 Jockey.zip - Vickers Type 151 Jockey

The Vickers Type 151 Jockey was an experimental low wing monoplane interceptor fighter powered by a radial engine. Only one was built, and this was lost before its development was complete, but the knowledge gained enabled Vickers to produce the more refined Venom. The Jockey was taken to RAF Martlesham Heath for its first flight in April 1930 and subsequent testing. A rear fuselage vibration was at first thought to be aerodynamic but proved to be structural; it was cured after Barnes Wallis...

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