The Vickers Valiant was a British high-altitude jet bomber designed to carry nuclear weapons, and in the 1950s and 1960s was part of the Royal Air Force's "V bomber" strategic deterrent force. …

The three models of strategic bomber, known collectively as the V class, were the Vickers Valiant, which first flew in 1951 and entered service in 1955; the Avro Vulcan, which first flew in 1952 …

Built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Weybridge, the Vickers Valiant was a four-jet, high-altitude, strategic bomber and was the first, and the most conservative in design, of the V-Bombers (the …

* In the postwar period, Great Britain built not one but three long-range jet bombers -- the "Valiant", "Victor", and "Vulcan" -- as the backbone of that nation's nuclear deterrence force. …

Applying World War II 'Pathfinder' tactics to an all-new nuclear bomber fleet that were all equipped with radar was a rather backward-looking bit of thinking, but nonetheless 17 were ordered (two …

The Valiant was the first of Bomber Command’s V class aircraft and established Britain’s air-borne nuclear deterrent force before pioneering operational in-flight refuelling in the Royal Air Force. …

The Vickers Valiant is a high-altitude strategic bomber aircraft designed by Sir George Edwards and manufactured by Vickers-Armstrong. It was one of the V bomber aircraft of the Royal Air …

2019年5月19日 · Long-range bomber with a crew of five. Four 10,000 lbst Rolls Royce Avon R.A.28 turbojets. One nuclear weapon or twenty-one [21] 454 kg (1,000 lb) bombs. Following …

The first of these "V-bombers" was the Vickers Valiant, which served through most of the 1950s and into the early 1960s. This document provides a short history and description of the Valiant.

A Vickers Valiant of Bomber Command taking-off from Marham airbase. Evident are the long-range fuel tanks, undercarriage wells and bomb aimer's blister and the improved type …