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Vickers Wellesley

This was the first bomber to apply a geodetic construction. It was a clean monoplane with a very large wingspan; bombs were carried in streamlined boxes under the wings. Two made a non-stop flight of 11,525 km in 48 hours from Ismailia (Egypt) to Darwin (Australia)! The type was obsolete at the outbreak of WWII, but some saw combat in the Mid-East.

General characteristics Wellesley Mk. I
Primary function	Multifunctional bomber
Power plant	One 9cylinder Bristol Pegasus XX radial engine
Thrust	925 HP		690 kW
Wingspan	74.6 ft		22.73 m
Length	39.2 ft		11.96 m
Height	12.3 ft		3.75 m
Wingarea	630 sq ft		58.53 sq m
Weight	empty	6,370 lb	2,889 kg
	max.	11,100 lb	5,035 kg
Speed	229 mph		369 km/h
Initial climb rate	1,200 ft/min		366 m/min
Ceiling	33,000 ft		10,060 m
Range	1,110 mi		1,786 km
Armament	2x 7.7mm machine gun; 4x 227 kg bomb
Crew	Two
First flight	19.6.1935
Date deployed	April 1937
Number built	177

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