Vickers Valparaiso

The Vickers Valparaiso was a British light bomber biplane of the 1920s, designed by Vickers as an export development of its Vixen and sold to Portugal and Chile. It was renamed Valparaiso to distinguish it from the Vixen, which used classified government equipment and was therefore unavailable for export. Two versions were offered, the Type 93 Valparaiso I with the same Napier Lion as the Vixen and the Type 92 Valparaiso II with a Rolls-Royce Eagle. Portugal ordered ten Valparaiso Is as reconnaissance bombers and four Valparaiso IIs as advanced trainers, and in 1928 decided to license-produce a version with a Jupiter radial engine, 13 of which were built by OGMA as the Type 168 Valparaiso III. The Portuguese aircraft proved successful and remained operational until 1943, when Westland Lysanders replaced them. Vickers sold the prototype to Chile in 1924, leading to an order for 18 aircraft that reverted to the name Vixen V.