The Vickers V-1000 was a proposed British jet-powered strategic cargo aircraft designed by Vickers-Armstrongs to meet a Ministry of Supply requirement for a transport that would support the Royal Air Force V-bomber fleet. It was a scaled-up relative of the Vickers Valiant, with four Rolls-Royce Conway turbofans buried in the wings, and the same basic design was to be offered to BOAC as the six-abreast VC7 transatlantic airliner. The prototype, serial XD662, was about 80 per cent complete when the Ministry cancelled the project in 1955. Its cancellation became a famous British what-if, was debated in the House of Commons, and the design pushed Boeing and Douglas to enlarge the fuselages of the 707 and DC-8.
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Engine Class EngineRolls-Royce Conway turbofan engines (intended) 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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The Vickers-Armstrongs V-1000 was a proposed jet-powered cargo aircraft
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a requirement issued by the British Ministry of Supply
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The Vickers-Armstrongs V-1000 was a proposed jet-powered cargo aircraft
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its intended use of the Rolls-Royce Conway, which was the first production bypass engine
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a proposed jet-powered cargo aircraft
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the Ministry of Supply decided to terminate the V-1000 project in mid-development
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a requirement issued by the British Ministry of Supply
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