The Canadian Vickers Vista was a Canadian-designed single-seat flying boat and the first Canadian-designed monoplane. It had a duralumin sheet hull, a framed metal tube tail and wooden wings, with fabric on the wings and tail surfaces, and a 75 horsepower Armstrong Siddeley Genet radial engine. The design showed some undesirable traits and the Royal Canadian Air Force chose the de Havilland DH.60 Moth instead, so only one Vista was built and the production order was cancelled. The prototype was used for taxiing practice at Jericho Beach, Vancouver, and moored out to test salt water on its hull, and it was scrapped in May 1931 after the hull corroded.
Facts
Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) EngineArmstrong Siddeley Genet 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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The Canadian Vickers Vista was a Canadian-designed single-seat flying boat.
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The Canadian Vickers Vista was a Canadian-designed single-seat flying boat.
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Operational history, fate
it was recommended for scrapping and this was done in May of that year
Lead, body style
The Canadian Vickers Vista was a Canadian-designed single-seat flying boat.
Specifications, powerplant
Armstrong-Siddeley Genet 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Specifications, engine type
Armstrong-Siddeley Genet 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Specifications, empty weight
Empty weight: 655 lb (297 kg)
Specifications, gross weight
Gross weight: 1,005 lb (456 kg)
Specifications, maximum speed
Maximum speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
Design and development, units built
only one Vista was ever built
Lead, maker
The Canadian Vickers Vista was a Canadian-designed single-seat flying boat.
Lead, country of origin
The Canadian Vickers Vista was a Canadian-designed single-seat flying boat.
Of Make: Vickers-Armstrongs, Lead, make
The Canadian Vickers Vista was a Canadian-designed single-seat flying boat.
In Group: Early and Interwar Flying Boats, Lead, vehicle type
The Canadian Vickers Vista was a Canadian-designed single-seat flying boat.
Exemplifies: Aviation, Lead, mode
The Canadian Vickers Vista was a Canadian-designed single-seat flying boat.
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