The Vickers VIM, short for Vickers Instructional Machine, was a two-seat trainer biplane that Vickers built for the Republic of China from war-surplus stocks of Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d parts. Vickers combined those components with an entirely new nacelle that provided dual controls for pupil and instructor, and fitted a surplus Rolls-Royce Eagle engine in place of the original power plant. Thirty-five were built and supplied to China from 1920, which makes the type an example of a manufacturer turning leftover First World War stock into a postwar trainer for a foreign air arm.
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built for the Republic of China by Vickers
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Thirty-five were built and supplied from 1920.
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Thirty-five were built and supplied from 1920.
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The VIM or Vickers Instructional Machine was a trainer biplane aircraft
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built for the Republic of China by Vickers
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The VIM or Vickers Instructional Machine was a trainer biplane aircraft
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