The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a single-engine, twin-float cabin biplane of the 1920s, developed as a private-venture commercial seaplane and evaluated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. Its enclosed cabin fuselage was built of steel tube and its wings of wood, all fabric covered, and its interplane struts formed pairs of X shapes that removed the need for bracing wires. One prototype was built and tested as a communications aircraft, and it proved under-powered until a Wright Whirlwind replaced its Lynx engine. In September 1927 it carried airmail from a liner at Rimouski, Quebec, but it capsized there after a wake broke a strut and the wreck was not repaired.
Facts
Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) EngineArmstrong Siddeley Lynx 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a Canadian biplane transport floatplane of the 1920s
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The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a Canadian biplane transport floatplane of the 1920s
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Testing, outcome
development was abandoned
Lead, body style
The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a Canadian biplane transport floatplane of the 1920s
Specifications (Vanessa-Lynx engine), powerplant
Armstrong Siddeley Lynx 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Specifications (Vanessa-Lynx engine), engine type
Armstrong Siddeley Lynx 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Specifications (Vanessa-Lynx engine), empty weight
Empty weight: 2,120 lb (962 kg)
Specifications (Vanessa-Lynx engine), maximum take-off weight
Max takeoff weight: 3,400 lb (1,542 kg)
Specifications (Vanessa-Lynx engine), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 103 mph (166 km/h, 90 kn)
Testing, prototype
One prototype, registered G-CYZJ, was built
Lead, maker
The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a Canadian biplane transport floatplane of the 1920s
Lead, country of origin
The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a Canadian biplane transport floatplane of the 1920s
Of Make: Vickers-Armstrongs, Lead, make
The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a Canadian biplane transport floatplane of the 1920s
In Group: Early and Interwar Flying Boats, Lead, vehicle type
The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a Canadian biplane transport floatplane of the 1920s
Exemplifies: Aviation, Lead, mode
The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a Canadian biplane transport floatplane of the 1920s
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