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Airfix A11001A Vickers Valiant 1:72
Cod produs: 1611001
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Airfix A11001A Vickers Valiant 1:72
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| The Vickers Type 667 bomber was developed in response to the Air Ministry's Operational Requirement OR229 which was issued in January 1947. The Valiant was seen as a stopgap between the Boeing Washington and Avro's Vulcan and Handley Page's Victor which were taking longer to develop than had been anticipated. The Valiant with its less "adventurous” design was able to enter service at least a year before its stablemates did. Valiants and their crews faced and solved all the problems needed to bring the "V Force” into service, leaving Vulcans and Victors to follow their lead. As the Vulcans and Victors entered service, the Valiant found its mission changed to aerial tanker and photographic reconnaissance, roles it fulfilled very well, once again developing procedures for Victor and Vulcan crews to follow later on. In the early 1960s, the development of reliable and accurate Soviet surface to air missiles forced a change of mission on the V Bomber force. No longer would they fly safely to their targets at altitude. Now they would have to fly at treetop level, attempting to sneak under the Soviets' search radars. A few years' hard flying in this new tactical environment revealed a serious design shortcoming; the large landing gear wells weakened the wings just where they needed to be strongest, and so the Valiant fleet was grounded and quickly broken up. XD818 is the last remaining Valiant and may be seen in the collection of the RAF Museum at RAF Cosford. Several nose sections of other Valiants may be seen in museums throughout the UK but only XD818 remains intact. |
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