Vickers Valiant B.1 – Fotos y Video

Vickers Valiant B.1
País	Uk
Tipo	Bombardero de gran altitud de cuatro aviones
Fotógrafo	Ondrej Skarka
Descripción	Álbum de 71 fotos de un «Vickers Valiant B.1»

Galería de fotos de un Vickers Valiant B.1, The Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant was a British four-jet high-altitude bomber, once part of the Royal Air Force’s V bomber nuclear force in the 1950s and 1960s. It was developed by Vickers in response to Specification B.35/46 issued by the Air Ministry for a nuclear-armed jet-powered bomber. The Valiant was the first of the V bombers to become operational, and was followed by the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan; it was noticeably less advanced than its counterparts. The Valiant has the distinction of being the only V bomber to drop live nuclear weapons.

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el Vickers Valiant B.1 was a British four-jet bomber aircraft that entered service in the 1950s as part of the Royal Air Force’s V bomber force. It was the first of the three V bombers to become operational, and the first to drop an atomic bomb. The Valiant had a distinctive crescent-shaped wing that gave it high speed and long range. It was also capable of performing other roles, such as aerial refueling, reconnaissance, and low-level bombing. The Valiant was retired in 1965 after a series of fatigue failures caused by its low-level missions over the tropics.