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The Vickers-Armstrongs V-1000 was a prototype jet-powered cargo aircraft designed to a UK Ministry of Supply requirement for a strategic transport to support the V bomber fleet. Both the Ministry and Vickers also intended to use the same basic design as the VC7, a six-abreast trans-Atlantic jet airliner for BOAC. With the prototype largely complete, the Ministry of Supply cancelled the development contract in 1955. By this time the design had garnered interest from the airlines, and led to re-designs in the competing US Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. The V-1000 is one of the great "what-ifs" of British aviation, and its cancellation was the topic of considerable debate in the House of Commons.

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  • Vickers V-1000
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  • The Vickers-Armstrongs V-1000 was a prototype jet-powered cargo aircraft designed to a UK Ministry of Supply requirement for a strategic transport to support the V bomber fleet. Both the Ministry and Vickers also intended to use the same basic design as the VC7, a six-abreast trans-Atlantic jet airliner for BOAC. With the prototype largely complete, the Ministry of Supply cancelled the development contract in 1955. By this time the design had garnered interest from the airlines, and led to re-designs in the competing US Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. The V-1000 is one of the great "what-ifs" of British aviation, and its cancellation was the topic of considerable debate in the House of Commons.
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personquoted
  • George Edwards, Vickers managing director
max takeoff weight lb
  • 231000(xsd:integer)
Status
  • Project cancelled
eng1 type
  • turbofan
length in
  • 0(xsd:integer)
cruise speed kts
  • 450(xsd:integer)
Type
  • Airliner and cargo aircraft prototype
wing area sqft
  • 3263(xsd:integer)
Height in
  • 6(xsd:integer)
quotetext
  • We have handed to the Americans, without a struggle, the entire world market for big jet airliners.
Manufacturer
  • Vickers-Armstrongs
empty weight lb
  • 109100(xsd:integer)
Capacity
  • 100(xsd:integer)
aspect ratio
  • 6(xsd:integer)
length ft
  • 146(xsd:integer)
range nmi
  • 3600(xsd:integer)
Height ft
  • 38(xsd:integer)
First Flight
  • Not flown
span ft
  • 140(xsd:integer)
range note
span in
  • 0(xsd:integer)
prime units?
  • imp
eng1 lbf
  • 15000(xsd:integer)
Number Built
  • 1(xsd:integer)
eng1 name
ref
  • Vickers Aircraft since 1908
eng1 number
  • 4(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The Vickers-Armstrongs V-1000 was a prototype jet-powered cargo aircraft designed to a UK Ministry of Supply requirement for a strategic transport to support the V bomber fleet. Both the Ministry and Vickers also intended to use the same basic design as the VC7, a six-abreast trans-Atlantic jet airliner for BOAC. With the prototype largely complete, the Ministry of Supply cancelled the development contract in 1955. By this time the design had garnered interest from the airlines, and led to re-designs in the competing US Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. The V-1000 is one of the great "what-ifs" of British aviation, and its cancellation was the topic of considerable debate in the House of Commons.
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