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The Handley Page Victor was a British jet-powered strategic bomber, developed and produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company and served during the Cold War. It was the third and final of the V-bombers operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF); the other two V-bombers being the Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. The Victor had been developed to perform as part of the United Kingdom’s airborne nuclear deterrent. In 1968, the type was retired from the nuclear mission following the discovery of fatigue cracks, which had been exacerbated by the RAF's adoption of a low-altitude flight profile to avoid interception.

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rdfs:label	Handley Page Victor
rdfs:comment	The Handley Page Victor was a British jet-powered strategic bomber, developed and produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company and served during the Cold War. It was the third and final of the V-bombers operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF); the other two V-bombers being the Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. The Victor had been developed to perform as part of the United Kingdom’s airborne nuclear deterrent. In 1968, the type was retired from the nuclear mission following the discovery of fatigue cracks, which had been exacerbated by the RAF's adoption of a low-altitude flight profile to avoid interception.
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max takeoff weight alt	93182.0
max speed more	at 36,000 ft
length alt	35.05 m
span main	3352.8
Produced	1952(xsd:integer)
thrust alt	49.27 kN
height alt	8.57 m
Introduced	April 1958
primary user	Royal Air Force
Type	Strategic bomber, tanker
range alt	5217(xsd:integer)
Align	right
Caption	Victor XL231 Lusty Lindy, 2011 Victor XM715 Teasin' Tina, 2008
last flight	2009-05-04(xsd:date)
length main	3502.6600000000003
Width	225(xsd:integer) 20.0
area main	2406.0
height main	28(xsd:integer)
span alt	33.53 m
range main	6000.0
Manufacturer	dbkwik:resource/tx5VbWsgdfYeshLAB_1_5A==
max speed main	627.0
ceiling main	56000.0
National Origin	United Kingdom
empty weight main	89030.0
direction	vertical
type of jet	turbojets
Image	Victor K2 Lusty Lindy .jpg Victor XM705.jpg
area alt	223.5
First Flight	1952-12-24(xsd:date)
engine (jet)	Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire A.S.Sa.7
max speed alt	545(xsd:integer)
jet or prop?	jet
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empty weight alt	40468.0
thrust main	11050(xsd:integer)
number of jets	4(xsd:integer)
plane or copter?	plane
ceiling alt	17,000 m
max takeoff weight main	205000.0
Retired	1993(xsd:integer)
Crew	5(xsd:integer)
Armament	* Up to 35 × 1,000 lb bombs or * 1× Yellow Sun free-fall nuclear bomb
Number Built	86(xsd:integer)
Designer	Reginald Stafford
ref	Handley Page Aircraft since 1907
abstract	The Handley Page Victor was a British jet-powered strategic bomber, developed and produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company and served during the Cold War. It was the third and final of the V-bombers operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF); the other two V-bombers being the Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. The Victor had been developed to perform as part of the United Kingdom’s airborne nuclear deterrent. In 1968, the type was retired from the nuclear mission following the discovery of fatigue cracks, which had been exacerbated by the RAF's adoption of a low-altitude flight profile to avoid interception. A number of Victors had received modifications to undertake the strategic reconnaissance role, employing a combination of radar, cameras, and other sensors. As the nuclear deterrence mission was given to the Royal Navy's submarine-launched Polaris missiles in 1969, a large V-bomber fleet was deemed surplus to requirements. As such, many of the surviving Victors were converted into aerial refuelling tankers. During the Falklands War, Victor tankers were notably used in the airborne logistics operation to repeatedly refuel Vulcan bombers on their way to and from the Black Buck raids. The Victor was the last of the V-bombers to be retired, the last aircraft being removed from service on 15 October 1993. In the refuelling role, the type had been replaced by the Vickers VC10 and the Lockheed Tristar. In the conventional and nuclear strike roles, the Avro Vulcan operated in this capacity until 1982, when it was in turn replaced by the significantly smaller Panavia Tornado.

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