City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1928
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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Experimental catapult-launched shipboard fighter using the construction methods developed by the French Wilbault company. Deliberately low-powered with an Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx of 235hp. The Vireo (Latin for greenfinch) suffered handling problems and the Fleet Air Arm lost interest in a low-powered fighters. Neither the Vireo nor the competing Avro Avocet were ordered into production. N211 is test serial, not a military one. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
Registration / Serial:N211
Aircraft Version:Vickers Vireo
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1928
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1928
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:727149Submit Correction
View count: 290
Experimental catapult-launched shipboard fighter using the construction methods developed by the French Wilbault company. Deliberately low-powered with an Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx of 235hp. The Vireo (Latin for greenfinch) suffered handling problems and the Fleet Air Arm lost interest in a low-powered fighters. Neither the Vireo nor the competing Avro Avocet were ordered into production. N211 is test serial, not a military one. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
Registration / Serial:N211
Aircraft Version:Vickers Vireo
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:March 1928
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive