Talk:Handley Page Victor

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I moved from Handley-Page Victor to Handley Page Victor to bring in line with the articles on the Company and it's other products. Sc147 20:36, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 134 Squadron 2 Victor Bomb Loads 3 Wingweb.co.uk 4 Error ??

[edit] 134 Squadron

According to RAF Squadrons - C G Jefford 134 Squadron was disbanded in 1945 and never reformed...I think you mean 543 Squadron - now added..

[edit] Victor Bomb Loads

Just as a matter of interest, according to Bill Gunston the Victor was designed for the following bomb loads:

Original design requirement:

1 X 10,000lb 'special bomb' - Blue Danube

Alternative loads:

2 X largest-size Blue Boar precision-guided bombs (Blue Boar was later cancelled)

or

1 X 22,000lb Grand Slam plus other assorted smaller weapons

or

2 X 12,000lb Tallboys

or

4 X 10,000lb light-case blast bombs

or

48 X standard 1,000lb bombs

or

39 X 1,000lb Type S sea mines - (written as '39 X 2,000lb' - presumably a typo and referring to 1,000lb 'A Type S' mines)

With reduced fuel load:

76 X 1,000lb bombs - 48 internally plus 28 in external underwing pods - structural provision for pods included but later replaced in trials by overload fuel tanks.

Data from: The V-Bombers - The Handley Page Victor - part 1 by Bill Gunston - Aeroplane Monthly - January 1981 issue.

Ian Dunster 12:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wingweb.co.uk

I run a site titled Air Vectors that covers military aircraft and gets cited here and there on Wikipedia. I don't normally touch wikipedia articles other than to correct typos and the like, but I just found out about a site named "Wingweb.co.uk" which is also cited here and there on Wikipedia (for example in this article) ... but whose aviation articles are largely or entirely downloads of Air Vectors articles -- advertized as "original content & images" though they also lifted many of my photos and artwork.

I have no fuss to make. I just want to make sure the Wikipedia community knows that Wingweb.co.uk is a ripoff operation. Cheers / MrG 4.225.208.126 02:58, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Error ??

"The B.2 was an improved Victor powered by the Rolls-Royce Conway RCo.11 turbojet engines providing 17,250 lbf (76.8 kN)."

But the Conway was a turbofan engine, not a turbojet (apparently the first turbofan). As I am not an expert on this matter, I will leave it to somebody else to correct it, if it is an error. Jason404 (talk) 20:00, 7 June 2008 (UTC)