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	<title>History of Airplanes &#187; Vickers</title>
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		<title>Vickers Vimy Bomber</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 18:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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The first non-stop flight from America to Europe was accomplished in 1919 by the Vickers &#8220;Vimy&#8221; Bomber, a bi-motored Rolls-Royce airplane, piloted by Captain John Alcock and navigated by Lieut. Arthur W. Brown. 


The trip started at St. Johns, Newfoundland, at 12.13 P.M., New York time, on Saturday, June 14, 1919 and 16 hours and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vickers F.B.5 Gunbus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Visitors to Britain&#8217;s Olympia Air Show in March, 1913 had the chance to see the world&#8217;s first fighter plane; called a &#8220;Destroyer,&#8221; the Vickers  Experimental Fighting Biplane (E.F.B.) was the first aircraft specifically designed to shoot down other airplanes.
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