Today In History:  22 August  [1922]   --  The Vickers Type 56 Victoria protoype flies for the first time

The Victoria was a twin-engined biplane troop and freight transport with a conventional landing gear with a tailskid. The design mated a similar fuselage of the earlier Vernon transport with the wing of the Virginia bomber, which was developed in parallel. It was also powered by two Napier Lion engines. The enclosed cabin had room for 24 troops on collapsible canvas seats arranged along the sides of the fuselage.

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