Vickers Valetta

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The Vickers Valetta was a British twin‑engine military transport aircraft developed in the late 1940s and widely used by the Royal Air Force for troop and cargo transport duties.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vickers Valetta canonical 5
Valetta T.3 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medium transport aircraft ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory fixed‑wing aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ
aircraftRole transport ⓘ
utility ⓘ
constructionMaterial all‑metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
4 ⓘ
derivedFrom Vickers VC.1 Viking ⓘ
designedFor short‑ and medium‑range transport ⓘ
developedInPeriod late 1940s ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Royal Air Force Transport Command ⓘ
era post‑World War II ⓘ
firstFlight 1947 ⓘ
fuselageType metal monocoque ⓘ
hasCargoDoor yes ⓘ
hasParatroopDoor yes ⓘ
hasPressurization no ⓘ
hasVariant Valetta C.1 ⓘ
Valetta C.2 ⓘ
linked to: Valetta C.1

Valetta T.3 ⓘ
linked to: Vickers Valetta
introduced 1948 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Vickers‑Armstrongs ⓘ
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
nationality British ⓘ
numberBuilt over 250 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
powerplant Bristol Hercules radial engine ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
propulsion propeller‑driven ⓘ
retiredFromService 1960s ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedFor cargo transport ⓘ
medical evacuation ⓘ
paratroop transport ⓘ
training ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
usedInConflict Malayan Emergency ⓘ
Suez Crisis ⓘ
wingPlacement low wing ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RAF Transport Command → aircraftOperated → Vickers Valetta ⓘ
Bristol Hercules → usedInAircraft → Vickers Valetta ⓘ
Bristol Hercules → usedOnAircraft → Vickers Valetta ⓘ
subject linked to: Bristol Hercules radial engine
Vickers Valetta → hasVariant → Valetta T.3 ⓘ
linked to: Vickers Valetta
No. 70 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Vickers Valetta ⓘ
subject linked to: 70 Sqn
Vickers Varsity → developedFrom → Vickers Valetta ⓘ