Vickers Wellesley

The Vickers Armstrong Wellesley Bomber was the first machine to be produced in quantity on the Geodetic principle. Three long-range Wellesleys of the type shown here made the record-breaking long distance flight to Australia. They are large planes, having a wing-span of over 74 feet, and are powered by a single Bristol Pegasus engine of 800 h.p. The absolute ceiling is 35,200 feet, and the machine will climb to 23,000 feet in twenty-one minutes, flying at 220 m.p.h. at that height.