Specifications (Viking 1B)
Data from Vickers Aircraft since 1908
General characteristics
- Crew: Two pilots
- Capacity: 36 passengers
- Length: 65 ft 2 in (19.86 m)
- Wingspan: 89 ft 3 in (27.20 m)
- Height: 19 ft 7 in (5.97 m)
- Wing area: 882 ft² (82.0 m²)
- Empty weight: 23,000 lb (10,430 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Hercules 634 14-cylinder two-row radial engine, 1,690 hp (1,260 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 263 mph (229 kn, 423 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 210 mph (183 kn, 338 km/h)
- Range: 1,700 mi (1,478 nmi, 2,740 km)
- Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,500 ft/min (7.6 m/s)
- Wing loading: 38.5 lb/ft² (127 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.099 hp/lb (0.16 kW/kg)
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