Corgi Vickers Valiant B.Mk 1 Diecast Model RAF XD829 Scale 1/144 AA39402

The Vickers Valiant B.Mk 1 was a four-jet, high-altitude, strategic bomber designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs in response to Specification B. 35/46 issued by the Air Ministry for a nuclear-armed jet-powered bomber.

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It was the first of the V bombers to become operational, and was followed by the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan. The Valiant is the only V bomber to have dropped live nuclear weapons (for test purposes).

Here are some of its specifications:

• Crew: five – two pilots, two navigators (one navigator plotter + one navigator radar), air electronics officer
• Length: 108 ft 3 in (32.99 m)
• Wingspan: 114 ft 4 in (34.85 m)
• Height: 32 ft 2 in (9.80 m)
• Wing area: 2,362 sq ft (219.4 m2)
• Empty weight: 75,881 lb (34,419 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 140,000 lb (63,503 kg)
• Powerplant: 4 × Rolls-Royce Avon RA28 Mk 204 turbojets, 10,000 lbf (44 kN) thrust each