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CIGARETTE CARDS
John Player & Sons.
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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.
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The Wellington, one of Britain's standard long-range
bombers, is built on the Geodetic principle developed by Messers. Vickers-Wallis. This system gives great rigidity with little weight, and leaves the inside of the fuselage and wings clear for tanks, accommodation, etc. The Wellington has a wing-span of 86 feet and is powered by two Bristol Pegasus engines of 900 h.p. A crew consists of either four
or seven, and there are gun positions in the nose, tail and the top side of the fuselage.
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