Talk:Vickers Warwick

Re: developed from

Contrary to popular belief the warwick actually pre-dates the wellington, but only just as they were designed concurrently to two different specifications. The true progenitor of both designs is the Vickers B.9/32 prototype which also spawned the Wellesley. I can't actually put this in the article as I don't have my reference sources with me, so if any body feels like doing a little reading Get Vickers aircraft since 1908. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Petebutt (talk • contribs) 18:06, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

It sort of says this at the moment - it says the Wellington and Warwick were designed in parallel. As you say, both were derived from the Vickers Type 271 (i.e. the B9/32) (which is covered in the Wellington Article) with the Wellington being the definative B9/32 design and the Warwick meeting B1/35. What I can't find any references for is the statement that prototypes were cancelled in 1936 due to a decision to switch to 4 engined bombers (which is why I tagged it).Nigel Ish (talk) 19:16, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

The B.1/35 Warwick design was started first as a complete re-design of the Vickers Type 271 that had been built to B.9/32 using 2,000 hp engines that were expected to become available, and the Wellington was then designed as a smaller version of the Warwick to fit and be re-submitted for specification B.9/32, and which flew earlier because it was designed to use already existing ~1,000 hp engines. The Warwick's 2,000 hp engines (Vulture, Sabre, Centaurus) were then delayed by the start of the war in 1939. By the time these engines were developed enough to be usable, around 1942, the Air Ministry had already decided upon the Avro Lancaster. Thus the Wellington was actually a scaled-down Warwick, and not the other way round.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.173.73 (talk) 20:01, 11 February 2019 (UTC)