Canadian Vickers Varuna

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|name=Varuna

|image=Canadian Vickers Varuna 3 ExCC.jpg

|caption=

|type=Transport flying-boat

|manufacturer=Canadian Vickers

|designer=

|first_flight=

|introduction=

|retired=1932

|status=out of service

|primary_user=Royal Canadian Air Force

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|produced=

|number_built=8

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|developed_from=Canadian Vickers Vedette

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The Canadian Vickers Varuna was a Canadian flying boat of the 1920s built by Canadian Vickers as a twin-engined, unequal-span biplane, with a wooden hull and steel tube structure.

Design and development

The Varuna was developed in response to a Royal Canadian Air Force requirement for a flying boat to transport men and equipment to forest fires. It was a large-scale twin-engined version of the Vedette.

Operational history

Most Varunas spent their service in Manitoba operating in their intended role; all Varuna IIs were withdrawn in 1930 and the sole Varuna I was struck off in 1932

Variants

Varuna I - with Wright J-6 Whirlwind radial engines, one built.
Varuna II - with Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV radial engines.

Specifications (Varuna II)

{{Aircraft specs

|ref=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1928 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London |pages=69c–70c}}

|prime units?=kts

|crew=4

|length m=11.23

|upper span m=16.8

|lower span m=14.42

|height m=4.19

|wing area sqft=715

|empty weight lb=3369

|gross weight lb=5299

|fuel capacity={{cvt|90|impgal|USgal l}} in two wing tanks, with an optional {{cvt|60|impgal|USgal l}} ferry tank in the hull

|eng1 number=2

|eng1 name=Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV