CANADIAN VICKERS VEDETTE - Two/three-seat single-engine pusher forestry protection biplane designed in UK by R K Pierson early 1924 for development in Canada. Prototype Vedette I flown November 4, 1924, powered by 200 hp Rolls-Royce Falcon III. RCAF acquired one Wright J-4-engined Vedette I in 1925 and 18 Armstrong Siddeley 210 hp Lynx IV-engined Vedette Us from 1926 onwards; all of these out of service before war began. Starting 1929, RCAF then acquired 13 Vedette Vs with higher gross weight and Lynx IV engines, and 11 Vedette VAs featuring Handley Page wing slots. A single Vedette VI, with Wright J-6 engine, featured a metal hull. Seven Vedette VAs and the Mk VI survived into wartime service, flying with No 4(BR) Sqn and the Seaplane and Bomber Reconnaissance Training School (later No 13 OT Sqn) in Vancouver until May 1941.

Max speed, about 95 mph (153 kmlh). Gross weight, 4,000 Ib (1,816 kg). Span, 42 ft 23/4 in (12.86 m). Length, 42ft 0 in (12.8 m).