MacLaren Round-the-World Attempt

Photo: The Vickers Viking prototype in 1919 (Wikipedia)

1924/03/25 - 1924/08/04

March 25 1924
Squadron Leader Archibald Stuart Charles Stuart-MacLaren, Flying Officer William Noble Plenderleith, Sergeant W. H. Andrews of the Royal Air Force set off from Calshot in a Vickers Vulture II in an eastbound attempt to circumnavigate the world.
Their attempt ultimately failed on August 4 in the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea.

Role: Biplane amphibian
Manufacturer: Vickers / Canadian Vickers
First flight: 1919
Produced: 1919-1923
Number built:
31 (Viking)
2 (Vulture)
1 (Vanellus)

General characteristics
    Crew: One: pilot
    Capacity: 3 passengers
    Length: 34 ft 2 in (10.42 m)
    Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
    Height: 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
    Wing area: 635 ft² (59.0 m²)
    Empty weight: 4,040 lb (1,836 kg)
    Loaded weight: 5,790 lb (2,632 kg)
    Powerplant: 1 × Napier Lion 12-cylinder water-cooled broad arrow piston engine, 450 hp (336 kW)

Performance
    Maximum speed: 113 mph (98 knots, 182 km/h)
    Cruise speed: 91 mph (79 knots, 147 km/h)
    Range: 925 mi (804 nmi, 1,489 km) (long range tanks)
    Endurance: 4 hr 45 min

Source: Wikipedia