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  |name = Vigil
  |image = Canadian_Vickers_Vigil.jpg
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  |type = Patrol Aircraft
  |national origin = Canada
  |manufacturer = [[Canadian Vickers]]
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  |introduced = 11 May 1928
  |retired = 3 November 1930
  |number built = 1
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  |primary user = [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]
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The '''Canadian Vickers Vigil''' was a single-seat patrol aircraft designed to meet a [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] requirement for a forest fire patrol aircraft.

==Design and development==
In 1926, the RCAF issued specifications for an aircraft to replace the [[Airco DH.4]] aircraft used at the time. Canadian Vickers designed the Vigil which had steel-structured wings with aluminum skin throughout, and was a strut-braced [[sesquiplane]]. The aircraft was overweight, which impacted the aircraft service ceiling and performance, which in turn made it unsuitable for its role. Only one was ever built.

==Operational history==
Unfit for its intended role, the aircraft was sent to [[CFB Rockcliffe|Rockcliffe Air Station]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]. It was used by pilots stationed there for proficiency flying. The aircraft was used for airmail deliveries to [[Maritime Canada]] between January 1929 until February 1929. About a year later, the need for repair and overhaul became necessary and after assessment it was determined this was not cost effective, so the aircraft was scrapped.

==Specifications==
[[File:Canadian_Vickers_Vigil_3-view_L'Air_July_1,1927.png|thumb|Canadian Vickers Vigil 3-view drawing from L'Air July 1,1927]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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