{"id":19027422,"date":"2026-09-01T21:18:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/vickers-wellesley-geodetic-bomber-distance-record-1938\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T21:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:19:38","slug":"record-di-distanza-del-bombardiere-geodetico-vickers-wellesley-nel-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/vickers-wellesley-geodetic-bomber-distance-record-1938\/","title":{"rendered":"Vickers Wellesley: il bombardiere con struttura a intreccio che percorse 7.000 miglia"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>Il 5 novembre 1938, tre bombardieri della Royal Air Force decollarono da Ismailia, in Egitto, e si diressero verso est. Due di essi atterrarono a Darwin, nel nord dell&#039;Australia, circa quarantotto ore dopo, avendo percorso circa 7.150 miglia senza scalo. Si tratt\u00f2 di un record mondiale di distanza, stabilito da un velivolo di cui la maggior parte delle persone non ha mai sentito parlare, costruito con una struttura che assomiglia a un cesto.<\/p>\r\n<p>Il Vickers Wellesley era gi\u00e0 considerato obsoleto quando la guerra inizi\u00f2 un anno dopo. Fu anche uno degli aerei britannici pi\u00f9 importanti, seppur in modo discreto, degli anni &#039;30, per via del modo in cui era stato costruito.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:17px\">Informazioni rapide<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Tipo:<\/strong> Vickers Wellesley, bombardiere medio monomotore<\/li><li><strong>Produttore:<\/strong> Vickers-Armstrongs a Brooklands, vicino a Weybridge.<\/li><li><strong>Struttura:<\/strong> Struttura geodetica progettata da Barnes Wallis<\/li><li><strong>Origine:<\/strong> Specifiche del Ministero dell&#039;Aeronautica G.4\/31, emanate nel 1931<\/li><li><strong>Documentazione:<\/strong> Circa 7.150 miglia senza soste, da Ismailia a Darwin, inizio novembre 1938<\/li><li><strong>Servizio:<\/strong> Sei squadroni del Comando Bombardieri della RAF al massimo della loro forza.<\/li><li><strong>Ultima unit\u00e0:<\/strong> Il 47\u00b0 Squadrone lo impieg\u00f2 in missioni di ricognizione marittima fino al settembre 1942.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Il bombardiere che non doveva essere un monoplano<\/h2>\r\n<p>La specifica G.4\/31 richiedeva un aereo multiruolo in grado di svolgere quasi ogni compito: bombardamento orizzontale, cooperazione con l&#039;esercito, bombardamento in picchiata, ricognizione, evacuazione dei feriti e lancio di siluri. La Vickers propose tre soluzioni e il Ministero dell&#039;Aeronautica scelse quella convenzionale, il biplano Tipo 253, ordinandone 150 esemplari.<\/p>\r\n<p>Vickers continu\u00f2 comunque a lavorare sul monoplano, come iniziativa privata. Il Type 256 era cos\u00ec evidentemente superiore che il Ministero annull\u00f2 il proprio ordine e lo convert\u00ec al monoplano. Quel velivolo divenne il Wellesley.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=968377710  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/vickers-wellesley-mk-i-long-span-monoplane.jpg\" alt=\"Un Vickers Wellesley Mk I che mostra la sua ala molto lunga e stretta\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">L&#039;enorme ala ad alto allungamento del Wellesley \u00e8 ci\u00f2 che ha reso possibile il volo da record. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Barnes Wallis e la fusoliera a intreccio<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il motivo per cui era migliore si riduce a un solo uomo. Barnes Wallis proveniva dal mondo dei dirigibili e port\u00f2 con s\u00e9 l&#039;ossessione di ottenere resistenza da un peso quasi nullo. La sua soluzione fu la costruzione geodetica: un reticolo di elementi in lega leggera che si avvolgono a spirale in eliche opposte attorno alla fusoliera, in modo che i carichi su un elemento siano bilanciati dall&#039;elemento che lo attraversa, il tutto ricoperto di tessuto.<\/p>\r\n<p>Il risultato \u00e8 una cellula straordinariamente leggera in rapporto alla sua resistenza, e straordinariamente difficile da distruggere. Se un elemento viene danneggiato, il carico si ridistribuisce semplicemente lungo la struttura reticolare. Il Wellesley fu il primo aereo costruito interamente in questo modo a entrare in servizio. Wallis poi estese l&#039;idea al Vickers Wellington, che sub\u00ec danni incredibili in battaglia sopra la Germania e continu\u00f2 a volare, e in seguito applic\u00f2 la stessa instancabile mente ingegneristica alla bomba rimbalzante.<\/p>\r\n<p>Entrambi gli aerei prendono il nome da Arthur Wellesley, il primo Duca di Wellington. Il Wellesley fu il primo, ed \u00e8 quello di cui nessuno ricorda nulla.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>\u201c&quot;Il Wellesley \u00e8 stato il primo aereo costruito interamente con il metodo di costruzione geodetica ad entrare in servizio.&quot;\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Fondazione Barnes Wallis<\/strong> \u2014 Sul significato della cellula di Wellesley<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=214480764  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/vickers-wellesley-raf-bomber-in-flight.jpg\" alt=\"Un Vickers Wellesley della Royal Air Force\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">La costruzione geodetica rese la Wellesley leggera, robusta e molto difficile da abbattere. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Ismailia a Darwin<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il tentativo di record fu effettuato dalla Long Range Development Unit della RAF, utilizzando bombardieri Wellesley equipaggiati con serbatoi supplementari e con quell&#039;ala gi\u00e0 enorme. Tre velivoli decollarono da Ismailia il 5 novembre 1938.<\/p>\r\n<p>Due dei tre aerei raggiunsero Darwin senza scalo, percorrendo circa 7.158 miglia in circa 48 ore di volo. Le fonti differiscono leggermente sulla distanza esatta, ma il risultato \u00e8 indubbio: si tratt\u00f2 di un record mondiale di distanza, stabilito da un bombardiere monomotore con fusto in tela che la RAF stava gi\u00e0 progettando di sostituire.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U29kB0uYeV8\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un&#039;obsolescenza utile<\/h2>\r\n<p>Nel settembre del 1939 il Wellesley era chiaramente obsoleto per i cieli europei: lento, scarsamente difeso e monomotore, in un momento in cui la RAF stava passando ai bimotori. Quindi fu impiegato dove era ancora utile. I Wellesley volarono in Africa orientale, Egitto e Medio Oriente, operando su territori in cui l&#039;autonomia era pi\u00f9 importante della velocit\u00e0.<\/p>\r\n<p>L&#039;ultimo operatore, il 47\u00b0 Squadrone, abbandon\u00f2 definitivamente questo tipo di velivolo nel settembre del 1942, utilizzandolo ormai per la ricognizione marittima.<\/p>\r\n<p>La vera eredit\u00e0 del Wellesley non risiede nel suo palmar\u00e8s in combattimento, che \u00e8 modesto, n\u00e9 tantomeno nel suo record di distanza, per quanto impressionante. Risiede nel fatto che un progettista britannico dimostr\u00f2, proprio con questo aereo, che si poteva costruire una cellula utilizzando una struttura metallica intrecciata, e che l&#039;idea funzion\u00f2 abbastanza bene da permettere al Bomber Command di trasportare il Wellington per tutta la prima met\u00e0 della guerra.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Fonti: Wikipedia, BAE Systems Heritage, la Fondazione Barnes Wallis, HistoryNet e History of War.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Post correlati<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/vickers-wellington-geodetic-bomber-wimpy\/\">Il Vickers Wellington: il bombardiere geodetico che chiamavano Wimpy<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/vickers-valiant-first-v-bomber-nuclear\/\">Il Vickers Valiant: il primo bombardiere V britannico.<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 5 November 1938 three Royal Air Force bombers took off from Ismailia in Egypt and turned east. Two of them landed at Darwin in northern Australia about forty-eight hours later, having flown roughly 7,150 miles without stopping. It was a world distance record, and it was set by an aircraft that most people have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":19026664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[666,664],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19027422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-and-legends","category-military-aviation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vickers Wellesley: The Bomber That Flew 7,000 Miles | MiGFlug<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Barnes Wallis built the Vickers Wellesley from a woven metal lattice. 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