The Venture was a further development of the Vixen II to meet the requirements of Air Ministry Specification 45/23, six aircraft being ordered.

The Venture, like the Vixen which formed its basis, was a single-bay biplane with a steel tube fuselage and wooden wings.

The first Venture flew at the Vickers factory at Brooklands on 3 June 1924,[1] being sent to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Martlesham for evaluation.

While demonstrating what was said to be "docile" handling,[2] further testing showed that the aircraft had poor longitudinal stability, had a long landing run and was considered too large for use in army cooperation, where it would be expected to operate out of small airstrips.

4 Squadron, the six Ventures were relegated to experimental purposes, the final aircraft being struck off charge in January 1933.