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1951
1951 - 0354.PDF
228 FLIGHT, 23 February 1951 AIRSPEED TYPE DESIGNATIONS (/» each case the type number carries the prefix AS-) Type) Nairn and Identifying Characteristics 1 Tern. High-performance cantilever sailplane 2 Glider project 3 Two-seater monoplane project 4 Ferry. Ten-seat biplane (one D.H. Gipsy III and two D.H. Gipsy Ms) 5 Courier. Five/six-seater monoplane (Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVc ; could also have Wasp Junior, Whirlwind or Cheetah) 5A Courier I. British model (Lynx IVc) 5B Courier II. Overseas model (Cheetah V) 5C Courier. Experimental model with Napier Rapier 5J Courier (Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IX) 6 Envoy. Six/eight-seater monoplane (two Wolseley A.R.9s) 6A Envoy. Series I (two Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVcs) 68 Envoy. Series I. Seaplane project (two Wolseley A.R.9s) 6C Envoy. Series I. Seaplane project (two Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVcs) 6 Envoy. Series M. Raps and increased tailplane area. Suffix ** D *' denotes two Wright Whirlwinds ; " E," two Walter Castor Us ; " F " photographic survey project ; " G " two Wolseley Scorpio Is 6 Envoy. Series III. Flaps, ply-covered wing and tailplane with further increased area. Suffix " E " denotes two Walter Castor Us ; " H," two Wolseley Aries Ills ; " J," two Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IXi ; " K," two Wolseley Scorpio lls <Jm Envoy. Series III. Convertible for military use (Cheetah IXs) 6Jc Envoy. Series III. Civil version of above 7 Military Envoy project 71 Military Envoy project (Cheetah Vis) 7K Military Envoy project (Scorpio lls) 8 Viceroy. Special racing model of Envoy (two Cheetah Vis) 9 Intercepter fighter project. Eight-gun, low-wing, strut-braced monoplane. Napier Dagger, or engine of similar power 10 Oxford I. General-purpose advanced trainer to Spec T.13/36 (two Cheetah IXs) 10 Oxford II. Pilot-training only 10 Oxford Ambulance, (two Cheetah IXs) 10 Oxford II. Experimental machine with twin fins and rudders used for spinning tests (two Cheetah IXs) 10 Oxford II. Experimental machine with Rotol constant-speed air- screws (two Cheetah XVs) 10 Oxford II. Experimental MacLaren undercarriage (two Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah Xs) 10 Oxford II. Experimental aircraft with two D.H. Gipsy Queen IVs 10 Oxford I. Experimental undercarriage retraction by Metropolitan- Vickera 10 Oxford III. One prototype (PI864) with Cheetah XV engines and additional equipment 10 Oxford IV. Projected pilot-training version of Oxford III 11 Courier. Projected all-meal version for Canadian market 12 Four-engined aircraft project 13 Type number not used 14 Twin-engined, sixtsen-pasenger transport project (known at Ambassador) 15 Projected day and night bomber I5A Projected passenger version of AS-15 16 Fokker F.XXII. Four-engined transport. 17 Fokker D.XVII. Single-seat fighter (Rolls-Royce Kestrel) 18 Variant of AS-17 19 Fokker D.XIX. Single-seat fighter (Rolls-Royce Kestrel) 20 Fokker F.XXXVI. Transport « 21 Fokker D.XX. Siqgfe-seat fighter 22 Fokker C.X. Two-seat fighter 22A Fokker C.X.W. Floatplane 23 Douglas DC-2 24 Long-range mail-carrying vefjiewo? AS-M 25 Number not »llnft«S First Flight 1931 1932 1933 1933 1933 1934 1935 1934 1934 1935 1936 1936 1936 1934 1937 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 34A 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 19381938 1939 1939 1939 19401943 1941 49 5051 5253 5455 56 57 57 57 58 59 60 61 6263 6465 6667 Car-carrying biplane project. (Fuselage similar to Cunliffe Owen's Burnelli project) Special defence-aircraft project. Irving biplane and high-wing monoplane versions Twin-engine passenger transport project Bomber to Specification B. 1/35 (four Bristol Aquilas or four Rolls- Royce Goshawks) Queen Wasp. Radio-controlled gunnery target. To Spec. 32/35 1937 (Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IX) Projected fighter. Two booms, cabin on tail, eight guns. To Spec Projected airliner with four Bristol Aquila or Libra engines Projected airliner with four Bristol Aquila or Libra engines. Twenty- four seater Projected 12/15-seater airliner (four Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IX engines) Projected 12/15-seater airliner (four Wolseley Scorpion II Engines) Projected 12/15-seater airliner (four de Havilland Gipsy engines) Two-seater trainer project to spec T. 1/37 Radio-controlled target flying-boat project to Spec Q.8/37 (D. H. Gipsy Six Series II) Communications aircraft project. Modification of AS-3O Queen Wasp Fleet Shadower. Carrier-borne observation aircraft to Spec. 1939 S.23/37 (four Pobjoy Niagara Vs) Oxford civil conversion for radio research. Two built 1938 Experimental Oxford with two Alvis Leonides. Installation by Miles 1946 Aircraft Ltd. Oxford I to Spec. T.39/37 for New Zealand 1938 Survey version of AS-42 1938 Projected Oxford replacement Single-engine trainer to Specification T.4/39 (Bristol Mercury VIII) 1940 Oxford V (" winterized.") Two Pratt and Whitney Wasp Juniors. 1942 Converted Oxfords with Hamilton c.s. airscrews, but no cabin heat- ing or provision for oil warming, were designated Oxford V Series II. The Canadian version was Oxford V Series I High speed twin-boom bomber project with two Napier Sabres or two Rolls-Royce Merlins (one tractor, one pusher) ' ~ Projected single-seat night fighter with Napier Sabre engine. Six — 20 mm guns "_-:... Projected single-seater fighter/trainer to Spec T.24/40, with D.H. ' . Gipsy Six engine Type number allocated to production Queen Wasps to Spec T.24/40 Horsal. Troop-carrying glider to Spec. X.26/40 1941 Horsa I. Bomb-carrying project to Spec. X.3/41 1 Horsa t project for vehicle transport ', * - - Projected two-seater training glider to Spec TX.3/43 ' Cobham high-wing freighter project with either two Bristol Hercules ''. XIVs, four Bristol Taurus XXs, four Rolls-Royce Merlin XXIs or two Bristol Centaurus engines Protected single-seater fighter with Napier Sabre VI engine and four 20 mm guns Ambassador. Projected version with two Bristol Hercules engines Ambassador I. 40/50-seater airliner to Spec C.25/43 (two Bristol 1947 Centaurus 63 Is) Ambassador I. Forty/fifty-seater airliner to Spec. C.25/43 (two 1950 Briitol Centaurus 661s) (Production model) Horsa II. Vehicle transport glider with opening nose (twin nose 1943 wheels) Ambassador II project for two Bristol Proteus or Bristol Theseus, four Napier Naiads, or four Rolls-Royce Darts ,: Ayrshire. Projected military transport version of Ambassador to - Spec. C.I3/45 (two Bristol Centaurus 130s) Dakota I conversion Dakota II conversion Dakota III conversion Ambassador project or R.A.F. to Spec C.26/43 Consul. Civil version of Oxford (two Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah 1946 Xs Projected civil freighter development of Ambassador Projected civil freighter development of Ambassador
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