PlaneSpottingWorld welcomes all new members! Please gives your ideas at the Terminal.

Armstrong Whitworth Awana

From PlaneSpottingWorld, for aviation fans everywhere
Awana
Type Military transport
Manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth
Maiden flight 28 June 1923
Number built 2

The Armstrong Whitworth Awana was a British prototype troop-transport aircraft built to meet a 1920 Air Ministry requirement. It was a large, twin-engine biplane with a box-like fuselage, and a twin-rudder, biplane tail. The pilot and navigator sat in open cockpits atop the nose, while the 25 troops it was to carry sat within. The wings could be folded for storage.

Evaluated at Martlesham Heath, control during landing was found to be poor, and the structure overall too flimsy. The second prototype addressed some of these concerns, but the Vickers Victoria was selected for production instead.

Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: two, pilot and navigator
  • Capacity: 25 troops
  • Length: 68 ft 0 in (20.73 m)
  • Wingspan: 105 ft 6 in (32.16 m)
  • Height: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
  • Wing area: 2,300 ft² (213.7 m²)
  • Empty weight: 10,000 lb (4,536 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 18,450 lb (8,369 kg)
  • Powerplant:Napier Lion 12-cylinder W-block inline engine, 450 hp (335 kw) each

Performance



References

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 79. 
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing, File 889 Sheet 80. 

Template:Armstrong Whitworth aircraft

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Armstrong Whitworth Awana".