Armstrong Whitworth: Aircraft
From Graces Guide
Note: This is a sub-section of Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft.
Below is a list of Aircraft models made by the company.
| Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft (and aircraft from successor companies) | ||
| Model | Date | Detail |
| FK1 Sissit | 1914 | Also known as the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.1. A prototype single-engined biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. |
| FK2 | 1915 | Frederick Koolhoven produced a two-seater biplane design based on the B.E.2c and powered by a 70 hp Renault V8 engine. Later it had the 90 hp R.A.F.1a engine fitted. Seven were produced but it did not see service on the front. |
| FK3 | Sep 1915 | The 'Little Ack' was a re-vamped version of the FK2. Armstrong Whitworth were given a contract to build 150 aircraft with another 350 being built by Hewlett and Blondeau at Luton. Most with the 90 hp and 105 hp RAFa engine but a few with the Beardmore 120 hp unit |
| FK5/FK6 | - | Experimental triplanes built as escort fighters |
| FK7 | June 1916 | Two-seater reconnaissance bomber with 160 hp Beardmore engine |
| FK8 | 1916 | The 'Big Ack' was the production version of the FK7. The plane was also made by Angus Sanderson and Co and fitted with the 120 hp or 160 hp Beardmore engine. At the end of the war some 694 of these were still flying so total production was somewhat higher. |
| FK9 | September 1916 | A quadruplane powered by a 110 hp Clerget 9Z engine |
| FK10 | March 1917 | Production version of the FK9. Made by Hewlett and Blondeau but then transferred to the Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Co of Bradford and Angus Sanderson and Co. Powered by the 110 hp Le Rhone 9J and the 130 hp Clerget 9B |
| 23-Class Airship | 1917 | Training Airship. |
| 25-Class Airship | 1917 | Airship. |
| R23X-Class Airship | 1918 | Naval patrol airship. |
| Armadillo | 1918 | A single-seat biplane fighter aircraft. |
| R33-Class Airship | 1919 | Rigid patrol airship. |
| R34 Airship | 1919 | Rigid patrol airship. |
| Ara | 1919 | An unsuccessful British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. |
| Tadpole | 1921 | Three-seat spotter/reconnaissance aircraft. |
| Siniai | 1921 | Twin-engined biplane day bomber with gunners in rearwards extensions of the engine nacelles. Two examples were ordered by the Air Ministry but only one was completed. |
| Awana | 1923 | Prototype troop-transport aircraft. |
| Wolf | 1923 | Two-seat reconnaissance aircraft. |
| Siskin | May 1924 | A biplane fighter fitted with the 235 hp Jaguar III (MkIII) or the 385 hp Jaguar IV (MkIIIa) engines. 63 of the MkIII and around 350 of the MkIIIa were built. Some 50 additional aircraft were built as trainers with dual controls. |
| Atlas | 1927 | An Army co-operation biplane with a crew of two. Powered by one 400 hp Armstrong Siddeley Motors Jaguar IVC engine. A dual control training version was built and entered training schools in 1931. A total of 478 were built |
| Ajax | 1926 | A 2-seater aircraft |
| Argosy | 1927 | A 20-seater, three-engine biplane airliner. |
| AW.14 Starling | 1928 | Single-seat fighter. |
| Ape | 1926 | British biplane experimental aeroplane. |
| Aries | 1930 | Version of The Atlas. |
| Atalanta | 1932 | Airliner. |
| A.W.16 | 1932 | Single-seat biplane. Later developed in to AW35 Scimitar |
| A.W.19 | 1934 | Two/three-seat single-engine biplane, built as a general-purpose military aircraft. |
| A.W.23 | 1935 | Prototype bomber. One built. Used in refuelling experiments by Flight Refuelling |
| A.W.29 | 1936 | Prototype bomber. |
| Scimatar | 1936 | Single-seat biplane. Powered by one 640 hp Armstrong Siddeley Motors Panther VII radial engine. |
| Whitley | March 1936 | A night bomber with a crew of five that served until 1942. Fitted with:
A total of 1,814 of all types were built |
| Ensign | 1938 | Four-engine airliner built during the 1930s for Imperial Airways. |
| Albermarle | 1942 | A glider tug with a crew of four. Powered by two Bristol Hercules XI engines. 602 were built |
| Apollo | 1949 | Four-engine turboprop airliner. |
| AW52 | 1951 | Flying wing. |
| Argosy (HS) | January 1959 | Medium range tactical transport with a crew of four / five. Powered by four Rolls-Royce Dart RDa8 engines. |
| AW.681 | - | Also known as the Whitworth Gloster 681 or Hawker Siddeley HS.681. A projected British long-range STOL military transport aircraft. |
| AW.169 | - | A specification issued by the British Ministry of Supply for an interceptor aircraft to defend the United Kingdom from high-flying supersonic bombers. |
| AW.171 | - | British project of the 1950s to develop a supersonic VTOL flying wing aircraft. |
| Hawker: Sea Hawk | 1950s | British single-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN). |
| Meteor NF.11-14 | May 1950 | Night-fighter with two crew. Powered by two 3,600 lb thrust Derwent 8 turbojets. Although a development of the Gloster version it was entirely built and designed by Armstrong Whitworth. 592 were built. |
| Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft | ||
See Also
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Sources of Information
- The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) by J. M. Bruce. Published in 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-x
- The Encyclopedia of British Military Aircraft by Chaz Bowyer. Published in 1982. ISBN 1-85841-031-2
- Warplanes of the World by Michael J. H. Taylor. Published 1981. ISBN 0-7110-1078-1