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The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy was a British post-war transport/cargo aircraft; it was the final aircraft to be designed and produced by aviation company Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although given different internal design numbers, the AW.650 civil and AW.660 military models were, for most practical purposes, the same design, while both ...
Armstrong Whitworth AW.154 Argosy at Berlin, 1928 [10] An Argosy in 1928. The Argosy was initially used on European routes (later operating on services to South Africa), with individual aircraft being named after cities. [1] The first passenger flight was from London to Paris on 16 July 1926. Early on, Imperial Airways were keen to demonstrate ...
Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft was established as the Aerial Department of the Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Company engineering group in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1912, and from c. 1914 to 1917 employed the Dutch aircraft designer Frederick Koolhoven (hence the "F.K." models).
Armstrong Mitchell and later Armstrong Whitworth built many merchant ships, freighters, tank-ships, and dredgers; notable among them was the ice-breaking train ferries SS Baikal in 1897 and SS Angara in 1900, built to connect the Trans-Siberian Railway across Lake Baikal.
On 28 March 1933, an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II passenger aircraft, named City of Liverpool and operated by British airline Imperial Airways, crashed near Diksmuide, Belgium, after suffering an onboard fire; [1] all fifteen people aboard were killed, making it the deadliest accident in the history of British civil aviation to that time.
A. Armstrong Whitworth A.W.14; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.15; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.23; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27
English: Armstrong Whitworth AW.154 Argosy fitted with Townend rings on the engines. Photo from L'Aéronautique July,1929 Photo from L'Aéronautique July,1929 Date
The museum's two largest aircraft are an Avro Vulcan B.2 and an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy AW.650 (series 101). The restored Avro Vulcan is a delta-winged aircraft that was originally part of the V bomber force and could be equipped with nuclear missiles as part of Britain's role in NATO's nuclear deterrent force during the Cold War.