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The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign was a British four-engine monoplane airliner and the largest airliner built in Britain during the Interwar period. [1]The British airline Imperial Airways requested tenders for a large monoplane airliner with four Armstrong Siddeley Tiger engines in 1934.
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign (1938) Armstrong Whitworth A.W.28 – single-seat biplane fighter project; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.29 (1936) – competing design for Specification P.27/32 for a day bomber; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.30 – twin-engined monoplane bomber project; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.31 – single-seat biplane fighter project
Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft started on the A.W.27 Ensign in 1934 after receipt of a specification from Imperial Airways. The first aircraft was ordered in September of that year, with delivery expected in 1936; eleven more were ordered in May 1935. An order for a further two aircraft in 1937 brought the total to 14.
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
The company was founded by William Armstrong in 1847, becoming Armstrong Mitchell and then Armstrong Whitworth through mergers. In 1927, it merged with Vickers Limited to form Vickers-Armstrongs , with its automobile and aircraft interests purchased by J D Siddeley .
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The A.W.29 was a mid-wing cantilever monoplane. Its front fuselage was a welded tubular steel structure, and the rear fuselage a monocoque light alloy with an unbraced tailplane , fin and rudder . The conventional landing gear was hydraulically retractable by either an engine-driven or hand pump leaving the tyres partially exposed.
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