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The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British troop-carrying glider used during the Second World War.It was developed and manufactured by Airspeed Limited, alongside various subcontractors; the type was named after Horsa, the legendary 5th-century conqueror of southern Britain.
Airspeed Horsa cockpit. AS.51 Horsa I – (12 September 1941) Large troop-carrying glider; 2,245 built including seven prototypes. AS.57 Ambassador – (10 July 1947) Two-engine high-wing piston engine airliner, 23 built [22] AS.58 Horsa II – Variant of Horsa with openable nose section for front loading; 1,561 built. AS.65 Consul – (March 1946)
Airspeed AS.5 Courier. This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by Airspeed Limited a British aircraft manufacturer from 1931 to 1951.. A Charles E. Brown in-flight view of an Airspeed As.10 Oxford Airspeed Horsa Mk.1 Airspeed Queen Wasp Airspeed AS.65 Consul Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy Airspeed Eland Ambassador at Farnborough 1955 Airspeed AS.39 FleetShadower prototype Airspeed AS.4 Ferry on ...
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa; Airspeed AS.52; ... Airspeed AS.58 Horsa II; AISA (Émile Dewoitine / Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.) Iberavia IP-2; Iberavia IE-02; Aizsardze
Operation Freshman was the codename given to a British airborne operation conducted in November 1942 during World War II.It was the first British airborne operation using Airspeed Horsa gliders, and its target was the Vemork Norsk Hydro hydrogen electrolysis plant in Telemark, Norway which produced heavy water as a by-product.
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa MkI; Airspeed AS.54 - Specification TX.3/43; Airspeed AS.55; Airspeed AS.56 - fighter design tendered to F.6/42 but turned down; Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador; Airspeed AS.58 Horsa Mk II; Airspeed AS.59 Ambassador Mk.II - unbuilt project; Airspeed AS.60 Ayrshire - military development of Ambassador to specification C.13/45 ...
The exhibit of military gliders of the Glider Pilot Regiment includes the Airspeed Horsa and Waco CG-4. ZSU-23-4. The museum has an example of the Soviet ZSU-23-4 Shilka, captured from the Iraqi Army during the first Gulf War; the Shilka is a self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon used during the Cold War.
Airspeed Horsa; O. Airspeed Oxford; Q. Airspeed Queen Wasp; T. Airspeed Tern; V. Airspeed Viceroy This page was last edited on 24 September 2020, at 19:10 ...