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The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 was an early flying wing aircraft designed and produced by British aircraft manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft.. The A.W.52 emerged from wartime research into the laminar flow airfoil, which indicated that, in combination with the flying wing configuration, such an aircraft could be dramatically more efficient than traditional designs.
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.56 – flying wing medium bomber project; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.57 – medium-range 4-engine passenger transport project; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.58 – advanced 59° swept wing Mach 1.2 research aircraft project; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.59 – variable wing-sweep research aircraft proposal
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 .
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 ...
Data from Paper Planes:Armstrong Whitworth's unbuilt projects General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) Wingspan: 17 ft 7 in (5.36 m) Gross weight: 17,500 lb (7,938 kg) Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Orpheus turbojet, 4,850 lbf (21.6 kN) thrust each Powerplant: 10 × Rolls-Royce RB108 turbojet (lift jets), 2,100 lbf (9.3 kN) thrust each Performance Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 See ...
A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage, with its crew, payload, fuel, and equipment housed inside the main wing structure. A flying wing may have various small protuberances such as pods, nacelles , blisters, booms, or vertical stabilizers .
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 Armstrong Whitworth AW.681, also known as the Whitworth Gloster 681 or Hawker Siddeley HS.681, was a projected British long-range STOL military transport aircraft design of the early 1960s. Developed by manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft , it was intended to be capable of achieving both Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) and Vertical ...