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The design of the AW.38 was a development of the Armstrong Whitworth AW.23 bomber-transport design that had lost to the Bristol Bombay for the earlier Specification C.26/31. [3] Lloyd selected the Armstrong Siddeley Tiger IX radial engine to power the Whitley, which was capable of generating 795 hp (593 kW). [3]
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
This left two aircraft companies with Armstrong in the name – Vickers-Armstrongs (usually known as just "Vickers") and "Armstrong-Whitworth". The most successful aircraft made by Armstrong-Whitworth in the inter-war period was the Siskin which first flew in 1919 and remained in RAF service until 1932, with 485 produced.
The Armstrong Whitworth was manufactured from 1904, when the company decided to diversify to compensate for a fall in demand for artillery after the end of the Boer War. [3] It took over construction of the Wilson-Pilcher , designed by Walter Gordon Wilson , and produced cars under the Armstrong Whitworth name until 1919, when the company ...
Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Company (1912–1920) After merger with Siddeley-Deasy, Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company (1920–1927) Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft (1927–1963)
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Vickers 799 selected but requirement superseded by C.195/OR.344 (q.v.) written around Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy: Armstrong Whitworth AW.55 and AW.56, Aviation Trader ATL-95, Blackburn B-104, Bristol Type 179, Vickers Type 799 [94] RH.142D OR.334 [95] 1953 VTOL transport aircraft Fairey Rotodyne; later cancelled [93] ER.143 1953