List of Airspeed aircraft explained

This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by Airspeed Limited a British aircraft manufacturer from 1931 to 1951.

List of aircraft and projects

Model[1] NameFirst flightRemarks
AS.1Tern1931Sailplane
AS.2Glider project
AS.3Two-seat monoplane project
AS.4Ferry1932Ten-seat biplane
AS.5Courier1933Five-seat monoplane
AS.6Envoy1934Six-seat monoplane
AS.7Projected military variants of the Envoy
AS.8Viceroy1934Racing variant of the Envoy
AS.9Eight-gun fighter project
AS.10Oxford1937Twin-engined advanced trainer
AS.11CourierProjected all-metal variant for the Canadian-market
AS.12Four-engined aircraft project
AS.14AmbassadorTwin-engined 16-seat transport
AS.15Bomber project
AS.16planned licence build of Fokker F.XXII four-engine transport
AS.17planned licence build of Fokker D.XVII single-seat fighter for Greece.
AS.18Projected variant of the AS.17
AS.19Fokker D.XIX single-seat fighter
AS.20planned licence build of Fokker F.XXXVI transport
AS.21Fokker D.XX single-seat fighter
AS.22Fokker C.X two-seat fighter
AS.23planned licence-built Douglas DC-2. None manufactured.
AS.24Mailplane variant of the AS.14
AS.26Gun-carrying biplane
AS.27Irvine biplanes (2)1936 (August) Special defence-aircraft to Specification 38/35, two prototypes ordered by the Air Ministry but not built.[2] Carrying a winch with 2000 feet of steel cable, to be released above cloud so that enemy bombers would not know where to expect barrage cables. the scheme was abandoned.[3]
AS.28Twin-engined passenger transport
AS.29Bomber to Specification B.1/35
AS.30Queen Wasp1937Radio-controlled target to Specification 32/35
AS.31Twin-boom rear mounted cockpit fighter project to Specification F.35/35[4]
AS.32Airliner project
AS.3324-seat airliner project
AS.34Airliner project
AS.35Airliner project
AS.36Two-seat trainer to Specification T.1/37
AS.37Radio-controlled flying boat target to specification Q.8/37
AS.38Variant of the AS.30 for communications duties
AS.39Fleet Shadower1939Naval observation aircraft to Specification S.23.37
AS.40Oxford1938Radio-research variant of the Oxford
AS.41Experimental Leonides-powered variant of the Oxford
AS.42Oxford1938Variant of the Oxford for New Zealand to specification T.39/37
AS.43Oxford1938Survey variant of the AS.42
AS.44Oxford replacement project
AS.45Cambridge1941Single-engined trainer to Specification T.4/39
AS.46Oxford V1942Winterised variant of the Oxford
AS.47Twin-boom bomber project
AS.48Single-seat night fighter project
AS.49Single-seat fighter/trainer to Specification T.24/40
AS.50Queen WaspProduction aircraft
AS.51Horsa I1941Troop-carrying glider
AS.52Horsa1941Bomb-carrying glider
AS.53Vehicle transport variant of the Horsa
AS.54Two-seat training glider to Specification TX.3/43
AS.55Freighter project
AS.56Single-seat fighter to Specification F.6/42
AS.57Ambassador1947Airliner
AS.58Horsa II1943Vehicle transport glider
AS.59Ambassador IIRe-engined Ambassador project
AS.60AyrshireMilitary transport variant of the Ambassador to Specification C.13/45
AS.61Dakota I conversions
AS.62Dakota II conversions
AS.63Dakota III conversions
AS.64Military transport variant of the Ambassador to Specification C.26/43
AS.65Consul1946Civil version of the Oxford
AS.66Freighter variant of the Ambassador
AS.67Freighter variant of the Ambassador

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Notes and References

  1. Airspeed Type Designations. . 228 . 23 February 1951. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170213000703/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%200354.html. 13 February 2017.
  2. Meekcoms 1994, p. 218
  3. Book: Norway, Neville Shute . . 1954 . William Heinemann . London . 233, 234.
  4. The British Aircraft Specification File" by KJ Meekcoms & EB Morgan, Air-Britain, 1994, p.217

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