Armstrong Whitworth: Awana
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The Armstrong Whitworth Awana was a British prototype troop-transport aircraft built to meet a 1920 Air Ministry requirement built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
The Awana was designed in response to Air Ministry Specification 5/20 for a twin-engined Troop Carrying aeroplane able to carry 25 fully equipped troops for a distance of 400 miles, any design should be capable of landing on rough terrain, other requirements were folding wings and the ability to fly on one engine.
One of the largest landplanes of its time, it was a large, twin-engine four-bay staggered biplane with a box-like fuselage, and a three-rudder, biplane tail. The pilot and navigator sat in open cockpits atop the nose, while the 25 troops it was to carry entered through a hatch in the floor and sat in two rows of "bus"-style seats with a centre aisle.
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