Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft: Atalanta

November 1932. G-ABPI Atalanta (Flight 1932/11/17).

November 1932.

Note: This is a sub-section of Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft

Type

• Airliner

Manufacturers

• Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft

Number produced

• 8

Engines

• 4 x Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Serval III 10-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 340 hp (254 kw) each.

The Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta was a 1930s British four-engine airliner built by Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited at Coventry. It was a high-wing monoplane with four 340 hp (250 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Serval III ten-cylinder radial engines. Its composite construction included steel, plywood and fabric; the undercarriage was fixed but was streamlined to minimize drag. The overall design of the aircraft was rather modern, and somewhat closed the performance gap between British and American airliners.

Aircraft Registrations

• Atalanta (c/n 740; G-ABPI, renamed Arethusa; later VT-AEF, DG453)
• Andromeda (c/n 741; G-ABTH)
• Arethusa (c/n 742; G-ABTI, renamed Atalanta; later DG451)
• Artemis (c/n 743; G-ABTJ; later DG452)
• Athena (c/n 744; G-ABTK)
• Astraea (c/n 784; G-ABTL; later DG450)
• Amalthea (c/n 785; G-ABTG)
• Aurora (c/n 786; G-ABTM, later VT-AEG, DG454)

See Also

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Sources of Information

• Wikipedia