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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0| [[Airspeed: Oxford|AS10 Oxford]]
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0| June 19, 1937  
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0| June 19, 1937  
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0| Advanced trainer. Military version of the Envoy. Powered by 375 hp [[Armstrong Siddeley Motors]] Cheetah X radial engine. In October 1936, the British Air Ministry ordered 136 Envoys for the role of crew-training. These further developed aircraft were given a new designation; Airspeed AS 10 Oxford.
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0| AS30 Queen Wasp
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0| AS30 Queen Wasp

Revision as of 18:28, 19 April 2013

There is a separate entry for Airspeed company history

Airspeed Aircraft
Model Date Detail
AS1 Tern August 24, 1931 Wood-and-fabric cantilever monoplane. Only two ever built.
AS4 Ferry April 5, 1932
AS5 Courier April 11, 1933
AS6 Envoy June 26, 1934 Light, twin-engined transport aircraft. Small number acquired by the RAF in 1939. Others sold to SAAF.
AS8 Viceroy August 1934
AS10 Oxford June 19, 1937
AS30 Queen Wasp June 11, 1937
AS39 Fleet Shadower October 18, 1940
AS45 Cambridge February 19, 1941
AS51 Horsa I September 12, 1941
AS57 Ambassador July 10, 1947
AS58 Horsa II
AS65 Consul March 1946
Airspeed Aircraft


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Sources of Information

  • [1] Wikipedia
  • Warplanes of the World 1918-1939 by Michael J. H. Taylor. Published 1981. ISBN 0-7110-1078-1
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