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Air Service Training
Air Service Training Ltd
AST
In January 1931, the Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Reserve School, formed by J.D. Siddeley to provide aviation training for both civil and military pilots, moved to the former Avro facility at Hamble from Whitley, near Coventry, and became Air Service Training Ltd. (AST). In 1934 an engineering
school was formed and, in the same year, AST became part of the Hawker Siddeley group. Flight and engineering training continued up until 1940, when AST became a Civil Repair Organisation (CRO) specializing
in Spitfire repairs.
AST resumed civil training in 1947 and the CRO became the AST Aircraft Division, undertaking
a variety of civil conversion design and modification. The company submitted a design to Specification T.16/48, eventually
won by the Percival Provost. Later, in 1953, the company developed the C.4 high speed gunnery target, limited production of which was undertaken by Brooklands Aviation Ltd.
In 1960, AST was taken over by Airwork Ltd.
Company References http://www.airport-int.com/categories/news-and-events/air-service-training-75th-anniversary-3rd-july-2009.asp
- link no longer available- Flight 22 Jun 1956
Project Data 
Project No | Type
No | Name | Alternative Name(s) | Year | Spec
(Requirement) | Status | Qty | Description | References |
| | | Not
Identified | | 1948 | T.16/48 (OR.257) |
Proj |
0 |
Trainer | (1) | | | | C4 |
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1953 |
WD1/RDL3 |
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Not Identified | | 1955 |
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Proj | 0 | High speed towed target | 2 |
Project References - British
Aircraft Specifications File, K.J. Meekcoms and E.B. Morgan (Air-Britain Publications, 1994)
- Flight 2 Sep
1955
Total Air Service Training Production
0
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