Armstrong Whitworth (Aerial Dept.) Production
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Production Tables, see here.
Low Volume Production This page covers the Aerial Department of the Sir W. G Armstrong
Whitworth & Company aircraft with low production volumes and/or registration/serial allocations. For higher volume production,
see the individual type production list. Produced Types F.K.1 | Single seat, single-bay tractor biplane fighter. One 50 h.p. Gnôme powerplant. |
F.K.5 | Three seat escort fighter triplane, with gunners housed in two long nacelles mounted on top of the middle wing.
One 250 h.p. Rolls-Royce Eagle powerplant. |
F.K.6 | Three seat escort fighter triplane, with gunners housed in two short nacelles mounted under of the middle wing.
One 250 h.p. Rolls-Royce Eagle powerplant. |
F.M.4 Armadillo | Single seat,
two-bay biplane fighter with a square section fuselage to meet Air Board Specification A.2(a). One 230 h.p. Bentley BR2
powerplant. | Ara | Single seat,
two-bay biplane fighter with a square section fuselage to meet RAF Specification Type 1. One 320 h.p. ABC Dragonfly powerplant. |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | 1 aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth, Gosforth. |
none | |
1 |
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| Total Production | 1
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Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | 1 aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth, Gosforth. |
none | |
1 |
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| Total Production | 1
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Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | 4 aircraft ordered from Armstrong Whitworth, Gosforth,
to contract 87/A/328. One built, reminder cancelled. |
7838 | | 1 | |
| | 7839 - 7841 | |
| | 3 |
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| Total Production | 1
| | 3 | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | 2 aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth, Gosforth, under
License No.18. First flew April 1918. | X19 - X20 | | 1 | |
1 | Only X19 completed | | Total Production | 1 | | 1 | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | 2 aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth, Gosforth, to
contract 35a/1221/C1134. First flew late 1918. | F4971 - F4973 | | 2 | | 1 | F4973 not completed |
| Total Production | 2
| | 1 | |
Notes
- Often referred to as the F.K.12, Tapper [1] concludes that this was most
likely the F.K.6.
Production References Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Since 1913, Oliver
Tapper (Putnam, 1973) Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps, The, J.M. Bruce (Putnam,
1982)
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