Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
| Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1912 |
| resolution | 1961 |
| Seat | Gosforth , Whitley , Baginton , Bitteswell |
| Branch | Aircraft construction |
The Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1912 to 1961. The company was part of the Hawker Siddeley Group, now BAE Systems .
history
Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft was founded in 1912 as the aircraft construction division of the armaments company Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth & Co., Ltd. in Newcastle-upon-Tyne .
In 1920 Armstrong Whitworth acquired the aircraft engine and automobile manufacturer Siddeley-Deasy . The engine and vehicle construction divisions of both companies were then combined under the umbrella of Armstrong Siddeley , while the aviation division became Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company .
In 1927 Vickers and Armstrong Whitworth were united . Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft and Armstrong Siddeley were not incorporated into the new group, but sold to John Davenport Siddeley . Since then, Vickers aircraft has been built under the name "Vickers-Armstrongs".
In 1935 Siddeley sold Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft to competitor Hawker , creating the new Hawker Siddeley Aircraft group . Despite the merger, the parts of the company remained largely independent.
Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft merged with Gloster Aircraft Company in 1961 to form "Whitworth Gloster Aircraft Ltd". In 1963 Hawker Siddeley gave up the old brand names. Armstrong Whitworth's last draft, the Argosy , was then renamed "Hawker Siddeley Argosy".
Products
Planes
The date of the first flight is in brackets.
military aircraft types
- Armstrong Whitworth FK3 (1915)
- Armstrong Whitworth FK8 (1916)
- Armstrong Whitworth FK9 (1916)
- Armstrong Whitworth FK10 (1917)
- Armstrong Whitworth Tadpole (1919)
- Armstrong Whitworth Siskin (1919)
- Armstrong Whitworth Awana (1923)
- Armstrong Whitworth Wolf (1923)
- Armstrong Whitworth Atlas (1925)
- Armstrong Whitworth Ajax (1925)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW14 Starling
- Armstrong Whitworth AW16
- Armstrong Whitworth AW17 Aries (1930)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW19 (1934)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW23 (1935)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW29 (1936)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW35 Scimitar (1935)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW38 Whitley (1936)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW41 Albemarle (1940)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW52 (1947)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW.169 (project)
- Hawker Sea Hawk
- Gloster Meteor NF.11
civil aircraft types
- Armstrong Whitworth AW154 Argosy (1926)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta (1932)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW27 Ensign (1938)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW.55 Apollo (1949)
- Armstrong Whitworth Argosy (AW650 / 660) (1959)
Experimental aircraft
- Armstrong Whitworth Ape (1926)
Flying wing
- Armstrong Whitworth AW52 (1947)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW.171 (project)
