List of Airspeed aircraft

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Airspeed AS.5 Courier

This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by Airspeed Limited a United Kingdom aircraft manufacturer from 1931 to 1951.

A Charles E. Brown in-flight view of an Airspeed As.10 Oxford Airspeed Horsa Mk.1 Airspeed Queen Wasp Airspeed AS.65 Consul Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy Airspeed Eland Ambassador at Farnborough 1955 Airspeed AS.39 FleetShadower prototype Airspeed AS.4 Ferry on approach Airspeed AS.10 Oxford at the Imperial War Museum Duxford

## List of aircraft and projects

Model[1] | Name  | First flight  | Remarks

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AS.1  | Tern | 1931  | Sailplane
AS.2  |  |  | Glider project
AS.3  |  |  | Two-seat monoplane project
AS.4  | Ferry | 1932  | Ten-seat biplane
AS.5  | Courier | 1933  | Five-seat monoplane
AS.6  | Envoy | 1934  | Six-seat monoplane
AS.7  |  |  | Projected military variants of the Envoy
AS.8  | Viceroy | 1934  | Racing variant of the Envoy
AS.9  |  |  | Eight-gun fighter project
AS.10  | Oxford | 1937  | Twin-engined advanced trainer
AS.11  | Courier |  | Projected all-metal variant for the Canadian-market
AS.12  |  |  | Four-engined aircraft project
AS.14  | Ambassador  |  | Twin-engined 16-seat transport
AS.15  |  |  | Bomber project
AS.16  |  |  | planned licence build of Fokker F.XXII four-engine transport
AS.17  |  |  | planned licence build of Fokker D.XVII single-seat fighter for Greece.
AS.18  |  |  | Projected variant of the AS.17
AS.19  |  |  | Fokker D.XIX single-seat fighter
AS.20  |  |  | planned licence build of Fokker F.XXXVI transport
AS.21  |  |  | Fokker D.XX single-seat fighter
AS.22  |  |  | Fokker C.X two-seat fighter
AS.23  |  |  | planned licence-built Douglas DC-2. None manufactured.
AS.24  |  |  | Mailplane variant of the AS.14
AS.26  |  |  | Gun-carrying biplane
AS.27  | Irvine biplanes (2)  | 1936 (August)  | Special defence-aircraft to Specification 38/35, two prototypes ordered by the Air Ministry but not built.[2] Carrying a winch with 2000 feet of steel cable, to be released above cloud so that enemy bombers would not know where to expect barrage cables. the scheme was abandoned.[3]
AS.28  |  |  | Twin-engined passenger transport
AS.29  |  |  | Bomber to Specification B.1/35
AS.30  | Queen Wasp | 1937  | Radio-controlled target to Specification 32/35
AS.31  |  |  | Twin-boom rear mounted cockpit fighter project to Specification F.35/35[4]
AS.32  |  |  | Airliner project
AS.33  |  |  | 24-seat airliner project
AS.34  |  |  | Airliner project
AS.35  |  |  | Airliner project
AS.36  |  |  | Two-seat trainer to Specification T.1/37
AS.37  |  |  | Radio-controlled flying boat target to specification Q.8/37
AS.38  |  |  | Variant of the AS.30 for communications duties
AS.39  | Fleet Shadower | 1939  | Naval observation aircraft to Specification S.23.37
AS.40  | Oxford | 1938  | Radio-research variant of the Oxford
AS.41  |  |  | Experimental Leonides-powered variant of the Oxford
AS.42  | Oxford | 1938  | Variant of the Oxford for New Zealand to specification T.39/37
AS.43  | Oxford | 1938  | Survey variant of the AS.42
AS.44  |  |  | Oxford replacement project
AS.45  | Cambridge | 1941  | Single-engined trainer to Specification T.4/39
AS.46  | Oxford V  | 1942  | Winterised variant of the Oxford
AS.47  |  |  | Twin-boom bomber project
AS.48  |  |  | Single-seat night fighter project
AS.49  |  |  | Single-seat fighter/trainer to Specification T.24/40
AS.50  | Queen Wasp  |  | Production aircraft
AS.51  | Horsa I | 1941  | Troop-carrying glider
AS.52  | Horsa | 1941  | Bomb-carrying glider
AS.53  |  |  | Vehicle transport variant of the Horsa
AS.54  |  |  | Two-seat training glider to Specification TX.3/43
AS.55  |  |  | Freighter project
AS.56  |  |  | Single-seat fighter to Specification F.6/42
AS.57  | Ambassador | 1947  | Airliner
AS.58  | Horsa II | 1943  | Vehicle transport glider
AS.59  | Ambassador II  |  | Re-engined Ambassador project
AS.60  | Ayrshire |  | Military transport variant of the Ambassador to Specification C.13/45
AS.61  |  |  | Dakota I conversions
AS.62  |  |  | Dakota II conversions
AS.63  |  |  | Dakota III conversions
AS.64  |  |  | Military transport variant of the Ambassador to Specification C.26/43
AS.65  | Consul | 1946  | Civil version of the Oxford
AS.66  |  |  | Freighter variant of the Ambassador
AS.67  |  |  | Freighter variant of the Ambassador

## References

### Notes

1. ↑ "Airspeed Type Designations". Flight: 228. 23 February 1951. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951 - 0354.html.
2. ↑ Meekcoms 1994, p. 218
3. ↑ Norway, Neville Shute (1954). Slide Rule. London: William Heinemann. pp. 233, 234.
4. ↑ The British Aircraft Specification File" by KJ Meekcoms & EB Morgan, Air-Britain, 1994, p.217

### Bibliography

* Meekcoms, K J; Morgan, E B (1994). The British Aircraft Specification File. Tonbridge, Kent, England: Air-Britain. ISBN 0 85130 220 3.
* Norway, Neville Shute (1954). Slide Rule. London: William Heinemann.

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