Armstrong-Whitworth
The manufacturing firm W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, Ltd. of Newcastle-on-Tyne hired Dutch designer Frederick Koolhoven as their chief designer,. This led to a pair of robust, underappreciated two-seater F.K. aeroplane designs. The aircraft division of the company did not last long after the war, closing in late 1919.[1][2]
Aircraft from the Great War or shortly thereafter include:
- Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.1 [note 1]
- Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.3
- Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.7 [note 2]
- Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8
- Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.10 [note 3]
- Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.11 [note 4]
- Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.12 [note 5]
- Armstrong-Whitworth F.M.4 "Armadillo" [note 6]
- Armstrong-Whitworth Ara [note 7]
References
- Notes
- ↑ The FK1 was a prototype 1914 biplane.[1]
- ↑ The FK7 was mid-1916 prototype that led to the F.K.8.[3]
- ↑ The FK10 was a quadriplane two-seater. Four prototypes were built in 1917, but it was not selected for production.[4]
- ↑ As if four wings were not enough, the FK11 took an FK10 fuselage and mounted fifteen narrow-chord staggered wings.[5]
- ↑ The FK12 was an awkward-looking triplane multiseat escort that was abandoned due to performance problems.[6]
- ↑ The FM4 was a bulky prototype single-seat fighter from autumn 1918 that was not produced.[7]
- ↑ The Ara was an elegant fighter that did not fly until 1919. It was doomed by the failure of the A.B.C. Dragonfly radial engine.[8]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- J.M. Bruce. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. Great Britain: Funk & Wagnalls, 1957, 1969. ISBN 0370000382
- J.M. Bruce, Windsock Datafile 64: AW FK.8. Great Britain: Albatros Publications, Ltd., 1997. ISBN 0-948414-96-0
- W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Reconnaissance & Bomber Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Ltd., 1962. ISBN 9780900435027