also in Aeroplane Monthly June 1982,the Airspeed AS-44 was displayed as
twin engined low wing trainer aircraft,and I am asking if those projects
were fake designs or what ?.
In the Putnam book "Airspeed Aircraft since 1931" (1991 2nd publishing):
AS.44: projected Oxford replacements
- low wing version: powerplant Bristol Aquila
- high 'shoulder) wing version: powerplant A.S Cheetah IX or Alvis Leonides
Where in Aeroplane Monthly, June 1982, is the AS44 displayed?
The aircraft was was a very real project, a four-man aircraft with dorsal turret. Top speed around 215mph, according to one blueprint, 234mph on the other two
I think that they made a mistake with the reference to this and many of these Airspeed projects. I am sure that they must mean January 1982, the second part of Don Middleton's article that we have mentioned before in this and other threads.
Very interesting. The tricycle undercarriage with a fixed nosewheel on the high-wing design is quite unique/odd! I guess it was fixed so as not to increase the length of the main undercarriage legs so they could still fit into the nacelles.
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