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Страна : Великобритания

Год : 1932

Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation

Whitworth A.W.15 Atalanta (UK)
   In 1930 Imperial Airways drew up a specification for a new four-engined airliner to serve in Africa between Kisumu, western Kenya, and Cape Town, South Africa. As a complete breakaway from the more traditional biplane airliner and in order to meet the rather exacting performance figures demanded, Armstrong Whitworth designed the A.W.15: a high-wing cantilever monoplane with four engines mounted in the lead­ing edges of the wings, an ingenious short special low drag landing gear in which the oleo legs and A.W.52. radius rods and most of the axles were within the fuselage, and fully enclosed accommodation for the crew of three and passengers. Passenger accommodation varied between nine (plus mail and/or freight carried around and beneath the corridor) for the African route and up to 17 for European services. A toilet was provided at the back of the cabin. Named Atalanta, the first A.W.15 flew on 6 June 1932.
   On 26 September 1932 Atalanta flew the route to Brussels and Cologne and thereafter other A.W.15s linked London, Paris and Zurich. In 1933 four A.W.15s operated the Kisumu-Cape Town route; in the same year Indian Transcontinental Airways took over the operation of two of the A.W. 15s under an agreement with Imperial Airways for a shared service in India. In the following year A.W.15s were used by Imperial Airways on the shared service to Australia, operated with Qantas. In all eight A.W.15s were built. The name Atalanta was given to the first aircraft and subsequently the fourth, following an accident to the first, which then took on the name Arethusa. The other six were named Amalthea, Andromeda, Artemis, Athena, Astraea and Aurora. In 1940 the remaining five A.W.15s were taken over by BOAC, but were handed over to the Indian Air Force the following year.
   Data: Engines four 253.3 (340 hp) Armstrong Siddeley Serval III radials Wing span 27.43 m (90 ft 0 in) Length 21.79 m (71 ft 6 in) Max T-O weight 9,526 kg (21,000 lb) Max level speed 251 km/h (156 mph) Range 1,030 km (640 miles)

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  • Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
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