Airspeed Viceroy / AS.8
Варианты:
Airspeed - Viceroy / AS.8 - 1934 - Великобритания
Страна: Великобритания
Год: 1934

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Специальный вариант AS.6, получивший обозначение AS.8 Viceroy, был построен для участия в воздушной гонке MacRobertson в 1934 году.
NO. 58: The Airspeed A.S.8 (two Siddeley "Cheetah VI") which will be flown by Capt. Stack and Mr. Turner, is similar to the Airspeed "Envoy" in general design, but has more powerful engines.
The Airspeed Viceroy flown by Capt Neville Stack and S. L. Turner
Эрспид AS.8 "Фицрой" вернулся в Англию, не завершив гонку
ENTER THE "VICEROY": Capt. Stack taxies the Airspeed "Viceroy" (two supercharged "Cheetahs") towards the apron.
Stack's Viceroy taxies in at Mildenhall for the start of the race. Withdrawn at Athens, it was so heavily handicapped that it had no chance of winning.
The one and only Airspeed Viceroy, G-ACMU, was built to the order of Capt T. Neville Stack for the 1934 MacRobertson Trophy Race from England to Australia.
AS.8 Viceroy G-ACMU, specially built for competing in the 1934 England-Australia race, being examined at Portsmouth by competitors Capt T. N. Stack and S. L. Turner. Similar to the Envoy, this Viceroy was powered by two supercharged 280 h.p. Cheetah VI radial engines.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENT: An interior view of Capt. Stack's Airspeed "Viceroy," showing the wireless equipment, the chart table, and, in the pilot's department, the P.B. Automatic Pilot.
ON THE "VICEROY": One of the landing searchlights which are mounted inside the leading edges on the Airspeed "Viceroy." The aperture is transparently covered.
In the Airspeed "Viceroy," or A.S.8, manned by Stack and Tuner, the oil coolers for the Siddeley "Cheetah" VI engines form the leading edge of the cowlings.
The Airspeed "Retractor" undercarriage folds longitudinally <...> the wheel exposed. This was the first British retractile undercarriage on a production aircraft, and is now fitted to the <...> and "Viceroy." The two drawings show the method of <...> undercarriage.