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 British aircraft manufacturer from 1931 to 1951.

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A Charles E. Brown in-flight view of an Airspeed As.10 Oxford

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Airspeed Horsa Mk.1

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Airspeed Queen Wasp

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Airspeed AS.65 Consul

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Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy

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Airspeed Eland Ambassador at Farnborough 1955

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Airspeed AS.39 FleetShadower prototype

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Airspeed AS.4 Ferry on approach

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Airspeed AS.10 Oxford at the Imperial War Museum Duxford

List of aircraft and projects

Model	Name	First flight	Remarks
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. 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.
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
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

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.