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Armstrong Whitworth A.W. Whitley |
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Specifications: |
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| Powerplant | two 1,145 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin X inline piston engines |
| Performance | max. speed 230 mph (370 km/h) at 16,400 ft (5000 m); cruising speed 210 mph (340 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4570 m); service ceiling 26,000 ft (7925 m); range 1,500 miles (2414 km) |
| Weights | empty 19,350 lb (8777 kg); max. take-off 33,500 lb (15.195 kg). |
| Dimensions | span 84 ft (25.60 m); lenth 70 ft 6 in (21.50 m); height 15 ft (4.57); wing area 1,137 sq ft (105.60 sq m) |
| Crew | five seat |
| Armament | four 0.303-in (7.7 mm) machine-guns in powerd nose turret |
| As a bomber it had a similar gun in the tail turret and a bomb load up to 7,000lb (3175 kg). Whitleys were used at no.1 parachute training school at Ringway and Manchester, and were adapted for use as glider tugs also for the training of tug pilots. | |
