Airspeed Collection

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador G-ALZN Elizabethan of BEA
Airspeed AS57 Ambassador, G-ALZN, Elizabethan, of BEA

Airspeed AS51 Horsa I DG597 the first prototype
Airspeed AS51 Horsa I, DG597, the first prototype

Airspeed AS10 Oxford I L4576
Airspeed AS10 Oxford I, L4576

Airspeed AS58 Horsa II second prototype PF696
Airspeed AS58 Horsa II second prototype, PF696

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador first prototype G-AGUA
Airspeed AS57 Ambassador first prototype, G-AGUA

MBB HFB-320 Hansa Jet D-CESI (msn 1038), of MBB (Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH), at Prestwick Airport en-route to the USA, with one of Dan-Air's Airspeed Ambassadors parked next to it

Airspeed AS. 57 Ambassador 2 G-AMAH
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 G-AMAH (msn 5230), Elizabethan Class airliner named RMA Sir Christopher Hatton, of British European Airways at Blackbushe Airport. Date: 1953

Airspeed Ferry - G-ABSI
Airspeed AS.4 Ferry prototype G-ABSI, as originally flown with upright outer engines. Date: 1930s

Airspeed AS.65 Consul G-AJNE (msn 5139), at Perth. Date: 1961

Gloster Javelin FAW.9 XH897 A of the A&AEE Boscombe Down. This Javelin was used as a chase aircraft and for airspeed calibration, fitted with an accurate calibrated instrument system

Airspeed Horsa I assault glider
Royal Air Force - Airspeed Horsa I assault glider, on tow using the Y-bridle of early Horsas. Date: circa 1943

Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPT tail
Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPT (msn 2121), of British European Airways, at London Heathrow Airport, after the crash of BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAD on 3 July 1968

Gloster Javelin FAW. 9 XH897
Gloster Javelin FAW.9 XH897 / A, of the A&AEE Boscombe Down. This Javelin was used as a chase aircraft and for airspeed calibration, fitted with an accurate calibrated instrument system

WW2 - Airspeed Oxford Trainer Cabin
A photograph which shows the inside cabin of a British WW2 Royal Air Force Airspeed Oxford trainer. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Airspeed Dual Control Instructional Machine
A photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force trainees sat in the cockpit of an Airspeed dual-control instructional machine. Date: circa 1940s

Airspeed AS. 65 Consul G-AIKR
Airspeed AS.65 Consul G-AIKR (msn 4338), of the Rapid Flying Group Ltd. at Coventry-Baginton in August 1964. Date: 1964

Airspeed AS. 10 Oxford I G-AHTW - V3388
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I G-AHTW / V3388 (msn 3083), at Duxford. Date: circa 1991

Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ARCZ
Druine D.31 Turbulent G-ARCZ, at Redhill aerodrome circa 1970. Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 1 June 1984 when crashed near Stapleford, Essex

Airspeed AS. 65 Consul G-AJGF
Airspeed AS.65 Consul G-AJGF. Date: circa 1950

Airspeed AS. 5 Courier G-ADAY
Airspeed AS.5 Courier G-ADAY (msn 27), of Portsmouth Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation (PSIOWA)

Airspeed AS. 57 Ambassador 2 G-ALZP
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 G-ALZP (msn 5213), of British European Airways Sir Richard Grenville of the Elizabethan- Class. Date: 1950s

Airspeed AS. 65 Consul G-AIUV
Airspeed AS.65 Consul G-AIUV (msn 5098) of Hornton Airways Ltd. (Sold abroad in March 1950) Date: circa 1949

Airspeed Consul G-AIKR at Old Warden Date: circa 1950

Airspeed AS-5 Courier
East Anglian Flying Serviceairspeed Courier Flying over the English Coastline Date: 1930s

Group Captain Wilson?s team from the Empire Test Pilots? School at Cranfield visited A. V. Roe and Co Ltd on 19 November 1945. From left: P. Kidson, Avro; R.E. Clear, Airspeed; Sqn Ldr E

Airspeed AS 10 Oxford - the standard RAF multi -engine pilot trainer

Airspeed AS 10 Oxford I used as gunnery trainer

Airspeed Ambassador, G-AMAB, Sir Francis Bacon, of BEA a?
Airspeed Ambassador, G-AMAB, Sir Francis Bacon, of BEA at the 1953 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Hatfield on 14 June

The third production Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACLF

British Klemm Eagle, G-ACVU; and Airspeed Courier, G-ACJL, at Mildenhall prior to the MacRobertson England to Australia race, October 1934

Neville Stack, Nevil Shute Norway
From left: Unknown, Neville Stack?, Nevil Shute Norway, A. Hessell Tiltman and Lord Grimthorpe, in front of the first production Airspeed AS5 Courier

Airspeed AS58 Horsa II

Supermarine Swift F4 WK198 on test
Supermarine Swift F4, WK198, on test before the World Airspeed Record attempt

Air Transport Auxiliary pilots alongside an Airspeed Oxford ferry aircraft at the ATA Hatfield base, 1940

The first prototype Airspeed AS4 Ferry G-ABSI
The first prototype Airspeed AS4 Ferry, G-ABSI, after its outboard engines had been replaced with inverted Gipsy Majors by Air Publicity of Heston

Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador
Bea Airspeed As-57 Ambassador Airliner Flying Past Cumulus Cloud Date: 1951

Airspeed AS 51 Horsa-these 24 await their compliment of troops and light vehicles before being towed to landing zones in occupied Europe

Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAD BEAC LAP
One of 20 Ambassadors ordered by BEA in 1948 and operated as the Elizabethan class from 1952 to 1958. Date: 1954

Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAE Dan-Air - Le Bourget
Airspeed Ambassador 2 G-AMAE was delivered to BEA in 1952, flown to Australia where it operated for Butler Air Transport from 1957 to 1958. Operated by Dan-Air for 10 years from 1960 to 1970

Airspeed AS65 Consul, VR-TAU

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACNZ, fitted with a Napier Rapie?
Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACNZ, fitted with a Napier Rapier engine for test and demonstration work

The Paramount Chief of the Ashanti leaves Airspeed Ambas?
The Paramount Chief of the Ashanti leaves Airspeed Ambassador, G-AMAB, Sir Francis Bacon, of BEA at the 1953 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Hatfield on 14 June

The first production Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACJL, competed in the MacRobertson England to Australia race of October 1934

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACVF, during rebuilding at Rochford, was the only Courier to survive WW2 and operated on pleasure flights and taxi work for East Anglian Flying Services

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ADAY, of Portsmouth Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation

Airspeed AS8 Viceroy, G-ACMU, at Mildenhall prior to the MacRobertson England to Australia race, October 1934

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador production prototype, G-ALFR, Golden Hind, of BEA

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador

Vickers Type 665 Valetta towing an Airspeed Horsa off the ground

de Havilland hollow-steel-bladed propeller under development
A 16ft 6in diameter de Havilland hollow-steel-bladed propeller under development on a Bristol Centaurus-powered Airspeed Ambassador

Airspeed AS30 Queen Wasp, K8888, fitted with floats

Airspeed AS58 Horsa II TL468
Airspeed AS58 Horsa II, TL468

Airspeed AS51 Horsa I PF760
Airspeed AS51 Horsa I, PF760

Airspeed AS51 Horsa I

The original Airspeed factory in York with assembly work proceeding on the first prototype Airspeed AS4 Ferry, G-ABSI. The fuselage of the AS1 Tern is suspended from the roof

Wolseley AR9 MkI 9-cylinder radial
Wolseley AR9 MkI nine-cylinder radial as fitted to the Airspeed Envoy I

Vickers Valetta about to tow an Airspeed Horsa into the air

Freighter version of the Airspeed Ambassador
Model of an unbuilt project for a freighter version of the Airspeed Ambassador with a new square-section fuselage and rear clam-shell doors

The pre-production Airspeed AS57 Ambassador during manufacture at Christchurch

An early Airspeed AS57 Ambassador during manufacture

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador G-ALZY Sir Philip Sidney of BEA
Airspeed AS57 Ambassador, G-ALZY, Sir Philip Sidney, of BEA

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador G-ALZS William Shakespeare
Airspeed AS57 Ambassador, G-ALZS, William Shakespeare, of BEA

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador production prototype G-ALFR
Airspeed AS57 Ambassador production prototype, G-ALFR, Golden Hind, of BEA

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador second prototype G-AKRD
Airspeed AS57 Ambassador second prototype, G-AKRD

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador at Christchurch 8 December 1948
Airspeed AS57 Ambassador at Christchurch, 8 December 1948. Date: 1948

Airspeed AS57 Ambassador

Airspeed AS14 Ambassador project of 1935. Date: 1935

Airspeed AS65 Consul VX587
Airspeed AS65 Consul, VX587, was bought by the Ministry of Supply and fitted with Alvis Leonides radials

One of the special Airspeed AS65 Consuls produced in 1949 for the Burmese Air Force fitted with two fixed forward-firing guns under the fuselage and provision for eight 25lb rocket projectiles

Airspeed AS65 Consul G-AJWR with large aperture door
Airspeed AS65 Consul, G-AJWR, with a large aperture door for ambulance or cargo duties

Airspeed AS65 Consul G-AIOX
Airspeed AS65 Consul, G-AIOX, of Transcontinental Air Services

Airspeed AS65 Consul G-AJLP
Airspeed AS65 Consul, G-AJLP

Airspeed AS65 Consul G-AHFS of British Air Transport
Airspeed AS65 Consul, G-AHFS, of British Air Transport

The Repair and overhaul of Dutch Air Force Airspeed Oxfords

Airspeed AS10 Oxford V prototype AS592
Airspeed AS10 Oxford V prototype, AS592

The experimental Airspeed AS10 Oxford III P1864
The experimental Airspeed AS10 Oxford III, P1864 was fitted with Cheetah XV radials and Rotol constant-speed propellers

Airspeed AS10 Oxford I NM749
Airspeed AS10 Oxford I, NM749

Five Airspeed AS10 Oxford Is including L4574 and L4580
Five Airspeed AS10 Oxford Is, including L4574 and L4580

Airspeed AS10 Oxford I L4581
Airspeed AS10 Oxford I, L4581

Airspeed AS10 Oxford I L4539
Airspeed AS10 Oxford I, L4539, was fitted experimentally with McLaren drift correcting undercarriage

Airspeed AS39 Fleet Shadower

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