The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.15 Atalanta was a four-engine monoplane airliner built by Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft at Coventry for Imperial Airways, which wanted a four-engined type for its African routes. The airline asked for room for at least nine passengers, a crew of three and a cruising speed of 115 mph. Designer John Lloyd chose a high-wing monoplane layout for its low drag, a sharp change from the three-engine biplane Argosy, and Imperial Airways ordered the aircraft before a prototype had been built. The prototype G-ABPI flew on 6 June 1932, and the first commercial service ran from Croydon to Brussels and Cologne on 26 September 1932. Four supercharged Armstrong Siddeley Serval III ten-cylinder radial engines of up to 340 hp each powered it. Eight were delivered by 1933 and flew mainly the airline's Eastern routes, including Australia, until 1937, after which other civil and military operators, among them the Royal Air Force and the Indian Air Force, used them until June 1944.
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The Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta was a four-engine airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited at Coventry.
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The Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta was a four-engine airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited at Coventry.
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The Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta was a four-engine airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited at Coventry.
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The Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta was a four-engine airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited at Coventry.
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On 6 June 1932, the prototype, G-ABPI, performed its maiden flight
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The aircraft was powered by a total of four supercharged Armstrong Siddeley Serval III ten-cylinder radial engines
Operational history, final service
the two survivors were transferred to transport duties where they continued in use until June 1944
Operational history, deliveries
Imperial Airways ordered eight aircraft, all of which had been delivered by 1933.
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The Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta was a four-engine airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited at Coventry.
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The Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta was a four-engine airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited at Coventry.
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