Airspeed Cambridge

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name = AS.45 Cambridge
type = Military advanced trainer
manufacturer = Airspeed Limited


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first flight = 19 February 1941
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The Airspeed AS.45 Cambridge was a British advanced trainer of the Second World War built by Airspeed Limited. It did not reach the production stage.

Development

The AS.45 was designed in response to Air Ministry Specification T.34/39 for an advanced trainer. It was a low-wing monoplane of composite construction with a single piston engine and a tailwheel-type, retractable undercarriage.The first of two prototypes flew on 19 February 1941. Testing showed deficiencies in both maximum speed and low-speed flight characteristics.

There was no attempt to rectify these shortcomings, partly because there was no shortage of advanced trainers thanks to plentiful supplies of Masters and Harvards and partly because of the importance of Airspeed's other products, the Horsa and Oxford.

pecifications (AS.45)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop
ref=The Hamlyn Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War IICite book
author=Mondey, David
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title=The Hamlyn Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War II
publisher=Aerospace Publishing
edition=
year=1994
isbn= 1 85152 668 4

crew=2
capacity=
length main= 36ft 1in
length alt= 11m
span main= 42ft 0in
span alt= 12.80m
height main= 11ft 6in
height alt= 3.51m
area main= 290ft²
area alt= 26.94m²
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empty weight alt= kg
loaded weight main= lb
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thrust alt= kN
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afterburning thrust main= lbf
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engine (prop)=Bristol Mercury VIII radial engine
type of prop=2-blade
number of props=1
power main= 730hp
power alt= 544kW
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max speed main= 237mph
max speed alt= 381km/h
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range main= 680mi
range alt= 1,094km
ceiling main= 24,800ft
ceiling alt= 7,560m
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loading main= lb/ft²
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power/mass main= hp/lb
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armament=None

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ee also

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similar aircraft=
*Arado Ar 96
*Miles Master
*North American Harvard
*Tachikawa Ki-55

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