Armstrong Whitworth Awana

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name=Awana


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type=Military transport
manufacturer=Armstrong Whitworth
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first flight=28 June 1923
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variants with their own articles=The Armstrong Whitworth Awana was a British prototype troop-transport aircraft built to meet a 1920 Air Ministry requirement. It was a large, twin-engine biplane with a box-like fuselage, and a twin-rudder, biplane tail. The pilot and navigator sat in open cockpits atop the nose, while the 25 troops it was to carry sat within. The wings could be folded for storage.

Evaluated at Martlesham Heath, control during landing was found to be poor, and the structure overall too flimsy. The second prototype addressed some of these concerns, but the Vickers Victoria was selected for production instead.

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crew= two, pilot and navigator
capacity= 25 troops
length main= 68 ft 0 in
length alt= 20.73 m
span main= 105 ft 6 in
span alt= 32.16 m
height main= 20 ft 0 in
height alt= 6.10 m
area main= 2,300 ft²
area alt= 213.7 m²
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empty weight main= 10,000 lb
empty weight alt= 4,536 kg
loaded weight main= 18,450 lb
loaded weight alt= 8,369 kg
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engine (prop)= Napier Lion
type of prop= 12-cylinder W-block inline engine
number of props=2
power main= 450 hp
power alt= 335 kw
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max speed main= 84 knots
max speed alt= 97 mph, 156 km/h
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range main= 313 nm
range alt= 360 mi, 580 km
ceiling main= 8,000 ft
ceiling alt= 2,440 m
climb rate main= 253 ft/min
climb rate alt= 1.3 m/s
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