Airspeed Envoy

what is it?

The Airspeed AS.6 Envoy was a twin-engined light transport aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Airspeed Ltd. The Envoy originated as a heavier twin-engine derivative of Airspeed's Courier light transport aircraft. Sharing much of its design with this earlier aircraft, it was relatively easy to develop; confidence in the project was so high that within a week of the prototype's maiden flight, it was performing as a display aircraft to the public.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 16 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 338 km/htop speed
• seats 6passengers
• size 2,858 kgmax take-off weight
• built 52made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 16 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1934-06-26

introduced

1934

retired

1951

status

retired

number built

52

role

transport

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Airspeed Ltd.

engines

2× Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IX / Lynx / Walter Castor / Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah / Wolseley Aries / R-760 Whirlwind

crew

1

passengers

6

length

10.5 m

wingspan

16 m

height

2.9 m

max take-off weight

2,858 kg

top speed

338 km/h

cruise speed

309 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,858 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.