Armstrong Whitworth Atlas

what is it?

The Armstrong Whitworth Atlas was a British single-engine biplane designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. It served as an army co-operation aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the 1920s and 1930s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 228 km/htop speed
• size 1,823 kgmax take-off weight
• built 478made 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 101 years ago, in 1925.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 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

1925

introduced

1927

retired

1935

status

retired

number built

478

role

army cooperation aircraft

makers

Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft

engines

1× Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IVC

crew

2

length

8.7 m

wingspan

12 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

1,823 kg

top speed

228 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,121 m

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