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Type: Special Transport and glider tug. Origin: Armstrong Whitworth Models: Albemarle I to VI Crew: Transport: Four First Flight: Prototype: March 20, 1940 Production Mk. I: December 1941 Final Delivery: December 1944 Number Produced: 600 (32 fitted out as bombers) Engine: Model: Bristol Hercules XI Type: 14-Cylinder two-row sleeve valve radial Number: Two Horsepower: 1,590 hp Dimensions: Wing span: 77 ft. (23.47m) Length: 59 ft. 11 in. (10.56m) Height: 15 ft. 7 in. (4.75m) Wing Surface Area: N/A |
Weights: Empty: 22,600 lb. (10,260 kg) Loaded: 36,500 lb. (16,570 kg) Performance: Maximum Speed: 265 mph (426 km/h) Initial Climb: 980 ft/min (299 m/min) Service Ceiling: 18,000 ft. (5490m) Range: 1,360 miles (2160 km) Armament: Normally none. Mk. I/1: Four .303 in. Brownings in Boulton-Paul Dorsal turret. Two .303 in. Browning in powered ventral turret. ST.1: Manual dorsal mount with various weapons installations. |
Comments:
The Albemarle was designed to utilize non-strategic materials and succeeded in doing so even though it increased the overall weight. The type was used all over Europe as a special transport and Glider tug though in this last role the engines tended to overheat. Except for this minor flaw the type was pleasant to fly.
Sources:
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
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