History

The Armstrong Whitworth Atlanta was designed for Imperial Airways services in Africa in the early 1930s. Eight were made and, in addition to African service, they also flew in India until the mid 1940s.

The Armstrong Whitworth Atlanta was designed to meet an Imperial Airways specification for an airliner for its African Service.

The prototype made its first flight on 5 June 1932 and all eight ordered had been delivered by 1933.

The first Atlanta flight in South Africa took place at the beginning of 1933 and four Atlantas flew there until 1937.

The other four Atlantas flew for Imperial Airways in India, becoming part of the air route to Australia in 1934.

They later served with the RAF and were scrapped in 1944.

This model represents G-ABPH, Andromeda, the second of the Atlanta class, flying for Imperial Airways circa 1933.

Air Craft Models 1/144 kit completed by Leigh Edmonds in November 2015.

Data

MODEL: Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atlanta (Imperial Airways, G-ABPH, 1933)

ROLE: airliner

TIME PERIOD: 1933-1942

ENGINES: four Armstrong Siddeley Serval III radial piston engines of 250kW each

WING SPAN: 27.43m

LENGTH: 21.79m

MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 9,5265kg

CRUISING SPEED: 190km/h

RANGE: 1,030km

PAYLOAD: 9 to 17 passengers depending on route flown

CREW: 3

SCALE: 1/144

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