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Society News The National Aerospace Library Aircraft Project Designs Collection n May 2011 David Clarke 1971. 24pp. Illustrated. Ipresented the National A compilation of illustrated Aerospace Library at Farnborough articles describing the aircraft’s with an extensive collection of history, development and variants material accumulated by his late through to the Trident 3B, father, C F D ‘Dave’ Clarke, during structural design (including a his long aviation career from cutaway diagram), systems starting as an apprentice at (automatic landing [autoland]/ Armstrong Whitworth in Coventry flying control [rudder/tailplane/ just after WW2 through to his flaps/leading-edge]/hydraulic/ retirement from the British electrical/pressurisation/air Aerospace Future Projects conditioning), flight deck landing Department at Hatfield in 1986. gear and its Rolls-Royce Spey The collection contains a Mk512 and RB162 booster engine. wealth of original material and project design outlines of a wide Spec ER161T Narrow Delta Wing variety of civil and military aircraft Research Aircraft — Type A — concepts from supersonic airliners AW171; Type B — AW172. Sir W through to V/STOL transports — G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, many of which were never built and Coventry. Unpaginated. 1956. are little previously recorded but Top: Hawker Siddeley HSA1011 ‘no boom’ supersonic airliner project. were the basis of later aircraft A Medium-Range M = 1.2 Swept- Bottom: Armstrong Whitworth AW171 Narrow-delta wing aircraft to Spec designs which were produced — Wing Airliner. Report No R240. Sir ER 161T. RAeS (NAL) photos. conceived by the design offices of W G Armstrong Whitworth Armstrong Whitworth, de Havilland Aircraft, Coventry. 1958. 14pp. and Hawker Siddeley Aviation Illustrated. supersonic airliner project STOL freighter project design. Sir among other companies from the Describes a project study of the designed to carry 110 W G Armstrong Whitworth mid-1950s through to the mid- AWP14001 supersonic medium- passengers. Aircraft. 1961. 27pp. Illustrated. 1980s. range transport design to carry Describes/illustrates the aircraft’s Cataloguing the collection is 100 passengers over a stage Short Range Car-Ferry Aircraft fuselage/tail/wing structure, ongoing but some of the length of 1,500 nautical miles. (AWP23/AWP23001). Sir W G paratroop door, crew compartment, ‘highlights’ recorded so far are Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, landing gear, engine installation, summarised below: AWP15 NATO Medium Range Coventry. 1958. 6pp. Illustrated. systems (hydraulic/electrical/fuel/ Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Sir W G air conditioning/anti-icing/oxygen), VC10: Reprinted from Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, General Purpose and Agricultural troop/paratroop/vehicle transport Engineering Vol 34 June 1962. Coventry. 1958. 30pp. Illustrated. Aircraft. Sir W G Armstrong and other data/dimensions. Bunhill Publications, London. Includes arrangement diagrams/ Whitworth Aircraft, Coventry. 1962. 30pp. Illustrated. data and fuselage cross-sections 1958. 39pp. Illustrated. The Beagle 206: Powered by A compilation of illustrated for the AWP15001 design project. Rolls-Royce. Beagle Aircraft articles describing the aircraft’s AW670 Freighter Data. Sir W G Limited, Kidlington. c.1960. 4pp. aerodynamic and structural Subsonic VTOL Aircraft Summary. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Illustrated. design, systems (automatic landing Report No R248. Sir W G Coventry. c.1959. The Beagle 218: Powered by (autoland)/flying control/hydraulic/ Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Includes three-view diagrams and Rolls-Royce. Beagle Aircraft electrical/pressurisation/air Coventry. 1958. 16pp. Illustrated. cross-sections of fuselage and Limited, Kidlington. c.1960. 4pp. conditioning/fuel/anti-icing/fire Includes arrangement diagrams/ cargo bay. Illustrated. warning) and its Rolls-Royce data for the AWP8001/AWP9001/ Describes the Beagle B206 and Conway RCo42 bypass turbojet AWP11001/AWP17001/ AWP13/AWP13003 Medium Beagle-Miles 218. engine. AWP18001/AWP18002/ Range M = 1.2 M-Wing Airliner. AWP19001/AWP20001/ Report No R261. G D Nash et al. The Beagle-Auster Terrier 2. Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E: AWP20002/AWP21001 and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Beagle Aircraft Limited, Kidlington. Reprinted from Aircraft AWP24001 design projects. Aircraft, Coventry. 1959. 17pp. c.1962. 12pp. Illustrated. Engineering April 1969. Bunhill Illustrated. Publications, London. 1969. A Long-Range, M = 1.2, M-Wing Describes the AWP22001 The Buccaneer. Blackburn Aircraft 23pp. Illustrated. Aircraft. Report No R252. G D supersonic transport project Limited, Brough. c.1958. 8pp. Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B: Nash et al. Sir W G Armstrong designed to carry 126 passengers. Illustrated. Reprinted from Aircraft Whitworth Aircraft, Coventry. Engineering February 1971. 1958. 15pp. Illustrated. Collection of detailed diagrams of British Aerospace 748 Series 2B Bunhill Publications, London. Preliminary study of a M-Wing the AW681 short-/medium-range Technical Data. British Aerospace 10 The Aerospace Professional Society News — Aircraft Group, Manchester. deliveries, numbers of restored 1980. 25pp. Illustrated. aircraft/engines attributable to the Describes/illustrates the aircraft’s Hawker Siddeley Group during cabin layout, structure, Rolls-Royce 1939-1945 — which at that time Dart RDa7 Mk536 turboprop comprised of A V Roe and Co engine, landing gear, engine Limited, Sir W G Armstrong installation, systems (fuel/water Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Hawker methanol/hydraulic/electrical/air Aircraft Limited, Gloster Aircraft conditioning/anti-icing/flying Co Limited, Armstrong Siddeley controls), maintenance and other Motors Limited, A W Hawksley data/dimensions. Limited, and Air Service Training Limited — concluding with a map British Aerospace 146 Design of their various site locations and Features. British Aerospace — aircraft output statistics. Civil Aircraft Division, Stevenage. Introduction by T O M Sopwith. 1986. 48pp + two leaflets. Illustrated. Hawker P1127 V/TOL Tactical Describes/illustrates the aircraft’s Strike Aircraft: Bristol Siddeley design philosophy, passenger BS53/5 Lift/Thrust Turbojet. accommodation, freight holds, Hawker Aircraft, Kingston-upon- flight deck, Avco Lycoming Thames. 1960. Unpaginated. ALF502 engine, structure, landing Illustrated. gear, brakes, engine installation, ARA Transonic wind-tunnel model of the AWP13 medium-range M-wing Describes/illustrates the aircraft’s systems (fuel/hydraulic/electrical/ airliner. c.1960. RAeS (NAL) photo. structure, nozzle actuation environmental control/anti-icing/ system/position controls, cockpit flying controls), auxiliary power levers, engine intake, fuel/hydraulic/ unit, performance and other data/ Havilland Aircraft Company, The de Havilland Caribou: at electrical systems, cockpit, dimensions. Hatfield. 1960. 41pp. Illustrated. 28,500lb Gross Weight. The de performance data and dimensions. Following a concise history of the Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, Variable Sweep and the Aeroplane Comet programme, a description Ontario. 1961. 33pp. Illustrated. Hawker P1127: with BSE Pegasus of the Future. British Aircraft then follows of the Comet 5 (18,000lb rating). Hawker Corporation — Military Project operations of Aerolineas Caribou Battlefield Mobility. The Aircraft, Kingston-upon-Thames. Office, Weybridge. c.1962. 23pp. Argentinas, Royal Air Force de Havilland Aircraft of Canada 1963. 7pp. Illustrated. Illustrated. Transport Command and the Ltd, Ontario. c.1961. 8pp. Summarises the aircraft’s Describes the BAC Type 583 aircraft’s flight training, load Illustrated. standard characteristics including Multi-Role Naval Aeroplane/Type factors, recurring defects, Describes the Caribou YAC-1 weapon loads, typical mission 584 V/STOL, transonic short haul maintenance and overhaul. military variant. loading and performance and transport, transonic maritime other dimensions/data. reconnaissance aeroplane and De Havilland Comet 4B and 4C: An introduction to the new Joint Mach 2 military transport among Information for Airport Operators. European Transport. European The Argosy AW650 Turboprop other designs. De Havilland Aircraft Company, Commercial Aircraft Study (ECAS) Freightercoach: Designed and Hatfield. 1960. 38pp. Illustrated. — Joint Engineering Team, Built by Sir W G Armstrong BAC One-Eleven: Reprinted from Includes a number of detailed Weybridge. 1978. 32pp. Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. - Third Aircraft Engineering May 1963. diagrams recording Illustrated. edition. Hawker Siddeley Aviation, British Aircraft Corporation, data/dimensions, turning radii, Design features of the JET (Joint London. 1960. 22pp. + 4pp London. 1963. 32pp. Illustrated. servicing points, landing gear and European Transport). European pamphlet. Illustrated. A compilation of illustrated fire protection systems. Commercial Aircraft Study (ECAS) articles describing the aircraft’s — Joint Engineering Team, AW660 Military Transport Aircraft: design philosophy, aerodynamic The Structural Design of the Weybridge. 1978. 63pp. Designed and Built by Sir W G and structural design (including Trident. De Havilland Aircraft Illustrated. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. cutaway diagrams of its fuselage Company, Hatfield. 1960. 28pp. Describes the aircraft’s — Third edition. Hawker Siddeley wing and tail structures), flight Illustrated. dimensions, interior layout, Aviation, London. 1960. 18pp + deck, systems (hydraulic/electrical/ Includes a number of detailed performance, operating costs, six data sheets. Illustrated. pressurisation/air