The Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy was a British racing version of the Airspeed AS.6 Envoy built by Airspeed (1934) Limited at Portsmouth. The Viceroy was built to order for Captain T. Neville Stack and Sydney Lewis Turner, to compete in the England-Australia MacRobertson Air Race. Only one aircraft, registered G-ACMU, was built.
The Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy was a British racing version of the Airspeed AS.6 Envoy built by Airspeed (1934) Limited at Portsmouth. The Viceroy was built...
well on a specialised racing variant of the aircraft, the AirspeedViceroy. Originally, Airspeed worked closely with British engine manufacturer Wolseley...
proposed by Airspeed Limited a British aircraft manufacturer from 1931 to 1951. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Airspeed aircraft. "Airspeed Type Designations"...
Navigator (optional) Related development Airspeed AS.6 Envoy Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy (one-off racing special) Airspeed Oxford Aircraft of comparable role, configuration...
specification into two types, the Type IIA using piston power, which led to the Airspeed Ambassador, and the turboprop-powered Type IIB, which Vickers was selected...
the Proteus. The Type IIA requirement was met by the Centaurus-powered Airspeed Ambassador, and 20 were ordered for BEA. The first prototype flew in July...
C. Bennett Australia Overturned on landing at Aleppo, withdrew Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy G-ACMU 58 T. Neville Stack, S.L. Turner United Kingdom Withdrew...
been caused by the flight crew's inappropriate response to inaccurate airspeed readings due to the pitot tubes being blocked, with the first officer (who...
of comparable role, configuration, and era Armstrong Whitworth Ensign Airspeed Ambassador Handley Page Hastings – evolved from the Handley Page Halifax...
4-cylinder 16 hp cars for King George V and his entourage, including the Viceroy of India, at the 1911 Delhi Durbar. In 1912 Friswell sold his interest...
New Beetle. In 1935, Howard Hughes, flying the H-1, set the landplane airspeed record of 352 mph (566 km/h). In 1937, flying the same H-1 Racer fitted...
Airspeed Ambassador conventional piston designs, and the Vickers model powered by newly developed turboprops: first flown in 1948, the VC.2 Viceroy was...