Airspeed AS.5 Courier
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Produced Variants AS.5 Courier | Prototype
six-seat low wing airliner with retractable undercarriage. One 215 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC powerplant. |
AS.5A Courier | Main production version.
As A.S.5 but fitted with one 215 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC powerplant. | AS.5B Courier | As AS.5 but fitted with one 270 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah V powerplant. |
AS.5C Courier | As AS.5 but fitted with
one 340 h.p. Napier Rapier IV powerplant. Engine trials aircraft only. | AS.5J Courier | As AS.5 but fitted with one 310 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IX powerplant. |
AS.5 Courier - All Aircraft | C/n | Initial
Registration | Original
Build | Notes |
16 aircraft built by Airspeed Ltd., Portsmouth, between 1933 and 1935. | 7 |
G-ABXN | AS.5 |
To Sir Alan Cobham and used for flight refuelling experiments. Impressed - see note 1. |
10 |
G-ACJL | AS.5A |
To Bouts Airlines (Bouts-Tillotson Transport Ltd) via Aircraft Exchange & Mart Ltd,
Hanworth. Later VH-UUF to Aircraft Exchange & Mart Ltd, | | | | Mascot. Reported as shipped back to UK. | 11 | G-ACLR | AS.5A | See
note 2. To Portsmouth, Southsea & IoW Aviation Ltd, Aug 1936. Converted to fixed u/c. Impressed into RAF service as
X9344. | 12 | G-ACLF | AS.5B | See
note 2. To North Eastern Airways Ltd, Croydon/Doncaster. Converted to AS.5A with fixed u/c. Impressed into RAF service
as X9342. | 13 | K4047 | AS.5A | To
RAE Farnborough (See Military Table). | 14 | G-ACLT | AS.5A |
To Portsmouth Southsea & IoW Aviation Ltd. See note 2. Impressed into RAF service as
X9394. | 15 | G-ACLS | AS.5A | To
Southern & Central Air Lines Ltd, Southampton; named "City of Southampton". | 16 |
G-ACSY | AS.5A |
To London Scottish & Provincial Airways Ltd, Croydon, via Aircraft Exchange & Mart
Ltd, Hanworth. | 19 | G-ACSZ | AS.5A | To
London Scottish & Provincial Airways Ltd, Croydon/Tollerton. See note 2; to North Eastern Airways Ltd, Croydon. |
20 |
G-ACNZ | AS.5C |
To D Napier & Son Ltd for engine trials. Converted to AS.5A with fixed u/c. Impressed
into RAF service as X9346. | 22 | G-ACVE | AS.5A | See
Note 2, but crashed on take-off Portsmouth 20.8.36, after being stolen by two Airspeed employees. |
23 |
G-ACVF | AS.5B |
See note 2. To Portsmouth Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth, June 1939.
Impressed into RAF service as X9437. | 24 | G-ACVG |
AS.5J | To
H.H. The Maharajah of Jaipur, Jaipur, India as VT-AFY, via R.K. Dundas Ltd. | 25 | G-ACZL | AS.5A |
To Portsmouth Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd. Impressed into RAF service as
X9345. | 26 | G-ADAX | AS.5A | To
Portsmouth Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd. Impressed into RAF service as X9347. | 27 |
G-ADAY | AS.5A |
To Portsmouth Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd. Impressed into RAF service as
X9343. | Total Production 16 |
Serial Range | C/n | Type | Batch
Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes |
1
aircraft ordered from Airspeed. Ltd., Portsmouth, to contract 276131/33, delivered March, 1934. |
K4047 |
13
| AS.5A | 1 | |
| Various trials with RAE and AAEE. Later fitted with
A.S. Cheetah IX | | Total Production | 1 | | | |
Type |
Delivered New |
Conv. |
Canc'd |
Total |
AS.5 Courier |
1 |
|
|
1 |
AS.5A Courier |
11 |
(3) |
|
11 |
AS.5B Courier |
2 |
|
|
2 |
AS.5C Courier |
1 |
|
|
1 |
AS.5J Courier |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
16 |
(3) |
0 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
Notes - Serial
X9427 is quoted for this machine, but this number was not officially allocated to an aircraft.
- Various
attempts were made to supply the indicated aircraft to the Spanish Republican forces before the next indicated ownwership,
but were blocked.
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