Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy
Airspeed · United Kingdom · first flew 1934 · light aircraft
The Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy was a British racing version of the Airspeed AS.6 Envoy, built by Airspeed (1934) Limited at Portsmouth. Only one aircraft, registered G-ACMU, was built.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Low-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 2 × piston, wing-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Narrowed fuselage with no passenger windows |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Twin-engined low-wing monoplane derived from the Airspeed Envoy
- Supercharged Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah VI radials in long-chord, smooth NACA cowlings
- Narrowed fuselage with no passenger windows
Look for a twin-engined low-wing monoplane with long-chord, smooth NACA cowlings on its radial engines and a narrow fuselage with no passenger windows.
Specifications
- The Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy has a length of 10.52 m (35 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 15.54 m (51 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 340 km/h (211 mph).
- Typical crew: 2.
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History
It was built to order for Captain T. Neville Stack and Sydney Lewis Turner to compete in the England-Australia MacRobertson Air Race. It was a modified Envoy with more powerful engines, a strengthened main undercarriage and an auxiliary fuel tank of 270 Imperial gallons in the aft fuselage.
Variants
Only one Viceroy was built, as a modified Envoy with supercharged Cheetah VI engines and a narrowed fuselage without passenger windows.
Where you'll see it
The Viceroy started the race from RAF Mildenhall but was withdrawn at Athens after several reliability problems, including with the mainwheel brakes. It was sold in 1936 and went to France on the way to the Spanish Civil War, where it was reported to have been stationed at an airbase of the Spanish Republican Air Force.
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