Airspeed Ferry

The Airspeed AS 4 Ferry was a three -engined biplane from a British production. In addition to a drivers were up to ten passengers are carried.

History

In July 1931 Sir Alan Cobham ordered two machines for the air show on the occasion of National Aviation Day. The first flight took place in early March of 1932 at the airfield of Sherburn - in Elmet. Pilot was Harry Worrall.

Obviously, only two other machines are in addition to these two machines have been ordered, which were later taken over by the RAF. The characteristics denominated G- ABSI, G ABSJ, G - ACBT and G- ACFB. The G- ACBT crashed near Oban on 27 May 1933.

Both RAF machines, however, survived until 1941, although the G- ABSJ was also embroiled in July 1932 in an accident when they were used only for training purposes of the RAF on the ground. By 1941, one of them still as liaison aircraft was in use.

Specifications

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