Westland Lysander Mks. I, III / IIIA, III(SD), TT Mks. I, II, III
Westland Lysander Mks. I, III / IIIA, III(SD), TT Mks. I, II, III
Westland Lysander Mks. I, III / IIIA, III(SD), TT Mks. I, II, III Summary:
By Not Stated
Publisher:
MARK I Ltd.
Number Of Pages:
Publication Date:
1999
ISBN-10 / ASIN:
8090255914
ISBN-13 / EAN:
Army co-operation flying had a long tradition within the RAF in the
inter-war period. It had its source in the WW! experience of the then
Royal Flying Corps in support of ground forces. After the Armistice the
newly-established Royal Air Force operated either specialised aircraft
like the Bristol Fighter or adapted general purpose types, eg. the
Fairey IIIF or later the Fairey Gordon. In the second half of the
twenties, the Bristol aircraft was succeeded by a standard army
co-operation type, the Armstrong Whitworth Atlas. Then followed a
period in which the army co-operation units came once again to depend
upon adaptation designs - the Hawker Audax/Hardy and Hector biplanes,
which all were developed variants of the Hart bomber of the late 1920s.
While the Hawker-designed, Westland-built Hector could be regarded only
as an interim type, a new Specification A.39/34 was issued in April
1935, calling for a more modern aircraft to replace the Hawker Audax
with a design exclusively conforming lo army co-operauon needs. Good
slow-flying characteristics for visual observation of ground forces,
short landing and take-off, provision for message pick-up, aerial
reconnaissance, a radio and a small bomb load were required, all
conveying the "conservative" RAF demands for such an aeroplane, but
irrespective of recent advanced progress in military aviation. Four
companies submitted their proposals to the Air Ministry tender. Bristol
offered their Type 148 low-wing monoplane. Hawker came up with a
biplane and A.V. Roe designed the Avro 670. As a result of Westlands
lobbying at the Air Ministry, a Westland contender was also included in
the competition, eventually winning the bid and beating the Bristol,
the only other accepted firm, leaving it lo build only two prototypes.
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