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Armstrong Whitworth Apollo : ウィキペディア英語版
Armstrong Whitworth Apollo

The Armstrong Whitworth AW.55 Apollo was a 1940s British four-engine turboprop airliner built by Armstrong Whitworth at Baginton. The aircraft was in competition with the Vickers Viscount but was beset with engine problems and only two were built.
==Development==
The requirement resulted from the Brabazon Committee's Type II design, calling for a small, medium-range pressurized aircraft to fly its less-travelled routes which became Air Ministry Specification C.16/46 for an aircraft able to carry 24-30 passengers over 1,000 mi (1,610 km) at a cruising speed of .
The resulting design was the AW.55 Apollo, a low-wing cantilever monoplane with retractable tricycle landing gear. Due to the narrowness of the engines, there was no room in the nacelles for the main wheels which instead folded up into the wings. It had a conventional tail unit with a mid-placed cantilever horizontal tailplane. It had a pressurised fuselage with seating for 26-31 passengers. It was designed to use the Armstrong Siddeley Mamba ASM.2 which was expected to produce plus 307 1b static thrust for the production aircraft. When the prototype Apollo was ready to fly the engine could only produce . Two prototypes - one to be completely fitted out - and a static test fuselage were ordered by the Ministry of Supply and construction started in 1948. The prototype (serial ''VX220'') first flew from the grass field at Baginton, Coventry on 10 April 1949 for a thirty minute test flight.〔(Apollo Airborne ) ''Flight''〕
The aircraft was unstable and underpowered, and after just nine hours of test flying, it was grounded to try to solve some of the problems. Test flying resumed in August 1949 but the aircraft had further engine problems. Changes were made to the design of the tail unit including fitting a dorsal fin and increasing the fin area to improve the flying qualities. In October 1950, a limited category Certificate of Airworthiness was granted to allow the aircraft to carry non-fare paying passengers. One proving flight - between Baginton and Paris taking 1 hr 26 min - was carried out in 12 March 1951.〔("Civil Aviation" ) FLIGHT, 23 March 1951〕
Further engine problems stopped the trial and test flights. The company started a selling campaign to European airlines, but the problems with performance and continual engine difficulties it was decided to abandon development of the aircraft in June 1952. The competing Brabazon IIB design the Vickers Viscount powered by the Rolls-Royce Dart became a best-selling turboprop in the 1950s and 60s.
The second prototype was expected to use the Mamba 3 with an all up weight of 45,000 lb.

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