| Manufacturer |
Bird Wing Commercial Aircraft Co. |
Airspeed Ltd |
| Description |
The Bird Wing or later, Bird Wing Imperial was a light sport biplane of the 1920s and 1930s. |
The Airspeed AS.30 Queen Wasp was a British pilotless target aircraft built by Airspeed Limited at Portsmouth during the Second World War. |
| First Flight |
1927-07-15 |
1937-06-11 |
| Entry Into service |
1927-01-01 |
1937-01-01 |
| Production End |
|
1940-01-01 |
| Designer |
R. T. McCrum |
Hessell Tiltman/N.S. Norway |
| Type |
|
Pilotless target aircraft |
| Length (m) |
7.0104 |
7.0104 |
| Height (m) |
2.4384 |
3.048 |
| Cockpit Crew |
1 |
1 |
| Max Seating |
2 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
144.841 |
276.8072 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
120.7008 |
243.0109 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
3048 |
6096 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
2.3368 |
|
| Capacity Description |
2 pax |
|
| National Origin |
United States of America |
|
| Number Built |
6 |
7 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Curtiss OX-5 V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 67 kW (90 hp) each |
1 × Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IX 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 261 kW (350 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
|
Royal Air Force |
| Status |
Out of business 1931 |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_Wing_Imperial |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeed_Queen_Wasp |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
9.4488 |
9.4488 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
28.1961 |
|
| Aircraft Engine |
Curtiss OX-5 |
|
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |