| Manufacturer |
Armstrong Whitworth |
Aermacchi |
| Description |
The Armstrong Whitworth Atlas was a British single-engine biplane designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. |
The Aermacchi AM.3 was the result of a joint venture between Aermacchi and Aeritalia (then Aerfer Industrie Aerospaziali Meridionali) in response to an Italian Army requirement for an aircraft to replace the Cessna L-19, and was initially designated the MB-335. |
| First Flight |
1925-05-10 |
1967-05-12 |
| Entry Into service |
1927-01-01 |
1973-01-01 |
| Production End |
1933-01-01 |
|
| Service End |
1935-01-01 |
1992-01-01 |
| Designer |
Armstrong Whitworth |
Aermacchi |
| Type |
Army cooperation aircraft |
Observation aircraft |
| Length (m) |
8.5344 |
8.73 |
| Height (m) |
3.048 |
2.72 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
228.5268 |
278 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
|
246 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
5120.64 |
8400 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
|
7 |
| Armament |
1 × forward firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun and 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun on Scarff ring in rear cockpit; Up to 4 × 112 lb (51 kg) bombs under wings |
Up to 2 machine gun pods; Two 170 kg bombs, or four 91 kg bombs; Up to 4 smoke-rocket pods |
| Endurance (h) |
3 |
5 |
| Number Built |
478 |
|
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IVC 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 336 kW (450 hp) each |
1 × Piaggio-built Lycoming GSO-480-B1B6 6-cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally opposed piston engine, 254 kW (340 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force |
South African Air Force, Rwanda |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Atlas |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aermacchi_AM.3 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
11.8872 |
11.73 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
36.3251 |
19.04 |
| Flat Wing Aspect Ratio |
|
7.2 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar |
|
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |