Armstrong Whitworth 670

[Barrington Bond]

The Aeroplane 26th April 1957

 

[Caravellarella]

Re: Armstrong-Whitworth AW-670 turboprop twin-boom car ferry project......

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French about the Armstrong-Whitworth AW-670 turboprop twin-boom car ferry "project" which was a proposed fixed-undercarriage development of the Armstrong-Whitworth AW-650 Argosy......

The article comes from the 5th May 1961 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Re: Armstrong-Whitworth AW-670 turboprop twin-boom car ferry project......

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French about the Armstrong-Whitworth AW-670 turboprop twin-boom fixed-undercarriage car ferry "project" development of the Armstrong-Whitworth AW-650 Argosy......

The article comes from the 28th April 1961 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[hesham]

Hi,

here is an artist drawings for a car ferry aircraft project,looks like AW.670.

Airliner Classics 7/2013

 

[zebedee]

Cutaway fuselage model on display at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry, UK.

Zeb

Armstrong Whitworth AW670 Argosy by Martin Winchester, on Flickr

 

[hesham]

Very nice,thank you Zebedee.

 

[zebedee]

From a recently acquired brochure for the AW670...

Zeb

 

[hesham]

Very nice,thank you my dear Zebedee.

 

[hesham]

From Aeroplane monthly 1993.

 

[hesham]

From Aeroplane 1961.

 

[Arjen]

Another Armstrong-Whitworth car ferry, un-numbered project from Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft since 1913 by Oliver Tapper, Putnam 1973:

Car Ferry Short-range car ferry, designed in 1958, with two Rolls-Royce Dart propeller-turbines. Accommodation for four medium-sized cars and 21 passengers or up to 72 passengers. Span 92 ft (28.04 m); length 75 ft (22.86 m); height 26 ft (7.83 m); wing area 1,027 sq ft (95.41 sq m); all-up weight39,360 lb (17,853 kg).