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AIRSPEED COURIER |
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Courier K4047, used at the RAE, crashed July 14, 1943. |
AIRSPEED AS. 5 COURIER - One example of this six-seat light aircraft, designed by A Hessell Tiltman and first flown at Portsmouth on April 10, 1933, acquired by Air Ministry in February 1934, with 360 hp Cheetah IX, and used at RAE Farnborough (as K4047) until 1943. Nine Airspeed Couriers with 240 hp Lynx IVc engines impressed in 1939 for use by National Air Communications unit, later assigned to ATA station comm flights. |
Max speed, 153 mph (246 km/h). Gross weight, 3,900 Ib (1,771 kg). Span, 47 ft 0 in (14.36 m). Length, 28ft 6 in (8.69 m). |
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