Airspeed Viceroy

The Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy was a British racing version of the Airspeed AS.6 Envoy built by Airspeed (1934) Limited at Portsmouth. The Viceroy was built to order for Captain T. Neville Stack and Sidney Lewis Turner to compete in the England-Australia MacRobertson Air Race. Only one aircraft registered G-ACMU was built.

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Made by Airspeed Ltd..

It is the successor of the Airspeed Envoy .

Jet Or Prop
prop
Designer
A. H. Tiltman
Nevil Shute
Predecessor
Airspeed Envoy
Length Alt
10.52 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
6300.0
Power Alt
216
Range Main
1
400 miles
Height Alt
2.90 m
Type Of Prop
Radial engine
Aircraft
Introduced
1934
Max Speed Main
210 mph
See Also
*MacRobertson Air Race
Developed From
Airspeed Envoy
Height Main
289.56
Status
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
2858.0
Number Built
1
Span Main
1554.48
Area Main
299.0
Span Alt
15.55 m
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Armstrong-Siddeley Cheetah VI
Manufacturer
Number Of Props
2
First Flight
1934
Production End Year
1934
Climb Rate Main
1000.0
Power Main
290 hp
Production Start Year
1934
Climb Rate Alt
5.1 m-s
Length Main
1051.56
Area Alt
31.49 m²
Range Alt
2253.0
Max Speed Alt
338.0
Empty Weight Main
3900.0
Produced
1934
Empty Weight Alt
1769.0
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