prototype patrol aircraft by Airspeed
AS.39 Fleet Shadower
The Airspeed AS.39 Fleet Shadower was a British long-range patrol aircraft design that did not go beyond the prototype stage. A prototype of similar aircraft, the General Aircraft Fleet Shadower, was also built. While the concept of a fleet shadower had some promise, the resulting designs were soon overtaken by wartime developments in airborne radar.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Airspeed Ltd.
- First flight
- 1940-10-17
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 98 kt
- Max speed
- 109 kt
- Range
- 6 nm
- Service ceiling
- 14,700 ft
- Rate of climb
- 865 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 6,935 lb
- Empty weight
- 4,592 lb
- Powerplant
- 4 × Pobjoy Niagara V 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines
- Engines
- 4
- Seats
- 3
- Length
- 39.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 55.3 ft
- Height
- 10.4 ft
- Number built
- 1
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.