Armstrong Whitworth Wolf

Wolf

Role	Trainer
Manufacturer	Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
First flight	19 January 1923
Introduction	1923
Retired	1931
Primary users	Royal Air Force Royal Aircraft Establishment
Produced	1923-1929
Number built	6

The Armstrong Whitworth Wolf was a British two-seat reconnaissance aircraft ordered by the Royal Air Force in 1923.

Design and development

The Wolf was a two-bay biplane of unorthodox design, with the fuselage mounted between the two sets of wings. No production order was placed, and the three machines built served their days at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough as experimental testbeds.

Alongside the RAF's order in 1923, Armstrong Whitworth also built two for the RAF Reserve Flying School at Whitley, and a final, sixth aircraft in 1929. As trainers, they proved popular with pilots, although less so with ground crews for whom the rigging and undercarriage were awkward to maintain.

All Wolves were retired from service in 1931 and all but the most recently built were scrapped. The final aircraft was taken to Hamble for use as an instructional airframe.

Operators

United Kingdom

Specifications (Wolf)

Data from Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft since 1913 ^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: two: pilot and observer or instructor
Length: 31 ft 0 in (9.45 m)
Wingspan: 39 ft 10 in (12.14 m)
Height: 13 ft (3.96 m)
Wing area: 488 sq. ft (45.3 m²)
Empty weight: 2,690 lb (1,220 kg)
Loaded weight: 4,090 lb (1,855 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar III 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 350 hp (260 kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 110 mph (177 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
Service ceiling: 15,150 ft (4,600 m)
Rate of climb: 770 ft/min (3.9 m/s)
Endurance: 3 hr 45 min

Armament

Guns:
- 1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun
- 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in Scarff ring for observer

Notes

↑ Tapper 1988, p.151.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Armstrong Whitworth Wolf.

Tapper, Oliver (1988). Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft since 1913. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-826-7.
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 81.
World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 889 Sheet 80.

Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft

Manufacturer designations

F.K.1
F.K.2
F.K.3
F.K.4/F.M.4
F.K.5
F.K.6
F.K.7
F.K.8
F.K.9
F.K.10
F.K.12
F.K.13
A.W.14
A.W.15
A.W.16
A.W.17
A.W.18
A.W.19
A.W.20
A.W.21
A.W.22
A.W.23
A.W.24
A.W.25
A.W.26
A.W.27
A.W.28
A.W.29
A.W.30
A.W.31
A.W.32
A.W.33
A.W.34
A.W.35
A.W.36
A.W.37
A.W.38
A.W.39
A.W.40
A.W.41
A.W.43
A.W.44
A.W.45
A.W.48
A.W.49
A.W.50
A.W.51
A.W.52
A.W.53
A.W.54
A.W.55
A.W.56
A.W.57
A.W.58
A.W.59
A.W.168
A.W.169
A.W.171
A.W.650
A.W.660
A.W.670
A.W.680
A.W.681
A.W.690

By role

Airships	25r R29 R33

Experimental	Ape A.W.52 A.W.171

Fighters	F.K.9/F.K.10 A.W.16 Ara Armadillo Scimitar Siskin Starling

Bombers	A.W.19 A.W.23 A.W.29 Siniai Whitley

Transports	Albemarle Argosy (AW.660) Awana

Airliners	Argosy (1920s) Atalanta Ensign Apollo

Army Co-Op	Atlas/Ajax/Aries

Reconnaissance	Tadpole Wolf

General Purpose	F.K.3 F.K.8

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