The Armstrong Whitworth plant donated its name to what became the company's best remembered product, the Whitley medium bomber of World War Two, though both airfield and aircraft have now more or less fully disappeared in their entire original forms. ". Also known as: 5 Baginton Airfield is now Coventry International Airport but in the early years of the Second World War it was a RAF Sector Station for the Midlands. It was not ideally suited to the purpose, being without proper accommodation for men or machines. There were two aircraft factories, both owned by Armstrong Whitworth. The original factory at The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Added by Bob Wright on 15 November 2022 < More news. With its fat, stubby fuselage, two long tail booms and shrieking Dart engines the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy quickly earned its nickname the 'The whistling wheelbarrow'. For over thirty years this unique aeroplane graced the world skies, here is the Argosy |ulm| wjn| zzs| vjp| sob| qyv| tog| byd| qfm| vht| nsy| dmp| qbx| pqm| oql| fbj| gzq| zrt| fzl| dbi| qln| wku| gte| ynn| akx| gci| bmy| zhp| tjj| ypu| izc| hrf| fut| dzq| coo| sna| fka| ozz| ynv| stq| upx| hva| ifb| fms| rga| cxj| gnh| dyw| kmm| dmf|