1934 at The Airport, Portsmouth, Hants, in
association with shipbuilding interests of Swan, Hunter
and Wigham Richardson. Developed the single-engined
Courier monoplane (first
A.S.6 "Envoy"
British aircraft with retractable
undercarriage to go into production); 16 built. The Envoy
was an enlarged twin-engined development (50 built) and
was developed
Oxford
into Oxford advanced trainer for RAF. By
July 1945 8,751 Oxfords had been built by several makers.
During 1946-1948 over 150 Oxfords
AS.39 Fleet Shadower
converted to civil
Consul, but most notable civil product (associated also
with the Airspeed Division of the de Havilland Aircraft Co,
of Christchurch
A.S.57 "Ambassador"
Aerodrome, Hants.) was the Ambassador
high-wing, twin-engined airliner, mainly operated by British
European Airways. Prewar construction of Queen Wasp
radio-controlled target aircraft and Fleet Shadower accentuated
company's versatility. In 1950 the de Havilland
D.H.115 Vampire Trainer was built by Airspeed.
