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Established
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1934 at The Airport, Portsmouth, Hants, in
association with shipbuilding interests of Swan, Hunter
and Wigham Richardson. Developed the single-engined
Courier monoplane (first
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British aircraft with retractable
undercarriage to go into production); 16 built. The Envoy
was an enlarged twin-engined development (50 built) and
was developed
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into Oxford advanced trainer for RAF. By
July 1945 8,751 Oxfords had been built by several makers.
During 1946-1948 over 150 Oxfords
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converted to civil
Consul, but most notable civil product (associated also
with the Airspeed Division of the de Havilland Aircraft Co,
of Christchurch
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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.
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All the World's Rotorcraft
Virtual Aircraft Museum
AS.4 Ferry
Courier
A.S.6 "Envoy"
Viceroy
Queen Wasp
Oxford
AS.39 Fleet Shadower
Cambridge
AS.51 / AS.58 Horsa
Consul
A.S.57 "Ambassador"
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