AW.55 Apollo | |
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The second AW.55 Apollo in use by the Empire Test Pilot School at Farnborough in September 1954 | |
Role | Four-engined turboprop airliner |
Manufacturer | Armstrong Whitworth |
First flight | 1949 |
Introduction | 1952 |
Retired | 1957 |
Primary users | Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment Empire Test Pilot's School |
Number built | 2 |
The Armstrong Whitworth AW.55 Apollo was a 1940s British four-engine turboprop airliner built by Armstrong Whitworth at Baginton. The aircraft was in competition with the Vickers Viscount but was beset with engine problems and only two were built.