Atlas | |
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General information | |
Type | Army cooperation aircraft |
Manufacturer | Armstrong Whitworth |
Primary users | Royal Air Force |
Number built | 478 |
History | |
Manufactured | 1927 - 1933 |
Introduction date | 1927 |
First flight | 10 May 1925 |
Retired | 1935(RAF), 1942(RCAF) |
The Armstrong Whitworth Atlas was a British single-engine biplane designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. It served as an army co-operation aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the 1920s and 1930s. It was the first purpose-designed aircraft of the army co-operation type to serve with the RAF.