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1229:1910s British fighter aircraft
421:Taylor, Michael J. H. (1990).
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1249:Aircraft first flown in 1919
1234:Armstrong Whitworth aircraft
461:Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
404:British Fighters since 1912
232:, 320 hp (240 kW)
218:1,930 lb (875 kg)
212:1,320 lb (599 kg)
132:In early 1918, the British
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173:General characteristics
103:Armstrong Whitworth Ara
128:Design and development
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397:. London: Macdonald.
393:Bruce, J.M. (1965).
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105:was an unsuccessful
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238:Performance
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1223:Categories
1187:Transports
862:Argosy (2)
857:Argosy (1)
387:References
251:Endurance:
204:Wing area:
85:Prototype
1194:Albemarle
1121:Armadillo
958:Airliners
872:Armadillo
842:Albemarle
470:numerical
285:(7.7 mm)
192:Wingspan:
166:Data from
120:built by
64:Designer
1239:Biplanes
1136:Starling
1126:Scimitar
1099:Fighters
989:Airships
970:Atalanta
927:Starling
907:Scimitar
902:Sea Hawk
877:Atalanta
293:See also
271:Armament
144:, a new
1173:Tadpole
1090:A.W.171
1064:Whitley
1037:Bombers
951:By role
937:Whitley
932:Tadpole
830:By name
817:A.W.690
812:A.W.681
807:A.W.680
802:A.W.670
797:A.W.660
792:A.W.650
787:A.W.171
782:A.W.169
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283:.303 in
198:Height:
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116:of the
111:biplane
107:British
82:Status
33:Fighter
1131:Siskin
1111:A.W.16
1085:A.W.52
1059:Sinaia
1054:A.W.29
1049:A.W.23
1044:A.W.19
980:Apollo
975:Ensign
922:Sissit
917:Sinaia
912:Siskin
897:Meteor
892:Ensign
847:Apollo
772:A.W.59
767:A.W.58
762:A.W.57
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1204:Awana
1157:F.K.8
1152:F.K.3
887:Awana
882:Atlas
867:Aries
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526:F.K.9
521:F.K.8
516:F.K.7
511:F.K.6
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491:F.K.2
486:F.K.1
327:Notes
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77:1919
29:Role
1178:Wolf
942:Wolf
837:Ajax
408:ISBN
281:2 ×
224:1 ×
101:The
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1080:Ape
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