Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the United States, 1949

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3. GREAT BRITAIN.

a. THE ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH. The AW 52 G, a glider, and the AW 52, a twin-jet air-plane, are British designs of tailless aircraft. The vertical stabilizers are located at the tips of the swept-back wing. (Figs. 4 and 5) Data on the AW 52 appear below.

Span | 90 feet
Length | 37 feet
Max. Speed (sea level) | 435 knots
Max. Speed (20,000 feet) | 435 knots
Max. Speed (36,000 feet) | 417 knots
Range | 1300 nautical miles
Power Plant | 2 Nene II turbo jet units

ARMSTRONG
WHITWORTH
A. W. 52
Experimental
Flying-wing
Aircraft

1st Fig. 1-60th

Fig. 4

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