Type sheet: oxfrd

Airspeed AS 10 Oxford Mk. V
Radio- and Navigation Trainer, United Kingdom, 1937

[Technical Data] [Expo/Images] - [ Airspeed] [ Trainer 1919-1938]

Description:

After the successful AS.6 Envoy, the RAF asked
Airspeed for a larger twin design. The Oxford was
build in large numbers and was one of the standard
trainers at the beginning of the war. It was in use
for training gunnery, bombing, radio, navigation
etc.pp. . 8586 were build.

The Oxford came in some variants by engine and usage:
[Oxford I] 2 Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IX (335hs) or
Cheetah X. Had an Armstrong Whitworth gun turret on the
back of the hull. [Oxford II] The same engines, but
without the gun turret. Was in use as a radio and
navigation trainer. [Oxford III] More powerful
Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah XV engines (425hs). Used as
a radio and navigation trainer [Oxford IV] Testbed for
the De Havilland Gipsyqueen IV (Gipsy-Six IIIS,
Turbocharged, 6 cylinder inline engine). [Oxford V] Had
2 Pratt & Whitney R 985-AN6 Wasp Junior radial engines.
Radio and navigation trainer.

Sizes and weights

Total Length :

34.514 ft

10.520 m

Greatest height :

11.089 ft

3.380 m

Wingspan :

53.346 ft

16.260 m

Wing area :

348.000 sqft

32.330 qm

Max take off weight :

8001.9 lbs

3629.0 kg

Weight empty :

5671.3 lbs

2572.0 kg

Performance data

Max. speed :

175 kts

325 km/h

Service ceiling :

20997 ft

6400 m

Wing load :

22.96 lbs/ft2

112.00 kg/qm

Range :

609 nm

1127 km

Propulsion

Kind :

KSte

Type :

Pratt&Whitney R-985-AN6 Wasp Junior

Power rating (max.) :

444 hp

450 ps

Count :

2

2

Total power rating (max.) :

888 hp

900 ps

Other

Crew :

0

0

2+2

Armament :

1* MG 7.7mm