Two AW.681s fly in formation.
The Armstrong Whitworth AW.681 Aberdeen is a British long-range STOL military transport aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth. The aircraft first flew on October 19, 1968 and entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1970.
Initially called the Aldershot, it was renamed during development.
Later referred to as the Hawker-Siddeley HS.681 Aberdeen.
The Aberdeen features a swept shoulder-mounted wing and a high T-tail. The rear fuselage is upswept with loading doors and a ramp. The aircraft is powered by four Rolls-Royce RB.142 Medway engines with vectored thrust nozzles mounted on pylons under the wings with boundary layer control with blown flaps, leading edges, and ailerons.
Variants[]
- Armstrong Whitworth AW.681 Aberdeen C.1: STOL transport built
- Hawker-Siddeley HS.681 Aberdeen C.1: Redesignation of Aberdeen C.1 post Hawker-Siddeley and Armstrong Whitworth merger
- Hawker-Siddeley HS.681-30 Aberdeen: Stretch variant built for overseas export
- Armstrong Whitworth AW.682: civil variant of the AW.681 but lacked vectored thrust nozzles on its four Rolls-Royce RB.142 Medway engines.
- Hawker-Siddeley HS.682: Redesignation of AW.682 post Hawker-Siddeley and Armstrong Whitworth merger
Users[]
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
- Arabia
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Brazil
- British Empire
- Cameroun
- Canada
- Chile
- Republic of China
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Eritria
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Germany
- Greece
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Israel
- Italy
- Republic of Japan
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Liberia
- Libya
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Niger
- Norway
- Oman
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tchad
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
- Yemen
Specs[]
• Length: 104 ft 2 in (31.75 m) • Wingspan: 134 ft 0 in (40.84 m) • Height: 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m) • Wing area: 2,250 sq ft (209 m2) • Gross weight: 181,200 lb (82,191 kg) • Powerplant: 4 Rolls-Royce RB.142 Medway with thrust deflection, 20,000ibf (88.96kN) thrust each • Capacity: 35,000 lb (16,000 kg) of cargo or 60 Troops • Performance above 25,000 ft (7,600 m) • Maximum speed: Mach 0.71 • Range: 4,800 mi (7,700 km, 4,200 nmi)