Originally Posted by JW411
virgo:
"It was actually the Argosy wing...."
Now that is very interesting for when I did the Argosy manufacturer's course at Baginton in 1962 with Whitworth Gloster we were told that we had a Shackleton wing!
Further to the debate regarding the wing of the Shackleton Mk3, Oliver Tapper in his book “Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft since 1917” published by Putnam also states that the wing of the Argosy was derived from the Shackleton.
At page 311 of Oliver Tapper’s book it states:-
“Considerable design and development time was saved by the fortuitous fact that the design parameters of the Argosy’s wing were found to be almost exactly the same as those of the existing Avro Shackleton. This basic wing design was therefore adopted for the new aircraft with such modifications as were necessary to allow for the different engine spacing, the mounting of the tail booms, the incorporation of thermal de-icing in the leading edge, and the fitting of large double-slotted flaps.”
He continues at page 315:- “The task of designing and manufacturing the Argosy was, to some extent, shared among other member companies of the Hawker Siddeley Group. As already noted the wing of the aircraft was derived from that of the Shackleton and it was, therefore, natural that the Avro Company should undertake the design and construction of this component.”
It is noted that the first M.R.3 WR970 first flew 2nd September 1955, first A.W Argosy G-AOZZ was rolled out for engine runs 21st December 1958 and flew on the 8th January 1959.
Mel