Westland Westbury Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Westland Aircraft Works, Yeovil

First Flight:

September 1926

Westbury:

2 - Westland

Type Specification

Applies to:

Westland Westbury

Type:

Three seat fighter to specification 4/24

Wing:

Three bay biplane with unstaggered, unswept, equal span wings. Fabric covered with ailerons on all four wings

Fuselage:

Large flat sided fuselage almost filling interplane gap

Tail Unit:

Strut braced tailplane at top of fuselage with split elevator. Single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

Split axle type gear with oleo leg and radius rod attached to wing at inner interwing struts and axle to wing root. Tail skid

Power Plant:

Two 450 hp Bristol Jupiter VI nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines driving two blade wooden propellers

Accommodation:

Pilot in open cockpit forward of wing with gunners in open cockpits in nose and aft of wing

Armament:

One moveable C.O.W. 37 mm gun in nose with second in rear gunners cockpit together with Lewis gun

Span:

68 ft

Length:

43 ft 4.75 in

Height:

13 ft 9 in

Wing Area:

875 sq ft

Empty:

4,854 lb

Loaded:

7,877 lb

Max Speed:

125 mph at 5,000 ft

Climb:

4.5 min to 5,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

21,000 ft

Preserved in British Museums

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