DALLAS – Today in Aviation, G-ABPI, the prototype of the Armstrong Whitworth AW.15, performed its maiden flight in 1932; the type was given the name Atalanta, which was eventually transferred to the entire class.
The Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta was a four-engine airliner developed and built by Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited in Coventry, UK.
The Atalanta was designed expressly for British carrier Imperial Airways, which needed a new four-engined airliner to cover its African operations. Because of its low drag attributes, a monoplane configuration was chosen for the new type, resulting in a significantly different configuration than the previous read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”