The Armstrong Siddeley Tiger was a British 14-cylinder air-cooled aircraft

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developed by

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in the 1930s from their

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engine. The engine was built in a number of different versions but performance and dimensions stayed relatively unchanged. The Tiger VIII was the first British aircraft engine to use a two-speed supercharger.Gunston 1989, p.18.

Applications

Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 was a two/three-seat single-engine biplane, built as a general-purpose military aircraft in the mid-1930s. A newer, monoplane aircraft was preferred and only one A.W.19 was built. Development Multi-tasking "gene ...

Armstrong Whitworth AW.23 The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.23 was a prototype bomber/transport aircraft produced to List of Air Ministry specifications, specification C.26/31 for the United Kingdom, British Air Ministry by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. While it was not select ...

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Armstrong Whitworth Ensign The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign was a British four-engine monoplane airliner and the largest airliner built in Britain during the Interwar period.Tapper, 1988, p.237 The British airline Imperial Airways requested tenders for a large monop ...

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley was a British medium bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was one of three twin-engined, front line medium bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World ...

* Blackburn B-6 *

Blackburn B-7 The Blackburn B-7 was a single-engine two/three-seat biplane built to a United Kingdom, British Air Ministry specification for a general-purpose, multitasking aircraft. It first flew in 1934, but no contracts were issued and only one aircraft w ...

Blackburn Shark The Blackburn Shark was a carrier-borne torpedo bomber designed and built by the British aviation manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was originally known as the Blackburn T.S.R., standing for ''torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance'', in reference to ...

Blackburn Ripon The Blackburn T.5 Ripon was a carrier-based torpedo bomber and reconnaissance biplane designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was the basis for both the license-produced Mitsubishi B2M and the improved ...

Fairey G4/31 The Fairey G.4/31 was a British single-engined, two-seat biplane contender for an Air Ministry specification for a multi-role or general purpose aircraft. Unsuccessful, only one was built. Development In the early 1930s, the Air Ministry soug ...

Handley Page H.P.51 The Handley Page H.P.51 was a monoplane conversion of the earlier, unsuccessful biplane bomber-transport aircraft, the Handley Page H.P.43. The Air Ministry ordered the production variant off the drawing board as the Handley Page H.P.54 Harro ...

Short Calcutta The Short Calcutta or S.8 was a civilian biplane airliner flying boat made by Short Brothers. Design and development The Calcutta biplane flying boat originated from an Imperial Airways requirement to service the Mediterranean legs of its servi ...

Engines on display

A preserved Armstrong Siddeley Tiger is on display at the

Science Museum (London) The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 3.3 million visitors annually in 2019. Like other publicly funded ...

Specifications (Tiger VIII)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. * Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

External links

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