Aircraft Data Sheet: Widgeon l & ll (1924)
First flight: | 24th September 1924 |
Span: | 9.35m/30ft 8ins |
Length: | 6.4m/21ft 0ins |
Max weight: | 522kg/1150lb |
Max level speed: | 95.5knots/177kph |
Power plant: | One 35shp/26kW Blackburn Thrush (Widgeon l) One Armstrong Siddeley Genet. (Widgeon ll) |
Total built: | 2 prototypes |
The Widgeon was the second Westland entry in the 1924 competition, built to provide a monoplane response. The trials aircraft was unfortunately damaged in the course of the competition and as a consequence did not proceed in this form.