Aircraft Data Sheet: Woodpidgeon l & ll (1924)
First flight: | 17th September 1924 |
Span: | 8.23m/27ft 0ins |
Length: | 6.32m/20ft 9ins |
Max weight: | 401kg/885lb |
Max level speed: | 61knots/113kph |
Power plant: | One 32shp/24kW Bristol Cherub lll (Woodpidgeon l) |
Total built: | 2 |
The little Woodpidgeon was built as a response to the Air Ministry's Light Aeroplane Competition of 1924. Westland also produced a monoplane entry, the Widgeon which proved superior and as a consequence only two prototypes were built, the second of which was larger in an attempt to improve the performance.