G-EBOZ  Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy I                                 (c/n  AW.156)

                                 

                                    In 1927 Sir W.G. Armstrong-Whitworth Ltd, which had previously only produced fighters
                                    developed a large three motor craft on an Imperial Airways specification.  Three Mark Is
                                    were built of which G-EBOZ was the last.        Four Mark II were later produced (see
                                    G-AACZ)  The Mk I was powered by three 385 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IIIA
                                    engines, giving it a top speed of 110 mph, and cruising at 90 mph        . Considering the
                                    appalling amount of parasitic drag .that this beast must have produced may have made
                                    these speeds somewhat ambitious.    Twenty passengers were carried in comparative
                                    luxury.   Now here's the thing.  The London to Paris schedule on which these Mark Is
                                    were used was, in 1928, an hour and fifteen minutes.   Today's schedule is an hour and
                                    thirty minutes.  Go figure.  Plus in those days passengers did not suffer security delays,
                                    much less the aircraft control queues which are now the norm at LHR.    G-EBOZ was
                                    wfu at Almaza, Egypt in 1934.