Norwegian Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar Fighters
The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.35 Scimitar was a British single-engine fighter aircraft developed in the mid-1930s. The A.W.35 Scimitar was a development of Armstrong Whitworth’s earlier Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 fighter, powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Panther engine, with a lowered nose decking and an enlarged fin and rudder. The first prototype (G-ACCD) was a modification of the second A.W.16, and first flew in this form on 29 April 1935. A second prototype (G-ADBL) was constructed by converting another A.W.16.
Norway ordered four aircraft, and an agreement was signed for licence production at the Norwegian Army Aircraft Factory at Kjeller.. However, the type quickly encountered issues. The licence agreement was cancelled in 1936 when it was found that the aircraft was unsuitable for operation on skis without further design changes. The Scimitars remained in use in the as ground instructional airframes at the outbreak of the Second World War.
