List of Air Ministry Specifications - List of Specifications (incomplete) - 1920-1929

1920-1929

Spec. OR Type Designs (accepted and tendered)
1/20 None First spec. issued: spares carrier Bristol Type 37 Tramp
2/20 'Interim' single-engine heavy bomber Avro Aldershot, De Havilland DH.27 Derby
3/20 Single-seat deck-landing torpedo-carrier - Spec. superseded by 32/22 (q.v.) Blackburn Dart (modified), Handley Page H.P.19 Hanley
4/20 Long-distance photographic and reconnaissance aeroplane Boulton & Paul Bolton
5/20 Troop Carrier Biplane Bristol Type 56, Vickers Victoria
6/20 Vimy Ambulance Vickers Vimy Ambulance
7/20 Fleet reconnaissance and fleet spotting amphibian Supermarine Seagull
8/20 3-seat reconnaissance aircraft for Army/Navy Armstrong Whitworth Tadpole, Westland Walrus
9/20 Medium range postal monoplane Parnall Possum, Boulton & Paul Bodmin
10/20 Cantilever monoplane de Havilland Doncaster
11/20 Parnall Possum, Boulton & Paul Bodmin
1/21 Long-range bomber - Vimy replacement Vickers Virginia III
2/21 Experimental single-seat convertible biplane/monoplane fighter/interceptor/two-seat reconnaissance-fighter aircraft - written for Bullfinch Bristol Bullfinch
3/21 Naval Fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft Avro Bison, Blackburn Blackburn
5/21 Light day bomber - DH.9A replacement Fairey Fawn
7/21 Parnall Plover
13/21 Handley Page H.P.20
19/21 Two-seat reconnaissance aircraft - Bristol Fighter replacement Short Springbok
1/22 Vickers Vanguard
3/22 Two-seat fighter/reconnaissance powered by a supercharged engine - Bristol Fighter replacement Bristol Bloodhound
6/22 Naval carrier fighter with interchangeable wheel & float undercarriages using Jaguar or Jupiter engine - Nightjar replacement Fairey Flycatcher, Parnall Plover
7/22 Army reconnaissance aircraft Hawker Duiker
14/22 Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III
15/22 Fighter/interceptor Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III
16/22 Long range Torpedo Bomber to carry 21 inch torpedo Blackburn Cubaroo, Avro 557 Ava
21/22 Twin-engined amphibian flying boat for civil operations - see also R.18/24 Supermarine Swan
22/22 Two-seat fighter/reconnaissance powered by a supercharged engine - Bloodhound three aircraft order - revised from 3/22 (q.v.) Bristol Bloodhound
25/22 Single-seat night interceptor fighter Hawker Woodcock
30/22 Boulton & Paul Bugle
B.30/22 Heavy bomber - written for Bugle II production order but Sidestrand also apparently designed to this spec. Boulton Paul Bugle II, Boulton Paul Sidestrand
31/22 4-seat heavy night-bomber Handley Page Hyderabad
32/22 Single-seat deck-landing torpedo-carrier - Spec. supersedes 3/20 (q.v.) Blackburn Dart II, Bristol Brandon
37/22 Three-seat deck landing reconnaissance aircraft - Blackburn/Bison replacement Blackburn Airedale, Hawker Hedgehog
38/22 General Purpose seaplane/landplane Fairey IIID
40/22 Transport aeroplane - civil airliner - larger version of DH.34 de Havilland Highclere
41/22 'Middle East type transport aeroplane' - civil airliner Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, de Havilland Hercules
43/22 Vickers Vernon II
44/22 Single-engined long-range reconnaissance seaplane - intended for round-the-World flight Fairey Fremantle
16/23 None Spotting ship-plane Avro Bison
19/23 Fighter/interceptor - improved Siskin III Armstrong Whitworth Siskin IIIA
21/23 Fleet two-seat torpedo bomber Avro Buffalo, Blackburn Ripon, Handley Page H.P.31 Harrow
23/23 Coastal patrol and anti-submarine flying-boat English Electric Kingston
25/23 Fleet two-seat torpedo bomber/bomber Handley Page H.P.25 Hendon
26/23 Two-seat long-range day-bomber Bristol Berkeley, Handley Page H.P.28 Handcross, Hawker Horsley, Westland Yeovil
28/23 Long-range bomber - Virginia production order Vickers Virginia
37/23 Single-engined fighter/interceptor - improved Grebe Gloster Gamecock
1/24 Three-seat fleet reconnaissance seaplane and amphibian Parnall Pike, Short S.6 Sturgeon, Bristol Type 87
2/24 Light Aeroplane Cancelled
3/24 Single-seat high-performance landplane Hawker Woodcock II (production)
4/24 "Twin-Engined Home Defence Fighter" armed with two 37 mm cannons Westland Westbury Bristol Bagshot
5/24 Advanced landplane, convertible to a seaplane, trainer for RAF and deck-landing trainer for FAA Cancelled replaced by 5A/24
5A/24 Floatplane trainer Vickers Vendace, Blackburn Sprat, Parnall Perch
6/24 Single-seat fighter Fairey Flycatcher I (production)
7/24 'High Powered Single-Seater Fighter Landplane' Avro Avenger, Fairey Firefly, Fairey Fox, Gloster Gorcock, Hawker Hornbill
8/24 Army co-operation aircraft de Havilland Dingo
9/24 Twin engine medium day-bomber - Sidestrand II production order - see also 25/27 Boulton Paul Sidestrand II
10/24 Fleet spotting ship-plane Blackburn Blackburn
11/24 Fleet spotting ship-plane Avro Bison II
12/24 Long-range bomber - Virginia production order Vickers Virginia
13/24 Patrol flying boat Blackburn Iris III, Short Singapore
14/24 Three-engined boat seaplane Blackburn Iris, Saunders Valkyrie
15/24 4-seat heavy night-bomber - initial production batch of Hyderabads Handley Page Hyderabad I
16/24 Submarine-borne reconnaissance seaplane Parnall Peto
17/24 Single-seat high-speed fighter landplane Gloster Guan
18/24 Twin-engined amphibian flying boat - military version of boat ordered to 21/22 Supermarine Southampton
19/24 Three-seat Spotter/Reconnaissance (FAA) /two-seat GP (RAF) aircraft with interchangeable land & float U/C & folding wings Fairey IIIF
20/24 All-metal monoplane flying boat Beardmore Inverness
21/24 Single-seat boat seaplane for storage in restricted space Parnall Prawn
22/24 Three-engine boat seaplane Saunders Valkyrie
23/24 Twin engine civil airliner Handley Page H.P.32 Hamlet
24/24 Conversion of Bison I to Bison Ia Avro Bison
25/24 Single-seater, high-speed fighter landplane Hawker Heron
26/24 Three-engined landplane for dutied in the Middle East Cancelled
27/24 Twin engine single-seat interceptor/night fighter Boulton Paul Bittern
28/24 Day and night fighter - Siskin replacement Armstrong Whitworth Starling
29/24 Twin-engined boat amphibian with Lynx engines (service aircraft) Supermarine Seamew
30/24 Two-seat reconnaissance/army co-operation aircraft de Havilland Hyena, Short Chamois, Vickers Vespa
31/24 Twin-engined boat amphibian with Lynx engines (civil aircraft) Saunders Medina
32/24 Training landplane with Lynx engines - replaced by 3/27 Avro 504N
33/24 Three-engined boat seaplane for civil use Not issued
34/24 Freight carrying landplane Vickers Vellore, Gloucester Goodwood
35/24 Three-engine landplane for Middle East transport Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
11/25 Supermarine Southampton
17/25 Naval single-seater fighter of all-metal stressed-skin construction with interchangeable wheel and float U/C powered by Lynx engine Avro 584 Avocet, Vickers Vireo
20/25 Army co-operation aeroplane - Bristol Fighter/DH.9A replacement Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, Bristol Boarhound
23/25 Two-seat day-bomber, reconnaissance & coastal torpedo-bomber Blackburn Beagle, Gloster Goring, Handley Page H.P.34 Hare, Hawker Harrier, Westland Witch
24/25 High altitude bomber - Horsely replacement Blackburn Beagle, Handley Page H.P.34 Hare, Vickers Vildebeest
7/26 Twin-float high-speed monoplane seaplane for 1927 Schneider Trophy competition Short Crusader
F.9/26 None Day and night 'zone' fighter - no design accepted and Spec. superseded by F.20/27 (q.v.) Armstrong Whitworth Starling II, Blackburn Blackcock/Turcock, Boulton Paul Partridge, Bristol Bulldog Mk.I, Bristol Bullpup, Gloster Goldfinch, Gloster SS.18, Hawker Hawfinch, Vickers Type 141
10/26 Long-range bomber - Virginia production order Vickers Virginia
12/26 Fast two-seat day bomber of all-metal construction using Rolls-Royce F.XIB engine Avro Antelope, Hawker Hart, Fairey Fox IIM
14/26 Passenger flying boat Short Calcutta
21/26 Naval Fleet fighter - see also N.21/26 Parnall Pipit, Vickers Type 141, Vickers Type 177
N.21/26 Naval Fleet fighter - see also 21/26 Armstrong Whitworth Starling II, Armstrong Whitworth AW XVI, Blackburn Blackcock/Turcock, Fairey Firefly III, Gloster Gnatsnapper, Hawker Hoopoe, Vickers Type 177
O.22/26 Naval high-speed, two-seat, Fleet fighter/reconnaissance Blackburn Nautilus, Fairey Fleetwing, Handley Page H.P.37F, Hawker Osprey, Short Gurnard
R.4/27 Maritime patrol flying boat Saunders Severn
R.5/27 Reconnaissance flying boat Blackburn Sydney
8/27 Long-range bomber - Virginia production order Vickers Virginia
F.10/27 Single-seat fighter armed with six machine guns Saunders A.10
B.19/27 Twin engine night-bomber - Virginia/Hinaidi replacement - Hendon winner but introduction delayed so runner-up (Heyford) accepted Avro Ava, Fairey Hendon, Handley Page Heyford, Vickers Type 150, Vickers Type 163, Vickers Type 195, Vickers Type 225, Bristol Type 108
C.20/27 Transport version of Hyderabad/Hinaidi - Chitral/Clive Handley Page Clive
F.20/27 'Interception single-seat fighter' Armstrong Whitworth Starling II, Bristol Bulldog Mk.II, de Havilland DH.77, Fairey Firefly II, Hawker Fury, Saunders A.10, Vickers Jockey, Westland Interceptor
B.22/27 Three engine night-bomber - abandoned due to delays and replaced by B.19/27 (q.v.) Boulton Paul P.32, de Havilland DH.72 Canberra
25/27 Twin engine medium day-bomber - Sidestrand II production order - see also 9/24 Boulton Paul Sidestrand II
26/27 General purpose aircraft - D.H.9A replacement Bristol Beaver, de Havilland Hound, Fairey Ferret, Gloster Goral, Vickers Valiant, Vickers Venture, Vickers Vixen, Westland Wapiti
F.29/27 Fighter utilizing a 37 mm cannon from Coventry Ordnance Works Vickers Type 161, Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter, Bristol Type 112
33/27 'Postal Aircraft' - experimental very-long range aeroplane for world distance-record attempt Fairey Long-range Monoplane
M.5/28 Torpedo bomber - Spec superseded by M.1/30 (q.v.) Handley Page H.P.41
R.6/28 Patrol/reconnaissance flying boat Short Sarafand
8/28 Racing seaplane for 1929 Schneider Trophy using Rolls-Royce R engine, for use by RAF High Speed Flight Supermarine S.6
13/28 Long-range bomber - Virginia production order Vickers Virginia
C.16/28 Bomber-transport capable of carrying 30 fully armed troops, or their equivalent in cargo or bombs, for a distance of 1,200 mls (1,931 km) nonstop Gloster TC.33, Handley Page H.P.43, Vickers Type 163, Bristol Type 115, Bristol Type 116
F.17/28 Bulldog II production order Bristol Bulldog Mk.II
21/28 High-speed mailplane for Imperial Airways Boulton Paul P.64 Mailplane, Boulton Paul P.71A
1/29 General purpose aircraft (for production) Westland Wapiti
2/29 Two-seat carrier-borne torpedo-bomber (for production) Blackburn Ripon IIA
3/29 Troop transport aircraft Handley Page Clive II
4/29 Ab initio trainer - Moth with Gypsy I order de Havilland Moth
5/29 Elementary trainer (for production) Hawker Tomtit
6/29 General purpose landplane Blackburn CA.15, Boulton & Paul P.42, Westland Limousine V
7/29 Troop carrying aeroplane (for production) Vickers Victoria V
8/29 Single-seat fighter (for production) Armstron Whitworth Siskin IIIA
9/29 Day bomber (for production) Hawker Hart
10/29 Medium day-bomber (for production) Boulton Paul Sidestrand III
11/29 Day and night fighter (for production) Bristol Bulldog IIA
12/29 Spotter reconnaissance aeroplane for the Fleet Air Arm (for production) Fairey IIIF
13/29 Heavy night-bomber (for production) Handley Page Hinaidi II
14/29 Army co-operation aircraft Cancelled
15/29 General purpose aircraft Cancelled
16/29 Experimental tailless aircraft Westland-Hill Pterodactyl IV
17/29 All-metal torpedo-bomber (for development and production) Hawker Horsley
18/29 General reconnaissance flying boat - military version of Calcutta Short Rangoon

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