Armstrong Whitworth Sinaia
This photograph has puzzled me ever since I received it from Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. in the 1940s. It looks like an optical illusion. Evidently the gunner's position was an extension of the engine nacelle (presumably one on each side). That being the case, how come the roundel appears to be on the side of the nacelle also? The gunner's pod looks like it's an extension, or grafted onto, the fuselage itself. Below is a close up of the offending design peculiarity. It doesn't make sense. And yet the photograph appears not to have been tampered with. Anyway, this prototype was produced at the end of 1918 as a D.H.10 competitor. The signing of the Peace Treaty killed any desire on the part of the RAF to consider it, notwithstanding the fact that, at that time, funding for new types was virtually nonexistent.
Armstrong Whitworth Sinaia
This photograph has puzzled me ever since I received it from Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. in the 1940s. It looks like an optical illusion. Evidently the gunner's position was an extension of the engine nacelle (presumably one on each side). That being the case, how come the roundel appears to be on the side of the nacelle also? The gunner's pod looks like it's an extension, or grafted onto, the fuselage itself. Below is a close up of the offending design peculiarity. It doesn't make sense. And yet the photograph appears not to have been tampered with. Anyway, this prototype was produced at the end of 1918 as a D.H.10 competitor. The signing of the Peace Treaty killed any desire on the part of the RAF to consider it, notwithstanding the fact that, at that time, funding for new types was virtually nonexistent.