The Athena was a single engine side-by-side two seat trainer with a tail wheel undercarriage. designed to Specification T.7/45 for a three-seat turbo-prop advanced trainer.
Two turbo-prop versions were developed, the Athena T.1 with a 1135 eshp A.S. Mambe A.S.Ma.1, and the Athena T.1A with a 1125 eshp Rolls-Royce Dart R.Da.1
The design was then modified to meet specification T.14/47, and seventeen pre-production Athena T.2s were built, powered by the 1280 hp / 954kW Rolls-Royce Merlin 35. First flown in 1948, the Athena T.2 advanced trainer was in pro¬duction by 1950. These eventually went to the RAF Flying College, Manby, as gunnery trainers.
Athena T.Mk 2
Engine: 1 x Rolls-Royce Merlin 35, 1280 hp / 954kW
Take-off weight: 4256 kg / 9383 lb
Empty weight: 2966 kg / 6539 lb
Wingspan: 12.19 m / 40 ft 0 in
Length: 11.37 m / 37 ft 4 in
Height: 3.94 m / 13 ft 11 in
Wing area: 25.08 sq.m / 269.96 sq ft
Max. speed: 472 km/h / 293 mph
Cruise speed: 359 km/h / 223 mph
Ceiling: 8840 m / 29000 ft
Range: 885 km / 550 miles
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