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Trident and VC 10 - Travel for Aircraft

Travel for Aircraft Hawker-Siddeley Trident 2E at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford ©2018 Joseph May/Travel for Aircraft This marvelous example of Hawker Siddeley’s Trident, or HS-121 Trident, (the design originated with de Havilland as the DH.121) is in colors of British European Airways. A trio of Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines powered this airliner, the world’s first trijet airliner! And it was speedy, cruising as quickly as 610 mph! It required long take distances for taking off of about 6000 feet. It was a hot aircraft which could climb as well as descend quickly with the landing gear used as air brakes below 320 mph. The 2E was the extended range version with Rolls-Royce Spey 512 turbofan engines, slats replaced leading edge flaps and increased wingspan. This airliner and many others is a possession of the Duxford Aviation Society’s British Airliner Collection, of which several aircraft are on display at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford (IWM–Duxford

Duxford s Handley Page Dart Herald 201 - Travel for Aircraft

Travel for Aircraft By joseph may on February 13, 2021 at 10:00 PM 52° 05′ 36″ N / 00º 07′ 44″ E Handley Page Dart Herald 201 at the Imperial War Museum at IWM Duxford ©2018 Joseph May/Travel for Aircraft The Handley Page Herald (wait to get to the Dart Herald) was designed in the 1950s with piston engines and meant to replace the Douglas DC-3. Proven success and reliability over piston engines of the Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engines demanded their installation on the Herald voilá, the Dart Herald! This Dart Herald is a stretched version possessing an additional 4½ feet to carry 56 passengers instead of the original 47. Stability throughout all speed regimes and exhibiting a great degree of maneuverability with excellent STOL performance made this an attractive aircraft. However, the height of the vertical stabilizer could make ground handling a challenge at times. This airliner is in the colors of Air UK and, along with many others, is a possessi

Airspeed AS 57 Ambassador 2—Sleek Post World War II Airliner

Travel for Aircraft By joseph may on February 9, 2021 at 10:00 PM 52° 05′ 37″ N / 00° 07′ 48″ E Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 on the apron of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford ©2018 Jospeh May/travel for Aircraft Airspeed Ltd. (est. 1931) the same company which created the Horsa glider designed and produced this highly modern for its day twin engine airliner. The Ambassador 2 went into regular service in 1951 having a pressurized cabin, with a clean aerodynamic style, successfully satisfying a niche for short as well as medium haul revenue flights. Its pair of Bristol Centaurus 661 radial engines (18 cylinders and 2625 hp each) were relied upon to fly 60 passengers, though 47 was the common configuration, and three crew 720 miles at 300 mph. This aircraft is named “Christopher Marlowe” and was freshly restored in 2013, retaining the livery of the last airline it served (Dan-Air). This airliner and many others is a possession of the Duxford Aviation

Bristol Britannia 312—long range airliner - Travel for Aircraft

Travel for Aircraft By joseph may on February 9, 2021 at 9:44 AM 52° 05′ 36″ N / 00° 07′ 45″ E Bristol Britannia 312 of Monarch Airlines on the apron of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford ©2018 Joseph May/Travel for Aircraft Standing as if ready to fly though its last flight was in 1975 is this beautifully cared for Bristol Britannia 312. It was designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company which was founded in 1910, later merging into the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in 1959 and presently engulfed by BAE Systems. The Bristol Aeroplane Co. designed and built this handsome airliner for medium or long distance revenue flying this model is their 312 which was made for long range, up to 4400 miles while cruising aloft at 22,000 feet. The 312’s four Bristol Proteus turboprop (prop-jets as they are termed in the UK) engines, of 4450 shp each, drove the 312 and its up to 139 passengers (the crew numbered 4–7) along at a respectable 357 mph. 

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