Cunliffe-Owen Concordia

The Cunliffe-Owen Concordia was 12-seat medium range transport aircraft with twin Alvis Leonides LE 4M engines. A separate luggage compartment could accommodate 45 lbs of luggage per passenger. Designed by W. Garrow-Fisher and built at Eastleigh, Hampshire in 1947. The prototype aircraft Y-0222 was first flown at Eastleigh on the 19th May 1947. A second aircraft G-AKBE was displayed at the 1947 SBAC Show at Radlett and made an extensive European sales tour.

Work was suspended on 18 November 1947 on a production batch of six aircraft. These included one aircraft for the Nawab of Bhopal and two for British European Airways Air Malta placed an order for one example in early 1947. It was concluded there was not a market for the aircraft. Cunliffe-Owen never recovered from this setback and went out of business in 1948.

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General characteristics:

Capacity: 10 passengers

Length: 44 ft 10 in (13.67 m)

Wingspan: 56 ft 7in (17.25 m)

Height: 16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)

Empty weight: 4,450 lb (2,023 kg)

Loaded weight: 12,500 lb (5,682 kg)

Engines: 2 × Alvis Leonides L.E.4M radial engine, 550 hp (410 kW) each

Performance:

Maximum speed: 216 mph (348 km/h) at 3,000 ft

Cruise speed: 194 mph

Bristol XLRQ-1

The Bristol Aeronautical Corporation (New Haven, Connecticut) Bristol XLRQ-1 was developed for the United States Marine Corps in 1942-43. Two amphibious glider types were envisioned, a 12-seat and a 24 seat-type. Only two 12 seat gliders were built - serial no. 11647 &11648, from the order of 100. The first flight took place in 1943 and they were successful in their designed task. The plug was pulled as they were not tactically feasible against small, heavily defended islands in the Pacific that they were designed for.

General characteristics - Bristol XLRQ-1

Crew: two pilots

Capacity: 10 troops

Length: 40 ft 0 in (12.2 m)

Wingspan: 72 ft 0 in (22.0 m)

Height: 12 ft 3 in (3.7 m) each each

Note: The Allied Aviation XLRA was also built at the same time and for the same reason - see link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Aviation_XLRA

Beagle B.206

The Beagle B.206 is a British twin-engined aircraft built by Beagle Aircraft Limited at Shoreham Airport, West Sussex and Rearsby Aerodrome, Leicestershire. 85 were built between 1964–1969. The B.206X prototype a five/six seater powered by two 195kW (260hp) Continental IO470 engines first flew from Shoreham Airport on the 15th August 1961.

Production details:

Beagle B.206X. Prototype, 1 built.

Beagle B.206Y. Larger prototype with 230kW (310hp) Continental GIO470 engines, greater wing span, a larger cabin with increased seating capacity, greater fuel capacity and increased weights. 1 built.

Beagle B.206Z. Pre-production, 2 built.

Beagle B.206R (Basset CC.1). Military version for the RAF, 20 built.

Beagle B.206 Series 1. Seven-seat civil production aircraft, 11 built.

Beagle B.206 Series 2. (1 x B.206S was the series 2 prototype) Higher-performance civil production aircraft first flew on 23 June 1965. This type was also fitted with a large freight door. 47 built.

Beagle B.206 Series 3. Was developed with a raised rear fuselage to carry 10-passengers but only 3 were built.

Specification details (Beagle B.206 Series 2):

Crew 1

Passengers 7

Engines x  2 255kW (340hp) Continental GTSIO520C geared, turbocharged and fuel injected engines

Span 45ft 9ins

Length 33ft 8ins

Height 12ft 3ins

All up weight 7,500 lbs

Cruise speed 218 mph

Range at max. 1,020 miles

A pack of Beagles

A rare Series 3

Short Shetland

I love old pictures like this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Shetland

Shorts on the Beach

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Photos by Roy Calderwood

Road Hog! Air Libya BAe-146-300

An Air Libya BAe-146-300 takes off from Rhebat airstrip,
a stretch of mountain road, near the Nafusa Mountains, Libya.

The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy

The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy was the last aircraft produced by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. It first flew on the 8th January 1959. 56 military AW.660 were built for the Royal Air Force. They could accommodate 69 troops, or 48 stretcher cases or 29,000 lb (13 tonnes) of freight. The AW.660 version had the nose door sealed to take a weather radar radome, the rear doors were changed to 'clam shell' style with an integral loading ramp and two doors were fitted on the starboard side to enable paratroopers to exit. 17 AW 650 in total were built for civil operators BEA and Riddle Airlines. Many ex RAF AW.660 also ended up with civil freight airlines.
For more details about "The Whistling Wheelbarrow” or "The Whistling tit”
visit: http://www.argosyair.co.uk/index.html

Down you go!

A really great website:
http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/325/language/en-CA/Lower-than-a-Snakes-Belly-in-a-Wagon-Rut.aspx

Under you go!

Crazy but fun pics & Vids...

Oh the sound of that Merlin!

Paris is the place!...

http://www.proairshow.com/Eiffel.htm

Portsmouth Aerocar Major

The Aerocar was produced by Portsmouth Aviation and first flew on June 18^th 1947, piloted by its designer Major Frank Luxmoor. It made its debut at the 1947 SBAC show at Redllet on the Isle of Wight. It was given its certificate of airworthiness in September 1948 and was displayed at the first SBAC show at Farnborough the same year. Due to shortages and the economic climate the Aerocar never made production.

http://www.portav.com/docs/portav-downloads/portsmouth-aviation-aerocar.pdf