One UK aircraft has been around me more than any other, and no, its not my beloved TSR2, AVS or Boeing SST. It is the VC 10
My Dad made me the Airfix kit. Until recently and from the age of 9 I could watch these elegant planes in their smart RAF colours doing circuits in and out of Brize...
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In the very first Thnunderbirds Episode "Trapped in the Sky" the London Airport building features the letters BAOC (based on the British Airways predecessor BOAC) as a rival to the Air Terrainean company who flew the Fireflash.
As a BOAC fan I always hoped to see the BAOC version. So 50 years...
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Lancaster High Speed Mail Plane (pre Lancastrian?)
I Not sure if this counts as secret, or cancelled, or evolved?
Most of the reference to the Lancaster High Speed Mail Plane refer to the Lancastrian.
however the following book, on Page 41 has a small drawing of an alternative design, now I...
From ‘Stuck on the Drawing Board’ by Richard Payne
Avro’s original projects against the Type 3 Specifications were the Avro 690 and 692 (or Avro XXII and XXIII), both powered by six Rolls-Royce Merlin 100 engines. These were superseded by the Avro 693 in 1945, which began life powered by four...
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