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Here is a picture I just found on the Daily Mail site.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3412842/The-flying-death-trap-helped-save-civilisation-s-75-years-Lancaster-bomber-roared-aloft-leaders-refuse-celebrate-giant-smashed-Nazi-war-machine.html
It shows Roy Chadwick, chief designer at AVRO, siting at his desk with a model of a twin-engine airliner. The engines are clearly inline piston type, the number of windows would suggest around 20 seats and its clean lines suggest high speed. As Chadwick died in 1947 I would think that this is a Brabazon committee era project, around 1945, although I guess that there is a very slight chance that it could be earlier. There does not appear to be a place for this in Avro's type designation list. Is there anything about it at the Avro Heritage Museum? I cannot see anything useful on their website.
Any ideas?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3412842/The-flying-death-trap-helped-save-civilisation-s-75-years-Lancaster-bomber-roared-aloft-leaders-refuse-celebrate-giant-smashed-Nazi-war-machine.html
It shows Roy Chadwick, chief designer at AVRO, siting at his desk with a model of a twin-engine airliner. The engines are clearly inline piston type, the number of windows would suggest around 20 seats and its clean lines suggest high speed. As Chadwick died in 1947 I would think that this is a Brabazon committee era project, around 1945, although I guess that there is a very slight chance that it could be earlier. There does not appear to be a place for this in Avro's type designation list. Is there anything about it at the Avro Heritage Museum? I cannot see anything useful on their website.
Any ideas?