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To be truthful, the DH Ceres is a figment of Nevil Shute's imagination. As he wrote his book in 1952 and then published it in 1953, and that he was an accomplished aeronautical engineer in his own right (he started at De Havilland, then went to Vickers, then co-founded Airspeed), I'm thinking he must have had access to the Atlantic portfolio before it was made public. Perhaps he knew someone quite well at Avro, what with all his involvement in aircraft design.

[QUOTE="kitnut617, post: 237934, member: 352"] To be truthful, the DH Ceres is a figment of Nevil Shute's imagination. As he wrote his book in 1952 and then published it in 1953, and that he was an accomplished aeronautical engineer in his own right (he started at De Havilland, then went to Vickers, then co-founded Airspeed), I'm thinking he must have had access to the Atlantic portfolio before it was made public. Perhaps he knew someone quite well at Avro, what with all his involvement in aircraft design. [/QUOTE]

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