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Aviation History
1947
1947 - 1701.PDF
October 2nd, 1947 FLIGHT 3«5 INTERIM TRANSPORTS Civil Avro Yorks, closely related to the Lancaster bomber, are employed principally on Empire routes. Yorks and Haltons Give Good Passenger and Freight Carrying Service SO much is talked about the aircraft which are toequip our airlines in 1951, about'those which maybe coming into operation very shortly and about the temporary superiority of the larger American air- liners that the excellent service which is now being given and has been given during the past many months by such stopgap machines as the York and Halton tends to be overlooked. B.O.A.C. in particular, B.S.A.A. to a lesser extent and several private operators have reason to be very thankful for these aircraft, many of which were purchased at a fraction of their true value and all of which have since been employed successfully and economically. Some notes follow on the operation and characteristics of Yorks and Haltons with particular reference to those used by B.O.A.C. , Developments have resulted in the wartime long-range power of four Rolls-Royce Merlins will soon speed m its passengers from Lisbon to Africa and South America. freighter York being adapted for use also as a combined freighter-cum-passenger aircraft and as a passenger transport with a variety of seating arrangements. In addition to its many important uses in R.A.F. Transport Command the York has for some time been successfully operated by B.O.A.C. and B.S.A.A., by Skyways, Ltd., afld by foreign companies such as F.A.M.A. Based on the Lancaster bomber and retaining the same mainplane, the York also has four Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 power units. Provision is made for a crew of five—two pilots, navigator and radio operator are always carried and a flight engineer is optional. Yorks are now operating almost entirely on the Empire routes to the Middle East, India and Africa. The 21-seat passenger version is prepared specially for B.S.A.A., the main cabin being divided into two
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