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Aviation History
1949
1949 - 1871.PDF
FLIGHT, 17 November 1949 637 WITH MERLIN and DART -Illustrating Progress of the Avro Athena Advanced ^Trainer for the R.A.F. : Merlin-engined Production ^Version and Mk. I Turbo-prop Development Aircraft *; With the exception of the Dart-powered proto- type (at lower left and in the centre of the line-up above), which is employed for turboprop develop- ment, the Athenas shown are part of a quantity ordered for Service testing BOTH versions of the Avro Athena depictedon these pages were designed to a specificationcalling for a single-engined advanced trainer with modern handling characteristics- and a high degree of manoeuvrability. Dual fulfilment of these requirements has been amply demonstrated. The Athena 2, together with the Boulton Paul Balliol built to the same specification, is undergoing an exacting series of side-by-side service trials. For the purpose, "pre-production" Athenas, powered by 1,280 h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin 35 engines, were ordered ; this batch embodies a new fin-and-rudder configuration and two-seat cockpit arrangement, as typified by the examples which form the main sub- ject of these illustrations. Of deeper technical significance is the small num- ber of Athena is, powered alternatively with the Rolls-Royce Dart or Armstrong Siddeley Mamba, represented here by the Dart-powered version.
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