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1950
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6 July 1950 17 In order to gauge the size of the Blackburn and General Aircraft Universal, it is neces- sary to compare the height of this, one of the world's lar- gest transport aircraft, with the figure beneath the tail. V fields is the Blackburn and General Aircraft Universal, shown above in the erecting shop. This most promising addition to the range of British transports has four Bristol Hercules engines and is loaded, by means of a ramp, through vast doors at the rear of the freight-hold. The two small single-engined trainers on this page are the Percival P.56 and Handley Page (Reading) H.P.R.2, both side-by-side two-seaters, powered with the Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah 7-cylinder radial engine, and both designed to meet the latest official requirements. Flying over the English countryside (below) is the Vickers- Armstrongs Varsity T. 1 twin-engined aircrew trainer. This type is Bristol Hercules-powered, and although descended from the Viking transport, now well established in service on civil airlines and in the King's Flight, is thoroughly up-to-date. The undercarriage is of nosewheel type, and the under-slung compartment houses the bombing crew and equipment. The Handley Page (Reading) H.P.R.2 and Percival P.56 (left) are now on test prior to official evaluation. At the opposite end of the trainer scale is the Vickers-Armstrongs Varsity T.I, shown in flight below. The Varsity is an unusually adaptable aircraft.
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