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Aviation History
1953
1953 - 1164.PDF
320 FLIGHT BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT, 1953 (INCLUDING TYPES NOT YET UNDER CONSTRUCTION) Maker and Type Airspeed: Ambassador Auster: Cirrus Autocar ... Aiglet Trainer Ambulance/ Freighcer Avro: Atlantic ... Blackburn: Universal Mk 2 ... Universal... Bristol : Britannia 100 Britannia 300 Type 170, Mk 31E Type 170, Mk 32... De Havilland: Comet, Series 1 ... Comet, Series 2 ... Comet, Series 3 ... Dove, Series 5 Heron, Series 2 ... Beaver, Series 2 ... Otter Hundley Page: Hermes IV H.P. 97 Handley Page (Reading): Marathon 1A Perci val: Prince Series III ... Saunders Ror: Princess ... Scottish Aviation: Pioneer Mk II Twin Pioneer Short: Sealand Mk I Vickers- Armstrangs: Viscount 700 Viscount 800 V.C.7 Span fc 115 32 32 37 121 162 162 140 140 108 108 115 115 115 57 71 48 58 113 65 56 219 52 76 61 » 93 140 in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 9, 6 6 s; 8. 0 Length It 82 23 23 24 145 99 99 14 124 68 73 93 96 111 39 48 30 42 96 52 in 0 2 2 8 0 7 7 0 3 4 6 0 0 0 3 6 3 0 10 H 42 10 !48 3-1 45 42 81 94 146 0 6 1 2 2 6 0 No. 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 1 1 4 4 4 2 10 1 2 2 4 4 4 Power Umtt Type Centaurus 661 CirrusMajor3 Gipsy Major 1 Bombardier 702 Olympus (0 Centaurus173 Turbo-Cyclone Proteus 705 Proteus 750 Hercules 734 Hercules 734 Ghost 50 ... Avon Avon Gipsy Queen 70, Mk 2 Gipsy Queen 30, Mk 2 Leonides Wasp Hercules 763 Sapphire (?) Gipsy Queen 70, Mk 4 Leonides 24 Proteus Leonides 501/4 Leonides 502/1 Gipsy Queen 70, Mk 4 Dort hOa 3 Dart RDa 5 Conway ») Power (see note 1) 5.200 140 120 162 — 11,400 13,000 15,000 16,400 3.960 3,960 20,000 26.000 36,000 760 1,000 550 600 8,400 — 1,360 1,100 35,000 520 1,100 690 6,040 6,760 Nor mal a.u.w. lb 52.500 2,450 1,850 2,700 200,000 130,000 145.000 140.000 155,000 44,000 44,000 107,000 120,000 145,000 8,800 12,500 5.100 7,200 86.000 — 18.000 11,000 330.000 5.400 13,500 9,100 58,500 65,000 Wing Load ing Ib/sq ft 43.7 13.3 11.3 14.2 — 46.4 49.8 68 75.5 30 30 53 59.5 —• 26.3 25.6 20.4 18.9 61.1 — 36.14 30.2 65.7 13.8 20.5 25.4 60.75 67.5 — Max. Dispos able Load lb 16,276 1,091 877 890 45,000 55,766 66.064 70,575 74,580 14,617 12,200 56,000 64.000 — 2,420 — 2,010 3,035 30,650 — 5,972 3,190 137,000 1,300 4,425 1,868 25,425 25,888 Volu metric Pay- load Capa city cu ft 2,540 62 — — 7,820 7,100 7,100 — 6,627 2,360 3,000 2,478 — — 392 586 144 311 3,754 — 1,010 620 13,500 80 — 410 2,474 3,132 No. of Pass. 36/47 3 1/2 3/4 94/131 130 130 63/93 60/104 44 (noce4) 36/44 — 58/76 8/11 14/17 4/6 8/14 40/74 94/150 18/20 8/12 105 4 14/16 5/8 48/62 66/82 100/150 Cabin Air (see note2) P. — — — P. — P. P. — — P. P. P. — — — P. — — — P. — — P. P. P. Max. Still- Air Range miles 1,660 — — — 6,000+ 3,680 — 6,300 note 3 1,730 1,730 3,540 4,200 4.800 1,153 note 7 1,162 1,080 3.430 — 1,020 1,107 5,500 425 620 950 2,030 1,400 — Typical Performance Range miles 1.220 520 275 280 — 200 200 3,200 3,400 850 850 1,500 (note 5) (note 6) 500 690 782 500 2,873 — 940 650 5,500 400 565 600 1,100 350 — Height ft 20,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 45.000 8,000 8,000 27,000 30,000 5,000 5,000 38,000- 42,000 38,000- 42,000 45,000 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 — 5,000 5,000 37,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 20,000 16,000 — Speed m.p.h. 242 110 109 103 600 180 193 355 385 166 166 490 500 500 179 183 138 139 267 — 167 151 380 120 139 127 300 290 — Pay- load lb 7,600 650 — 580 — 46,300 55,000 25,000 30,000 10,000 8,352 12,500 13,500 17,365 1,684 2,400 1,000 2,040 6,349 — 3,740 1,660 19,500 850 3,008 935 11,900 16,100 — Take-off to 50ft (I.C.A.N.) yd 1,140 380 330 490 2,000 1,180 1,390 1,170 1,915 825 825 — — — 770 750 340 366 1,362 — 920 800 — 230 342 (note 8) 1,600 1,830 Notes: (1) For piston engines, power (in h.p.) is for take-off; for turboprops, an equivalent brake horsepower is given; for turbojets, thrust (in lb) is static (2) P~pressurized. (3) 5,100 miles with full tanks and payload. (4) 20 passengers in addition to three cars. (5) Stage-lengths intended for Comet 2: 1.750- 2,200 miles. (6) Stage-lengths intended for Comet 3: up to 2,500 miles. (7) Max. stage-length; 1,390 miles. (8) 750 yd land, 1,020 yd water. HELICOPTERS Maker and Type Bristol: Type 171 Mk 4 (Sycamore) Type 173 Mk 1 Type 173 Mk 3 Sounders-Roe: Skeeter Wes t la nd-Si korsk y: S-51 (Dragonfly) S-55 Main Rotors 1 2 2 1 1 1 Rotor Diam. ft in 48 6.7 48 6.7 48 6.7 32 0 480 53 0 Fuse lage Length ft in 42 0 55 1.7 285 41 1J 41 8i No. 1 2 2 1 1 1 Power Unit(s) Type Leonides Le.23 H.M.V. Leonides Le.23 H.M.V. Mk 73 Leonides Major ... Bombardier Leonides 521/1 ... Wasp R-1340 Power h.p. 545 1,090 1,740 180 520 600 a.u.w. lb 5.300 10,600 13,500 2,100 5,700 6,800 Disc Load ing Ib/sq ft 2.86 2.86 3.64 2.6 3.15 3.08 Dispos able Load lb 1,380 2,800 3,760 624 1,470 2,031 No. of Pass. 3/4 10 14 1 3 10/12 Typ Range miles 270 100 200 200 ical Performance HeightlSpeec ft I m.p.h. s.l. | 91 2,500 I 85 See note 1 See nore 2 up to | 85 4,000 up to I 80 6,200 j Pay- load lb 706 1,200 730 1,000 Notes; (1) Ma*, speed is 153 m.p.h. appro*; max. cruising $pe*d, 138 m.p.h. appro*; 16 passengers, with baggage, can be carried for a distance of 230 miles. (2) Max. speed is 115 m.p.h. and endurance 3 hr at 86 m.p.h.
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