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Aviation History
1959
1959 - 1022.PDF
Flight 17 APRIL 1959 ONE SHILLING & SIXPENCE Aircraft, Spacecraft, Missiles AIRLINES of the World BIG FORE-AND-AFT DOORS AT PERFECT TO LOAD AND UNLOAD WHOLE The less you handle cargo the cheaper the transport operation. This is true particularly of air freight where quick turnround is essential if costs are to be kept to a minimum. "With the Argosy (AW65O) a loading system is being developed that will enable the huge freight hold to be cleared and filled again LOADING HEIGHT ENABLE THE ARGOS^ CARGOES IN UNDER 20 MINUTES in a few minutes. "With full-width doors at either end of the fuselage, the load can be discharged at one end while new cargo is being loaded at the other. High pressure refuelling ensures that a turnround can be completed in under twenty minutes. The Argosy is powered by 4 Rolls-Royce Dart Prop-jets. THE JYrtJOSlf BRINGS THE COST OF AIR FREIGHT DOWN TO EABTH F1 D AND BUILT FOR THE HAWKER SIDDELEY AVIATION DIVISION BY SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AIRCRAFT LTD.
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