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1962
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310 FLIGHT International, 30 August 1962 ATL-98 Carvair I Air Holdings Ltd (British United Group) London, Wl £20,000,000 approximately Southend: design and manufacture of forward fuselage and subassemblies for ATL-98 Carvair, freight door for VCI0-CPF passenger, freighter, aircraft passenger seating, aircroft hydraulic loading equipment, aircraft starter grouni power units, and equipment for engine and passenger handling ; aircraft project design and development; complete aircraft maintenance and overhaul. Stansted Airport, Essex: stripping of C-54/DC-4 and conversion to ATL-98 Carvair; aircraft main tenance and overhaul. ATL-98 Carvair An eventual order for 28 of these converted DC-4s is envisaged by British United Air Ferries, which is now operating the first three of an initial order for ten. The type entered service earlier this year on the routes of Channel Air Bridge—now absorbed with Silver City into British United Air Ferries—on new long-range vehicle ferry routes to Basle and Geneva. The conversion, one of the largest ever carried out, is designed and engineered by Aviation Traders, a member of the British United Airways group of com panies. The aircraft retains the basic flying and maintenance characteristics of the familiar DC-4, the principal altera tions being the addition of a raised flight deck to allow straight-in loading of cars through the nose. Five medium-sized cars or four large ones can be accommo dated ahead of a small but comfortable passenger cabin seating 23. The fin has been replaced with a DC-7 fin to counter balance the large nose. Tentative orders have been placed by other operators, and a firm order for two has been received from the Luxembourg airline Interocean Airways. Aviation Traders have carried out de sign studies for similar conversions to the DC-6 and DC-7 family of aeroplanes, mainly with an eye on the general freight market rather than the more specialized vehicle-ferry market for which the Carvair should be suitable for many years. Pressed Steel Co Ltd Cowley, Oxford £30,000,000 British Executive and General Aviation Ltd m 'fWWMMW/m, BEAGLE AIRCRAFT LTD Sceptre House, Regent St, London Wl. Regent 3101 I 1,300 Rearsby, Leicestershire (Reorsby 321): production of Airedale and Terrier 2; development of Airedale and AOP.ll; aircraft project development; service support of former Auster aircraft; aircraft subcontract work. Shoreham, Sussex (Shorehcm-by-Sea 2301): design, development ond manufacture of Beagle 206 and 218; development and manufacture of beagle Wallis 116; aircraft project development; aircraft subcontract work. ' % British Executive Air Services Ltd Oxford airport Kidlington (OOX 65) 3363 British distributor for Beagle, and for Brant ley helicopters; air- croft hire; flying training; aircraft re pair and overhaul. Beagle A.I09 Airedale A.109 Airedale Most of the approxi mately 25 Airedales so far produced are in the hands of customers, and this jour nal's own example has been used for several Continental journeys since it was delivered in April. Only one aircraft has so far been fitted with the 175 h.p. Con tinental GO-300 engine, and this is being used for heating and other systems de velopment flying; current production air craft have the 180 h.p. Lycoming O-360. For quality and comfort of cabin furnish ings, and the functional layout of controls and instruments, the Airedale sets a high standard, and its handling characteristics are exceptionally good for a tourer. With 30gal fuel and 7201b of passengers, lug gage and radio, still-air range is 490 n.m. at 113kt at 7,000ft. A.61 Terrier 2 This Beaglization of the three-seater Army Auster AOP.6 powered by a 145 h.p. BS Gipsy Major is turning out to be a best-seller, at a basic factory price of £2,195. AOP.ll In spite of the Army's declared preference for helicopters in the spotter role, this high-powered (Rolls-Royce Con tinental IO470) STOL development of the AOP.9 has been under evaluation for some months, since it costs much less than an equivalent helicopter. At a gross weight of 2,1191b with 15gal of fuel and an en durance of 2hr 15min, the AOP.ll has a zero-wind take-off of less than 100yd, and
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