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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Jan 2024, 16:31

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Airspeed/D.H. Ambassador.

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Posted By treadigraph

Reminds me that when Bond is playing golf with...

Reminds me that when Bond is playing golf with Goldfinger (at Sandwich?) there is a glorious sound of a twin passing in the background. Always used to fancy it was a Mosquito but these days I think...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Jun 2023, 16:48

Replies: 104

Airspeed/D.H. Ambassador.

Views: 37,137

Posted By treadigraph

Didn't Vic Norman's dad operate an Ambassador as...

Didn't Vic Norman's dad operate an Ambassador as a mobile slot machines demonstrator for a bit in the 1960s, or was it a Marathon?

Edit: found it! It was a Marathon, G-AMGX! Answered my own...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Jul 2017, 12:50

Replies: 104

Airspeed/D.H. Ambassador.

Views: 37,137

Posted By treadigraph

Don't think it's been mentioned that during...

Don't think it's been mentioned that during flight testing at Christchurch, a prototype was being flown with the CG progressively further aft until the pilot (Ron Clear I think) ran out of elevator...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Jul 2017, 07:33

Replies: 104

Airspeed/D.H. Ambassador.

Views: 37,137

Posted By treadigraph

Not sure which Dave's pic illustrates, but the...

Not sure which Dave's pic illustrates, but the Ambassador was used as a flying test bed for various Tyne, Proteus and Napier Eland engines.

A production turboprop update had been envisaged with...

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