Originally Posted by
N707ZS
It must have been quite cold at 24,000feet for the passengers and the crew.
I believe there was some speculation re the cabin heater possibly being at fault in an Avro Tudor accident G-AHNP.
This was mentioned in a post on here a few years back.
I believe they both aircraft used a Janitrol system.
I am not 100% sure, but the system used was basically akin to a blow torch running on fuel direct from the tanks, to heat
air directly into the cabin.
A U.S. DC-6 was lost around this time due to the faulty cabin heater causing an inflight fire and another was involved in an emergency landing.
The Lancaster used to use hot air from an engine to heat the aircraft , though it was inefficient, just 'roasting' the Wireless Operator.
One would have thought that system modified would have been a better idea in practice.