Avro York to Malta

[Victor 102]

What was the average Flght Time from Blackbushe to Malta by a fully loaded York in 1952. ?

[Herod]

You won't need a watch to work that one out; you'll need a calendar.

[Ian Burgess-Barber]

What's the Rush?

If this is of any help:
My dad flew back to UK in a York, from India, in November 1945. Last leg was from Luqa to Holmsley South (New Forest) and he logged it as 7.00 hours.

Ian BB

[Krakatoa]

Lyneham to Luqa

My log book tells me one of the last RAF York schedules to Singapore began
with 6hr 45min. September 1950.

[pjac]

pjac

6.45 hours from where, Singapore????

[Phileas Fogg]

I did Luqa to Kinloss in a C130 with a stack of Nimrod torpedo's for company, that was something like 7 hours.

[Robert Cooper]

7 hours sounds about right.

bob C

[brakedwell]

1200 nautical mile @ 180 knots = 6h 40m.

[Phileas Fogg]

But it would be a little quicker to Malta than from Malta ..... Cos it's downhill

[brakedwell]

With a tailwind

[India Four Two]

No. it's downhill northwards - the polar diameter is less than the equatorial diameter, by about 42 km.