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Mark 1 , you have hit it with the Savannah
ICP MXP 740 Savannah.
This particular aircraft was owned by the Thai who owned Pattaya Airpark.
He preserved by surviving 16 crashes.
His 17th crash was fatal.
ICP MXP 740 Savannah.
This particular aircraft was owned by the Thai who owned Pattaya Airpark.
He preserved by surviving 16 crashes.
His 17th crash was fatal.
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Avro 706 Ashton? Still in the days of having a flight engineer, with the sparse selection of engine gauges on the panel. The main clue for me was the AVRO logo on the center of the panel. If correct OH as I cannot post pictures here yet. Why the large yoke on the LH side?
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Ashtons were Tudor airframes with jet engines only used for development.
That might clarify the “experimental” LH yoke?
I wondered about the “paddle shifters” on the right hand yoke.
I think I have seen that somewhere else as well but what were those for?
That might clarify the “experimental” LH yoke?
I wondered about the “paddle shifters” on the right hand yoke.
I think I have seen that somewhere else as well but what were those for?
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I am not able to post pictures here yet, The Ashton MK3 was featured in Neville Shute's "Cone of Silence". It might follow that the Fight Engineer's panel can be seen on You Tube ://youtu.be/r5ATtPTqxXk @ 52:50 and throughout the film.
Always on the lookout for some aviation literature.
I found that the book cone of silence is from David Beaty.
But I now will add Neville Shute to my list as well.
I found that the book cone of silence is from David Beaty.
But I now will add Neville Shute to my list as well.
The Avro 706 Ashton it is indeed, which means that rotarywrench has control.
Nevil Shute novels should certainly be on your list! 'No Highway' is the one that is tentatively linked to the Comet saga, even if it was published six years before that happened. Other novels with an aviation influence from Shute are 'The Rainbow and the Rose', 'Landfall' and 'Round the Bend' for example, his autobiography is also well worth the time for his recollections from the R100 story.
Nevil Shute novels should certainly be on your list! 'No Highway' is the one that is tentatively linked to the Comet saga, even if it was published six years before that happened. Other novels with an aviation influence from Shute are 'The Rainbow and the Rose', 'Landfall' and 'Round the Bend' for example, his autobiography is also well worth the time for his recollections from the R100 story.
