dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Avro Tudor IV departing Bournemouth for her run across the Atlantic. The Tudor was an attempt by Avro to break into the 4 engined airliner market dominated by the Americans post WW2. It utilIsed may of the systems from the Lincoln including the wings and engines and tailwheel undercarriage. However due to the emphasis being put on luxury it did not have the seating capacity of the American aircraft. It found very few operators and some highly publicised accidents sealed it's doom. One Tudor was later modified to become the Jet powered Ashton research aircraft but that was never intended to be a commercial aircraft. Start up lined up to go off into the mist gear up crossing the coast last landfall over Cornwall sun slowly setting on course next stop South America Thanks for flying with British South American Airways. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Thanks for your informative post and pictures Al! A shame she wasn't more popular. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 That era was a tough time for manufacturers. So many "could-a-been contenders" gambled and lost. Nice shots Alan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 looks so old fashioned compared to a DC-4 with that tail wheel! It was a tough time, but also a time when people where not afraid to try something else 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dolf8857 640 Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Lovely shots here Alan, foggy take off, nice! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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