The Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador is a British twin piston-engined airliner that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Airspeed Ltd...
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Munich air disaster (redirect from 1958 BEA Airspeed Ambassador Munich air disaster)
Belgrade to Manchester was beyond the range of the "Elizabethan"-class Airspeed Ambassador. After refuelling, pilots James Thain and Kenneth Rayment twice abandoned...
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BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845 (redirect from 1968 BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador Heathrow crash)
On 3 July 1968, BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845, an Airspeed Ambassador registration G-AMAD of BKS Air Transport crashed at Heathrow Airport, damaging...
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Airspeed Limited was established in 1931 to build aeroplanes in York, England, by A. H. Tiltman and Nevil Shute Norway (the aeronautical engineer and novelist...
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engine also entered service after the war in a civilian airliner, the Airspeed Ambassador and was also used in the Bristol Brabazon I Mark 1 prototype aircraft...
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composite ships Ambassador (motorcycles), made by a British manufacturer Airspeed Ambassador, a British airliner Berkhof Ambassador, a Dutch bus from...
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proposed by Airspeed Limited a British aircraft manufacturer from 1931 to 1951. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Airspeed aircraft. "Airspeed Type Designations"...
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operate flights to Málaga. The next aircraft type was the pressurised Airspeed Ambassador. It was operated from 1957 and enabled the introduction of longer...
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the Airspeed Ambassador – Elizabethan elegance), Vol. 45, No. 6, p. 50, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012 The Spirit of Dan-Air (Airspeed's Ambassador)...
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and prevented it from reaching takeoff speed. Type of aircraft: Airspeed Ambassador 78 6 "Turning Point" Northwest Airlines Flight 85 29 December 2011 (2011-12-29)...
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into two types, the Type IIA using piston power, which led to the Airspeed Ambassador, and the turboprop-powered Type IIB, which Vickers was selected to...
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1952, BEA took over the Cyprus Airways service to London with an Airspeed Ambassador, which featured a pressurized cabin that allowed nonstop routing...
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break the world airspeed record. In January 1943 he joined Airspeed Ltd. as technical director and was responsible for the Airspeed Ambassador (BEA Elizabethan)...
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designs specified by the Brabazon Committee (in particular, the Airspeed Ambassador and Armstrong Whitworth Apollo) could be developed. To speed development...
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Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZW of British European Airways, at Luqa airport in October 1956...
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February 6 – In the Munich air disaster, a British European Airways Airspeed Ambassador operating as Flight 609 crashed while attempting a take off in a...
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flight proving was carried out from 1955 using the first production Airspeed Ambassador 2. The Eland was dropped from production when Napier was acquired...
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Cross. On 3 July 1968, the port flap operating rod of G-AMAD, an Airspeed Ambassador operated by BKS Air Transport failed due to fatigue, thereby allowing...
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Country Aérospatiale N 262 Utility 23-29 3 1964 1976 110 France Airspeed Ambassador Utility 60 5 1951 1953 23 UK Antonov An-28 Utility 18 3 1986 1993...
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with the entry into service of three former Butler Air Transport Airspeed Ambassadors, the airline's first pressurised aircraft. This heralded the beginning...
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woman in peacetime.[citation needed] 3 July – BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAD crashed on landing at Heathrow Airport, London. The crashing...
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adaptation of the triogy, A Discovery of Witches. The Elizabethan-class Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZU that crashed in the 1958 Munich air disaster, was named Lord...
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CV-240, CV-340 and CV-440 aircraft. British propliners included the Airspeed Ambassador, Vickers Viking and Handley Page Hermes, while the Canadair North...
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Wibault 280 Wibault 360 Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20 Aérospatiale Corvette Airspeed Ambassador Antonov An-10 Antonov An-24 Aviation Traders Accountant Aviation...
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II is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. Airspeed Ambassador (planned only) Avro Lincoln (test bed only) Avro Shackleton (planned...
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monoclonal antibodies Amab, agriculturalists in Yenga, Uganda G-AMAB, an Airspeed Ambassador airliner This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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Airways Flight 609 1958 Munich-Riem Airport, Munich, West Germany The Airspeed Ambassador crashed on its third attempt to take off at Munich-Riem Airport due...
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G-ARPI had occurred on 3 July 1968. Due to a control failure, an Airspeed Ambassador freight aircraft (G-AMAD) deviated from the runway on landing at...
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Kingdom 1958 Goalkeeper, Manchester City and England, journalist Airspeed Ambassador Munich-Riem Airport, Germany Munich air disaster caused by slushy...
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Cosmopolitan Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Airspeed Ambassador HS 748 Ilyushin Il-12 Martin 2-0-2 Martin 4-0-4 Saab 90 Scandia Vickers...
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