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The Shackleton was designed by Roy Chadwick as the Avro Type 696. It was based on the Lincoln bomber and Tudor airliner, both derivatives of the successful wartime Lancaster heavy bomber, one of Chadwick's earlier designs which was the then current ASW aircraft. The design took the Lincoln's...

The final version of the Seafire was the Seafire F Mk 47 and FR Mk 47. There was no true prototype, instead the first production aircraft PS944 and PS945 served as trials aircraft. As the "definitive" carrier based Seafire, the Mk 47 incorporated several refinements over earlier variants. After...

The first Barracudas entered service on 10 January 1943 with 827 Squadron and were deployed in the North Atlantic. A total of 24 front-line squadrons were eventually equipped with Barracudas. From 1944 onward, the Mk II's were accompanied in service by radar-equipped, but otherwise similar, Mk...

Powered by two Alvis Leonides 531 radial engines, the Pembroke was a high-wing cabin monoplane and operated in two roles: in T.Mk.1 form it served as a navigation and anti-submarine trainer, the C.Mks. 1 and 2 were flown in the transport role. However, these were land planes and not COD (carrier...

5407 c/n P66/102 was one of 25 aircraft delivered to the West German Luftwaffe. Ex YA-558 and AS-558, now preserved at Luftwaffen Museum at Berlin-Gatow. Powered by two Alvis Leonides 531 radial engines, the Percival Pembroke was a British twin-engine light transport aircraft built by the...

The final Spitfire variant, the Mk 24, was similar to the Mk 22 except that it had an increased fuel capacity over its predecessors, with two fuel tanks of 33 gal (150 l) each installed in the rear fuselage. There were also zero-point fittings for rocket projectiles under the wings. All had the...

Powered by two Alvis Leonides 531 radial engines, the Sea Prince was a high-wing cabin monoplane and operated in two roles: in T.Mk.1 form it served as a navigation and anti-submarine trainer, the C.Mks. 1 and 2 were flown in the transport role. However, these were land planes and not COD...

Powered by two Alvis Leonides 531 radial engines, the Twin Pioneer was a high-wing cabin monoplane with a triple fin and rudder assembly and fixed tailwheel undercarriage. The prototype Twin Pioneer, registered G-ANTP, first flew at Prestwick Airport on 25 June 1955. Flight trials proved that...

In April 1981, the British Aerospace Board sanctioned the program to improve the BAe 125-700 series. By May 1983 the new aircraft was ready for its first test flight. The 800 series has a number of modifications and changes over the 700, the most noticeable being the redesigned cockpit...

The Leopard was a twin-jet, mid-wing monoplane of composite construction with all-swept flying surfaces and jet fighter-like styling, apart from the podded engines, mounted on each side of the rear fuselage. The entire canopy hinged forward to allow access to the four reclining seats. A mock-up...

FSX Beagle Pup FDE Update V1.0. Rob Richardson has given permission to publish this FDE update, which I hope goes someway towards giving his superb model its correct performance and capability. Engine power has been reduced, constant speed prop is now fixed pitch. Aircraft dimensions corrected...

The Short 360 is a 36-seat derivative of the 30–33 seat Short 330. In high density configuration, 39 passengers could be carried. The two Short airliners have a high degree of commonality and are very close in overall dimensions. The later 360 is easily identified by a larger, swept tail unit...

The Ambassador had its origin in 1943 as a requirement identified by the Brabazon Committee for a twin-engined, short to medium-haul replacement for the Douglas DC-3. Airspeed Ltd. was asked to prepare an unpressurised design in the 14.5 ton gross weight class, using two Bristol Hercules radial...