Wotizit ?

[Phil Perry]

 

Come on. . .No cheating with Goggle Pictures. . .

Edited May 13, 2020 by Guest

[old man emu]

Avro 706, also known as an Ashton. The Avro 706 Ashton was a four-jet-engined research aeroplane powered by Rolls-Royce Nene engines paired in wing nacelles.

[willedoo]

Two Nenes side by side, no wonder the nacelle is so fat.

[red750]

I looked at it for inclusion in the Airliners section of the Showcase, but decided not to as it was never intended for commercial service.Only 6 built for experimental purposes.

[red750]

I've done a profile of the Tudor and included the Ashton as a variant.

[old man emu]

Ashton WB493 was a movie star! It was the only full-scale aircraft seen in the film, Cone of Silence was based on David Beaty's novel, Cone of Silence (1959) The film is about the investigation into a series of crashes involving the fictional 'Atlas Aviation Phoenix' jetliner. The 'Phoenix' airliner is represented by the WB493. For its starring role as the 'Phoenix' airliner, the Olympus-Ashton was painted in a special livery to represent the fictional 'Atlas Aviation'.

 

It is interesting that Cone of Silence was written in 1959. Neville Shute wrote a novel No Highway in 1948. It formed the basis of the 1951 film No Highway in the Sky. and was one of the first films that depicted a potential aviation disaster involving metal fatigue. Arthur David Beaty was a British writer, pilot and psychologist notable as a pioneer in the field of human factors, now an integral branch of aviation medicine, which he argued played a central role in aviation accidents attributed to pilot error.

[spacesailor]

The ERIBUS disaster Was going to be " pilot error " But all the airline people knew better and fought it, to the correct conclusion.

Even after the police and government officials raided homes of all involved, just to hide a government mistake.

spacesailor

[Phil Perry]

There's something sad about a perfectly good but deserted airfield.. . . .

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

That is fantastic.. I am about to violate copyright!

[old man emu]

Ghost Flyers in the Sky!