DATABASE: AVRO TUDOR

“Hardly the ideal passengercarrying machine” DEVELOPMENT Tudor IVB G-AHNN Star Leopard of British South American Airways. AEROPLANE ● Exactly why did the Tudor fail? ● Troubles in service ● View from the flight deck Tudor II VZ366 (ex-G-AGRZ) Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough CHRIS SANDHAM-BAILEY A beautiful colour image of Bristol Hercules-engined Tudor VII G-AGRX, taken on 26 April 1947. AEROPLANE History hasn’t dealt kindly with the Avro Tudor. This is hardly surprising: it suffered from persistent handling defects, which led