There’s a hairy moment for one of the AVRO staff at 03.06…
By: Stepwilk - 2nd April 2015 at 02:03
I don’t think anybody made a film in 1925 with an eye toward the idiocy that currently passes for April Fool’s Day foolishness.
By: Beermat - 1st April 2015 at 23:51
Has anyone noticed the date today?
By: Orion - 1st April 2015 at 19:53
Putnams Avro Aircraft quotes a max range of 625 miles for the Aldershot III with the RR Condor engine. This was the only production version with 15 ordered for 99 Sqdn.
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By: Chris B - 1st April 2015 at 19:52
The Avro Putnam says that range was 625 miles and bomb load up to 2,000 lbs. Seems a little more realistic.
Also mentions that “….made a downwind pass at an estimated 140mph”, so the figures for cruising speed of 92mph and max of 110mph might also be more realistic.
By: charliehunt - 1st April 2015 at 19:40
We’ll never know but they were clearly optimists in 1925!!
By: Stepwilk - 1st April 2015 at 19:34
Five tons of bombs for 3,000 miles!!
It’s as likely to have done that as it is to have busted the Mach. A B-17 couldn’t come anywhere near those numbers.
By: trekbuster - 1st April 2015 at 18:33
60 litres is one large beastie. 1000hp at 1900rpm
By: Oxcart - 1st April 2015 at 18:19
1000hp in 1919?? I had no clue!
By: charliehunt - 1st April 2015 at 11:25
That’s an incredible beast. What is the whole story? It looks as though it was designed for passengers as well. Five tons of bombs for 3,000 miles!!
By: Orion - 1st April 2015 at 09:25
Presumably filmed at Hamble? There’s an aircraft carrier (Glorious or Formidable) in the background towards the end.
Regards
By: Malcolm McKay - 1st April 2015 at 09:08
Aaah those were the days :eagerness:
By: octavian - 1st April 2015 at 08:13
Avro 549 Aldershot
By: Newforest - 1st April 2015 at 07:49
Great video find! Beauty or the Beast?
By: snibble - 31st March 2015 at 22:45
Never heard of it! What a brute of an aircraft but leaps into the air.
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