Dear All,
Can anybody tell me either (a) who the York experts might be, and/or (b) if there is a “File” book (like the ‘Halifax File’, etc) for Yorks? A colleague is looking for the histories of various Yorks he flew in many years ago.
Any help much appreciated.
Resmoroh.
By: Resmoroh - 26th July 2011 at 20:17
I was NSA Self-Loading Freight (SLF) aboard a civilian York in 1954 on the way from Stansted to the Canal Zone. We stopped at Qrendi to refuel. The SLFs had about their 5th lot of Eggy Bakes ‘n Chips in 24 hrs. We filed back in and sat down/belted up. They started everything up and we were about to taxi out when I felt a drop of something on my head. It wasn’t water – but petrol!!! Now if we’d been allowed to take off, and the ‘No Smoking’ signs were switched off, and we’d all lit up (everybody smoked in them days), we’d have been yet another unexplained York flash & bang somewhere over the Med. As it was the cabin crew alerted the Skipper. We were all evacuated (to our 6th Eggy Bakes!) while they sorted out the problem. NOT, I might add, where the leak was coming from but just blowing air through the cabin to evaporate the smell/leaking fuel!! HASAW eat your hearts out! We eventually lobbed in at Fayid to guess what? Eggy Bakes #7. So I have to apologise for making a nuisance of myself since then!
HTH
Resmoroh
By: BSAA1947 - 26th July 2011 at 17:04
Aircraft accident statistics can be very misleading unless one delves a little deeper into the specific details.
By: markb - 26th July 2011 at 12:42
A lot of these are non-fatal undercarriage-related landing incidents, as well as other write-offs when the aircraft was on the ground.
By: pogno - 26th July 2011 at 08:12
The high accident rate is partly exaggerated by the type of work that this type was called upon to do, especially in its later years when it was used to support the D.E.W line construction project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line
Flying during that construction project must have been an extremely dangerous and difficult occupation.
Richard
By: ZRX61 - 26th July 2011 at 00:54
So a better than 1 in 3 chance the plane would crash at some point….
By: Arabella-Cox - 25th July 2011 at 19:54
I was going to guess 250………..!!!
Planemike
By: RMR - 25th July 2011 at 19:36
88????? How many did they actually build?
A quick count fromA.J.Jacksons Avro Aircraft since 1908 gives a total of 259.
4 prototypes, 254 produced in the UK & 1 in Canada.
RMR
By: ZRX61 - 25th July 2011 at 18:17
Its the listing of 88 crashes involving Avro Yorks between October 1945 and March 1963..
88????? How many did they actually build?
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