Phil Perry Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) Come on. . .No cheating with Goggle Pictures. . . Edited May 13, 2020 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Two Nenes side by side, no wonder the nacelle is so fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 I've done a profile of the Tudor and included the Ashton as a variant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 There's something sad about a perfectly good but deserted airfield.. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 That is fantastic.. I am about to violate copyright! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Ghost Flyers in the Sky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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