Trev Clark's Obscure Aviation History 🚁さんのイラストまとめ

The Aviation Traders ATL-90 'Accountant', was a 28-seat turboprop airliner/executive aircraft from the 1950's. Built by a group run by Freddie Laker (later Sir Freddie, of Skytrain fame), the aircraft failed to attract a single buyer, maybe the name put off the 'bean counters'!

The Cierva W.11 Air Horse was a helicopter built by the Cierva Autogiro Co., it was (in 1948) the largest helicopter in the world. The unusual three bladed layout was driven by one RR Merlin engine. The prototype crashed fatally in 1950, due to metal fatigue, ending the project.

A centre spread from a 1938 British publication titled 'Drill in Cloudland - The Aerial Manoeuvres of the RAF'.
It shows many early war service aircraft, but there is no 'Spitfire' on parade, possibly not yet in service...or even still secret?

I've always had a 'soft spot' for tri-motor aircraft. This handsome Dewoitine D.338 was a 1930's French airliner that could seat 22 passengers...or 12 passengers in 'Luxury' mode! With a reputation for reliability, they continued in airline service after WW 2.

The future was only limited by the artist's imagination, in the 1950's! Here is the atomic airliner that would fly at speeds of 10,000 to 18,000 mph over the oceans, using atomic power. Conventional jets would be used near land, making people much happier, regards radiation!🥴

The Avro Ashton was a four engine jet research aircraft, built using the piston powered Avro Tudor as a base. Powered by four RR Nene engines, it gave valuable service testing many parts for future passenger and military jet aircraft. A fuselage is now preserved at @NewarkAirMus

I haven't tweeted a good Blackburn (HS) Buccaneer photo for a few weeks, so I thought I'd better make up for lost time and put up three! All Royal Air Force aircraft on this occasion, some Royal Navy ones will (no doubt) follow soon.

The Piaggio 1008, a unique Italian four engine heavy bomber from WW 2. An aircraft comparable to any Allied machine, the type successfully bombed Gibraltar at night in 1942. With limited numbers and poor strategy, the 1008 failed to make its mark, like its allied contemporaries.

It was flawed, it had a poor safety rate and was only in RAF service for a few years...but I still wish I had been around to have had a flight in a Westland (Bristol) Belvedere helicopter.
I served with a handful of ex-Belvedere aircrew and I didn't find much love for the beast!

The Douglas A-26 Invader was a potent attack bomber that saw active service from 1944 until the 1960's. Here (second photo) a bridge is subjected to a low level A-26 attack in Italy. Look closely, the aircraft can be seen coming in at very low level, quite a rare action photo.