Aviation Traders ATL-90

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Aviation Traders ATL-90
ATL Accountant in Farnborough 1957ATL Accountant in Farnborough, 1957
Type: Airliner
Design country:

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom

Manufacturer:

Aviation Traders Ltd

First flight:

July 9, 1957

Number of pieces:

1

The Aviation Traders ATL-90 Accountant was the attempt of the British aviation company Aviation Traders Ltd. with a twin-engine turboprop - passenger aircraft and enter the mass production of corresponding machines in the market as the region of the F-27 Fokker covering. The first flight took place on July 9, 1957, but the low-wing aircraft remained a single prototype because, despite some interest, ultimately no buyer could be found.

history

The ATL-90 Accountant was employed by Aviation Traders Ltd. Developed as a twin-engine turbo-prop passenger aircraft and was intended as the successor to the Douglas DC-3 at the will of the company's boss Freddie Laker . His first drafts for a successor to the Dakota went back to 1945 and with the ATL-90 , like the DC-3 in the past, an aircraft was to be created that was to be sold all over the world. The ATL-90 was a low-wing aircraft designed and conceptually something like a slightly smaller variant of the proven excellent with four turboprop - engines type Rolls-Royce Dart provided passenger aircraft Vickers Viscount for short and medium distances. In order to save time and money during development, Laker took over the bow and cockpit section of the Vickers Viscount, which is why the machine, apart from the twin-engine design, had certain similarities with the latter machine, with the tail unit again being significantly different. Due to the not only optical similarity to the Vickers Viscount, Laker figured out some chances on the market and wanted to get into the series production of corresponding machines, which roughly covered the market area of ​​the Fokker F-27 . The only prototype first flew on July 9, 1957 with the aircraft registration G-ATEL. Three prototypes were planned, but only one of them was completed and flown. Despite indisputable qualities and some international interest, no customers could be won for the project, as the market was already saturated with the already successful Avro 748 , Handley Page Dart Herald and Fokker F-27 Friendship models . The program was therefore finally discontinued in 1958 and the prototype was scrapped in February 1960.

Technical specifications

  • Span: 25.15 m
  • Length: 18.93 m
  • Height: 7.70 m
  • Wing area: 58.71 m²
  • Takeoff weight: 12,928 kg
  • Empty weight: 7,693 kg
  • Drive: 2 × 1298 kW Rolls-Royce Dart R.Da.6 Mk 512 propeller turbines
  • Vmax: 475 km / h
  • Voyage: 470 km / h
  • Range with full tanks: 3,364 km
  • Seats: 28

See also

literature

  • AJ Jackson: British Civil Aircraft since 1919. Putnam, ISBN 0-370-10014-X
  • AERO, issue 16, p. 444

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