Avro 722 Atlantic
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| Type: | Four - engined narrow-body aircraft |
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The Avro 722 Atlantic was a planned passenger jet based on the Avro Vulcan bomber .
history
The Avro 722 Atlantic was a planned civil airliner version of the British bomber Avro Vulcan. The design was in response to a 1952 call by the UK Department of Supply for a new aircraft that would be suitable for both military and long-range civilian missions. Civilian models of the Vickers Valiant and Handley Page Victor V bombers , the Handley Page HP.111 and Vickers V-1000, were also planned for the same order . The Vickers V-1000 won the competition, but ultimately none of these designs were completed. In early June 1953, Sir Roy Dobson CBE, then managing director of AV Roe and Company, took over the project and announced that the company was working on a project for a 100-ton commercial aircraft based on the Vulcan. The aircraft is intended for a five-person flight crew (pilot, copilot, navigator and two technical officers) as well as for 76 to 113 passengers in three separate configurations (luxury, basic and tourist) who travel at a speed of more than 970 km / h or Mach 0.9 would be transported in a pressurized cabin. Avro's chief designer at the time, after Roy Chadwick's death, was Stuart Davies.
The Atlantic would have been powered by either Bristol Olympus or Rolls-Royce Conway engines. The images of the designers at the time show the passenger compartment in a 3.81 m fuselage, the seats of which are arranged in two rows next to each other with a single central aisle, facing the rear of the aircraft for safety reasons. The aircraft was originally shown in 1:24 scale pictures and models using the original volcano bomber wing base shape with a straight, rearward-facing leading edge. However, a revision of the design in 1955 revealed that what would become the Phase 2 leading edge was creased. The Atlantic was expected to be completed by 1958 and initial discussions were held with the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) about interest in the project. Avro is said to have classified a civilian version of the Vulcan as "inevitable" in 1954/55 and insisted that at least 25 aircraft be ordered before production would begin. This pre-order never happened and the competing model V-1000, which was chosen for production, was never completed and the civilian version Vickers VC7 was not realized either. BOAC itself was more interested in the Boeing 707 than in the civil aircraft projects of the British industry. With its delta areas without a horizontal stabilizer, the Avro 722 Atlantic already had a certain resemblance to the later Concorde .
literature
- Avro Vulcan: Britain's Famous Delta-wing V-bomber (Aerofax) Tony Buttler, Phil Butler. Aerofax ISBN 978-1-85780-256-6 ISBN 1-85780-256-X