Airspeed Ambassador

The Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador was a British twin piston engined airliner that first flew on 10 July 1947 and served in small numbers through the 1950s and 1960s.

BEA Airspeed Ambassador 'Silver Wing' service to Paris * BEA Airspeed Ambassador at Frankfurt. 8.1
BELOW Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZO in Hangar 5 at Duxford in February 2009, proudly showing its freshlyapplied red Dan-Air cheatline.2
Refueling of an Airspeed Ambassador of the British European Airways.3
The Airspeed Ambassador was introduced in 1963 and a leased Handley Page Herald was also used.4
The Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZU burning at MunichEnlarge The Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZU burning at Munich Captain James Thain, the pilot, tried to take off twice, but both 5
An airspeed Ambassador, G-AMAD of BKS Air Services suffered a failure in the flap operating mechanism on one wing, causing the aircraft to bank to the left and lose 6

Made by Airspeed Ltd..

British European Airways' Airspeed Ambassador on an early morning positioning flight from London Airport to Manchester.7
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The BEA Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZU Lord Burghley burning at Munich-Riem Airport. Mrs Ruby Thain - picture scanned by me Ian Dunster 13:19, 3 December 2005 (UTC) from: Air Disasters by...9
BEA Airspeed Ambassador ("Elizabethan Class") at Manchester in July 1953 Three BEA aircraft at Heathrow in 1964.10
BEA Airspeed Ambassador ("Elizabethan Class") at Manchester in July 1953 * Airspeed Ambassador * BAC One-Eleven 11
several British airliners like the Airspeed Ambassador, DH Comet and HS Trident.12
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
5.74 m
Length Alt
24.99 m
Power Alt
1958
Lists
*List of airliners
Range Main
550 miles
Loaded Weight Main
52500.0
Type Of Prop
two-row sleeve-valve radial piston engine
Introduced
1951
Max Speed Main
312 mph
Capacity
Up to 60 passengers
Cruise Speed Main
260 mph
Number Built
23
Crew
3
Loaded Weight Alt
23814.0
Cruise Speed Alt
418.0
Area Main
1200.0
Primary user
Span Alt
35.05 m
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Bristol Centaurus
Manufacturer
Number Of Props
2
First Flight
10
Production End Year
1953
Climb Rate Main
1250.0
Power Main
2
625 hp
Production Start Year
1947
Climb Rate Alt
6.35 m-s
Length Main
2499.36
Span Main
3505.2000000000003
Area Alt
111.48 m²
Range Alt
885.0
Similar Aircraft
*Convair CV-240*Vickers VC.1 Viking
Empty Weight Main
35377.0
Height Main
574.04
Produced
1947
Empty Weight Alt
16047.0
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