Avro Ashton

The Avro 706 Ashton was a British prototype jet airliner made by Avro during the 1950s. Although it flew nearly a year after the de Havilland Comet it represented an experimental programme and was never intended for commercial use.

I put this on believing it to be the Avro Ashton (which looks very similar apart from the tailplane) avroken 2 months ago 1
* Avro Ashton, an experimental jet airliner from Britain in the 1950s FAMOUS PERSONS - * Ashton Kutcher, 2
An Avro Ashton, in its six engines, Olympus shape appeared as the testbed Phoenix fictional airliner in Cone of Silence (1960), based on the novel of the same 3
An Avro Ashton, in its six-engined, Olympus testbed form appeared as the fictitious Phoenix airliner in Cone of Silence (1960), based on the novel of the same name 4
Avro Ashton testbed aircraft including that fitted with the Conway; the Lincoln testbed with a nose-mounted Tyne engine; the reverse-thrust Hunter; the Conway-engined Vulcan; the Dart Dakota; 5
avro ashton when it comes out this year and back convert this to a tudor with bsaa markings.6

Made by Avro.

It is the successor of the Avro Tudor .

Avro Avro Ashton Ashton of his six-engine, Olympus testbed as shown in the plane is designed to Phoenix Cone of Silence (1960), which is based on the novel 7
four-jet-engine version, the Avro Ashton, was to be built. He got it up to Mach 0.7 and quit, since the pullout required the strength of two pilots.8
models for a 1/72nd Avro Ashton for several years,now he tells me the mouldings done and he's just waiting on the decals.chris Graham BoakApr 6 2010, 12:39 PM HP Gugnunc.9
Seeing this picture the name AVRO Ashton came up in my mind...10
The Avro Ashton was a prototype jet airliner made by Avro during the 1950s As the Avro Type 706, the Ashton was a four jet engined research aeroplane 11
Jet Or Prop
jet
Height Alt
9.53 m
Predecessor
Avro Tudor
Engine(jet)
Rolls-Royce Nene 6
Length Alt
27.31 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
82000.0
Thrust Main
5000
Range Main
1
725 mi
Max Speed Alt
707.0
Max Speed Main
439 mph
See Also
* Avro Canada Jetliner
Developed From
Avro Tudor
Height Main
952.5
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
37200.0
Ceiling Main
40500.0
Number Built
6
Crew
5
Thrust Alt
22.0
Span Main
3672.8399999999997
Area Main
1421.0
Span Alt
36.58 m
Plane Or Copter?
Manufacturer
First Flight
1
Number Of Jets
4
Climb Rate Main
2900.0
Type of jet
Climb Rate Alt
52800.0
Length Main
89
Area Alt
39.5 m²
Range Alt
2775.0
Related
* Avro Tudor
Ceiling Alt
12
300 m
Category

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