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Aviation Traders Accountant |
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| ATL-90 Accountant |
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| The Aviation Traders Accountant at the September 1957 Farnborough SBAC Show |
| Role |
Medium-range Airliner |
| Manufacturer |
Aviation Traders |
| First flight |
9 July 1957 |
| Retired |
1958 |
| Status |
Scrapped |
| Number built |
1 |
The Aviation Traders ATL-90 Accountant was a 1950s British twin-engined 28-passenger turboprop airliner built at Southend Airport England by Aviation Traders, a member of the airline and aircraft engineering group controlled by Freddie Laker.
History
The ATL-90 Accountant was a turboprop airliner designed as a replacement for the Douglas DC-3. It was powered by two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops and first flew from Southend on the 9 July 1957. The only Accountant, initially flown using the identity G-41-1, but quickly registered G-ATEL, was displayed at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1957 but did not attract much interest. The aircraft last flew on the 10 January 1958 and development was abandoned. The aircraft was scrapped in February 1960.
Specifications (Accountant I)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 62 ft 1 in (18.93 m)
- Wingspan: 82 ft 6in (25.15 m)
- Height: 25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
- Wing area: 632 ft² (58.71 m²)
- Empty weight: 16,961 lb (7,693 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 32,000 lb ()
- Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop, 1,730 hp (1,291 kW) each
Performance
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Published in July 2009.
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