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<blockquote data-quote="smurf" data-source="post: 29943" data-attributes="member: 210">Pp80 and 81 of &quot;The Brabazon Committee and British airliners 1945-1960 by Mike Phipp.&nbsp; Tempus 2007 list several intriguing airliner projects.&nbsp; I've tried &quot;search&quot; here without success.&nbsp; Can anyone do any better, or provide any details or especially drawings, 3-view or artist's impressions?Vickers VC2 Viscount BEA project 40 seat with 2 Centaurus and with 4 Merlin.Armstrong Whitworth Apollo variants: AW55 Achilles (earlier) 30 seats over 1130 miles at 280mph 4 1010hp MambaSept 1947 4 P&amp;W Twin Wasps or MerlinsApollo II 1946 modified wings, 4 Derwent V, 375mph over 1000 milesBlackburn B55 (Darts) and B65 (Mambas from the context)Handley Page a variety of designs culminating in the HP78Shorts S43These 3 were all Mamba powered submissions Oct 1945 to MAP to Brabazon IIB, for which the Apollo was selected</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smurf, post: 29943, member: 210"] Pp80 and 81 of "The Brabazon Committee and British airliners 1945-1960 by Mike Phipp. Tempus 2007 list several intriguing airliner projects. I've tried "search" here without success. Can anyone do any better, or provide any details or especially drawings, 3-view or artist's impressions? Vickers VC2 Viscount BEA project 40 seat with 2 Centaurus and with 4 Merlin. Armstrong Whitworth Apollo variants: AW55 Achilles (earlier) 30 seats over 1130 miles at 280mph 4 1010hp Mamba Sept 1947 4 P&W Twin Wasps or Merlins Apollo II 1946 modified wings, 4 Derwent V, 375mph over 1000 miles Blackburn B55 (Darts) and B65 (Mambas from the context) Handley Page a variety of designs culminating in the HP78 Shorts S43 These 3 were all Mamba powered submissions Oct 1945 to MAP to Brabazon IIB, for which the Apollo was selected [/QUOTE]

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