Avro 691 Lancastrian.....Jet

[expat]

Came across this, interesting read, never heard of it up until now..

https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/23-november-1946/

Matt

[Shadowcaster]

Interesting indeed, I've seen footage of it on one of the Farnborough videos, quite spooky hearing it go past without the roar of the mighty Merlins.

Cheers
Rich

[C]

How good would it have looked with 4? There were a few piston/turbo prop test beds of early jets; the all jet Tay Vicount and the Nene Viking spring to mind. Avro went a step further with the Ashton which was developed itself from the Tudor, a passenger derivative based on the Lincoln, itself a development of the Lanc.

[Flying Trucker]

Excellent read...thanks Matt...

[Hagar]

I'd not heard of this one either. I've seen a lot of these test-beds & particularly remember the Tyne Lincoln display at the Farnborough Air Show many years ago. Here it is with all four Merlins feathered. Very impressive indeed.

[C]

The Tyne was a bit of a best of an engine. I'd not realised that its 4000hp+ output came out of a more reasonable 2500hp specification! You can see how the Lincoln managed on one!