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G-ASHZ - Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair - British Air Ferries (BAF)
at Basel-Mulhouse Airport (BSL) in October 1978
built in 1944 as a DC-4/C-54B for the USAF -
converted to ATL-98 in 1963 - conversion c/n 9
still registered as N89FA - SOUTH AFRICAN AIR LEASE LLC , Clayton/USA -
stored at Gainesville/TX.
The Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair was a Douglas DC-4-based air ferry developed by Freddie Laker's Aviation Traders (Engineering) Limited (ATL), with a capacity of 25 passengers and five cars, loaded at the front. The actual conversion of the original aircraft entailed replacing the nose cone with one 8 ft 8 inches longer, the flightdeck being raised to allow a sideways hinged nose door. It also entailed more powerful wheel brakes and an enlarged tail, often thought to be a Douglas DC-7 unit, but actually a completely new design. The engines were four Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp radial engines. 21 Carvairs were produced in the UK, with production of aircraft 1, 11 and 21 at Southend Airport and the balance at Stansted Airport.
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
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G-AOFW - Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair - British Air Ferries (BAF)
at Southend Airport (SEN) in Summer 1982
still painted in the older BAF-colours (ex British United) , retired from service
named "Big John"
built as a DC-4/C-54 for the USAF -
converted to ATL-98 c/n 12 in 1965 -
scrapped at SEN 1983
The nose-section obviously does not belong to this aircraft - looks like Eastern Provincial Airlines colours (prob. CF-EPV)
The Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair was a Douglas DC-4-based air ferry developed by Freddie Laker's Aviation Traders (Engineering) Limited (ATL), with a capacity of 25 passengers and five cars, loaded at the front. The actual conversion of the original aircraft entailed replacing the nose cone with one 8 ft 8 inches longer, the flightdeck being raised to allow a sideways hinged nose door. It also entailed more powerful wheel brakes and an enlarged tail, often thought to be a Douglas DC-7 unit, but actually a completely new design. The engines were four Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp radial engines. 21 Carvairs were produced in the UK, with production of aircraft 1, 11 and 21 at Southend Airport and the balance at London-Stansted Airport.
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
G-ASDC - Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair - British Air Ferries (BAF)
at Southend Airport (SEN) in summer 1977
built in 1943 as a DC-4/C-54A for the USAF -
converted to ATL-98 in 1963 - conversion c/n 7
final operator reg. 12/20/95 Yesterdays Wings Inc. Wilmington DE,
crashed 06/1997- fire in engine developed after take off from Venetie on flight to Fairbanks AK emergency landing on a sand and gravel bar in the Chandalar River
The Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair was a Douglas DC-4-based air ferry developed by Freddie Laker's Aviation Traders (Engineering) Limited (ATL), with a capacity of 25 passengers and five cars, loaded at the front. The actual conversion of the original aircraft entailed replacing the nose cone with one 8 ft 8 inches longer, the flightdeck being raised to allow a sideways hinged nose door. It also entailed more powerful wheel brakes and an enlarged tail, often thought to be a Douglas DC-7 unit, but actually a completely new design. The engines were four Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp radial engines. 21 Carvairs were produced in the UK, with production of aircraft 1, 11 and 21 at Southend Airport and the balance at Stansted Airport.
scanned from Kodachrome-slide