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Bitrish European Airways 609

15 Sanscrafterr  22 days ago
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Auto Credit Based on Walrus001's Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador (Dan Air)

In 1958,an Airspeed Ambassador of BEA lands in Munich Airport to refuel Gas. in the list of passengers have the Manchester United team who need to go to Manchester, UK to win the European Cup defeating Yugoslavia. the team was nicknamed "Busby Babys" and are aboard on the class "Elizabethan-Class".the aircraft have the name Lord Burghley like the nickname of William Cecil who died in August 4 of 1958.The aircraft was registered G-ALZU an have 19 passengers more and 4 crews, the total was 44 people. The aircraft tried to take off 2 time but strangely she's can't. In the third try the aircraft overrun the runaway and impacts with 2 houses. 23 people dies and 23 survive at the accident. The crash Agency was German Luftfar-Bundesamt. the GLB investigate the crash and see something curious, are ice in the wings, so the GLB investitates the Witnesses and finally in 1966 the GBL say the next causes:Decrease in the lift coefficient resulting from ice on the wing upper surfaces and a consequent increase in the minimum unstick speed,Increase in drag caused by ice accretion, particularly at the higher angle of incidence during the unstick process and Reduction by slush and spray of the margin of performance of the aircraft and effect of the slush on the trim.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador (Dan Air)
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 100.2ft (30.6m)
  • Length 92.9ft (28.3m)
  • Height 18.9ft (5.8m)
  • Empty Weight 30,445lbs (13,809kg)
  • Loaded Weight 33,768lbs (15,317kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.222
  • Wing Loading 26.8lbs/ft2 (131.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,258.4ft2 (116.9m2)
  • Drag Points 17981

Parts

  • Number of Parts 547
  • Control Surfaces 11
  • Performance Cost 2,199