AW650 ARGOSY
Nicknamed the "whistling
wheelbarrow", the Argosy was designed to
a 1955 Air Ministry specification for a medium range civil and military
transport, and first flew in 1959.
The manufacturer initially
concentrated on the civil market and seven
aircraft were sold in the USA to Riddle Airlines of Miami. BEA Airlines
also took three Series 100 and later traded these in on seven Series
200.
However the type never
achieved commercial success, partly because
of a shortage of range at maximum payload, and of the 73 eventually
produced, 56 went to the RAF as the Argosy C.1. All examples had
been retired by the early 1990's.
The CD includes the RAF
flight manual (titled Pilot's Notes) which covers
both the C Mk 1 and later E Mk 1 versions, the en-route part of
the
performance data flight manual, and the RAF maintenance manual.
The Flight Manuals have been scanned from the original manuals and
retain any colour pages.
This CD contains:
1. RAF Pilot's
Notes for the Argosy C.1 (also includes the E.1),
AP 101B-2401-15 dated June 1962, (with later revisons),
approx
323 pages.
2. RAF Operating
Data Manual - Vol II Flight Planning for the
Argosy C.Mk.1, AP 4745A -ODM (Vol II), with approx
203 pages.
3. RAF General
and Technical Information Manual, (the RAF
equivalant of the Maintenance Manual). AP 4745A Volume
One
Book 1, with approx 642 pages.
| CD TITLE | ARGOSY |
| PRICE | US$19.95 plus postage |
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