| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | VX195 |
| Other Marks: | P |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 688 Tudor |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 688 Tudor |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 688 Tudor 8 |
| C/n (msn): | 1249 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force / A.V. Roe (Avro) |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1948 |
| Photo from: | A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd (via R.A.Scholefield) |
| Photo ID: | 114199 |
| Photo Comment |
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The Tudor 8 was a conversion from Tudor 4 G-AGST and was fitted with four Rolls-Royce Nene 4 turbojets, first flying thus on 6 September 1948. It was demonstrated at that year's Farnborough Air Show. This one-off type was fitted with a tailwheel undercrriage, and was developed into the tri u/c Avro 706 Ashton. VX195 was broken up in 1951. From Avros 60 years ago. This photo was added on 30 December 2018, and has since been viewed 1005 times. |