The Mamba-engine first prototype. Contract went to the Boulton Paul Balliol but was small production run of Merlin-powered Athena followed. VM125 was written off on August 30, 1949. Date photo is the date of a publicity photo sortie VM125 flew for Avro. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
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