Cunliffe-Owen Concordia

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Concordia
Type	10-Seat Transport
Manufacturer	Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft
Designed by	W Garrow-Fisher
Maiden flight	1947
Retired	1947
Number built	2

The Cunliffe-Owen Concordia was a 1940s British twin-engined small airliner built by Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft.

Contents 1 History 2 Specifications 3 Reference 4 External links 5 Related content

[edit] History

The Concordia was 10-seat medium range transport designed by W. Garrow-Fisher and built at Eastleigh, Hampshire in 1947. The prototype aircraft Y-0222 was first flown at Eastleigh on the 19 May 1947. A second aircraft G-AKBE was displayed at the 1947 SBAC Show at Radlett and made an extensive European sales tour.

Work was suspended on 18 November 1947 on a production batch of six aircraft. These included one aircraft for the Nawab of Bhopal and two for British European Airways. It was concluded there was not a market for the aircraft. Shortly afterward the company ceased to work in the aircraft industry.

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

• Length: 44 ft 10 in (13.67 m)
• Wingspan: 56 ft 7in (17.25 m)
• Height: ()
• Empty weight: 4,450 lb (2023 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 12,500 lb (5682 kg)
• Powerplant: 2× Alvis Leonides L.E.4M , 550 hp (410 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 216 mph (348 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 160 mph (258 km/h)

[edit] Reference

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
• Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume 2. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 100107 X. 

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