Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Vickers Vanguard by Vickers-Armstrongs
Aircraft Category
Choose one: A / B / C / D / E / F
Wingspan: 35.97m so just in C by 3cm but I think it’d fit D Class better.
Purpose or Role in Game
Passenger and cargo prop aircraft with a medium range allowing for near-Trans-Continental service. Would be for Events and player fleets only as retired in 1996.
Why should this aircraft be added?
What does it add to the game in terms of gameplay variety, realism, or strategy?It would add another prop type for players to operate in their fleets and for airports across the globe as events. It would also be a larger cargo prop aircraft similar to the C-130 but loading via a side door. It was a development of the Vickers Viscount.
Airlines that use it
List a few major operators (real-world), especially those already in WoA.
BEA - British European Airways
Intercargo Service
Air Trader
Thor Air Cargo
Air Canada
Merpati Nusantra Airlines
Special characteristics or variants
Not really, passenger and cargo variants existed. Below taken from Wiki,Type 950 - Prototype, one built and two fuselages were used as static test airframes.
Type 951 - BEA, 20 ordered, six delivered. All in 127-seat, mixed class configuration (18 first and 109 economy).
Type 952 - TCA, more powerful engine and stronger fuselage and wing for higher weights, 23 delivered.
Type 953 - BEA, Same engines as 951, but the stronger airframe of the 952. Mostly operated as 135-seater, all economy, but some configured as 127 mixed class the same as 951. A total of 14 delivered replacing an order for 951s.
Type 953C Merchantman - Nine Cargo conversions from Type 953.
Optional: Links or references
Vickers Vanguard - WikipediaMAN,
