Aviation Traders Accountant
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{{Infobox aircraft
|name = ATL-90 Accountant
|image = File:ATL Accountant Farnborough 09.57.jpg
|caption = The Aviation Traders Accountant at the September 1957 Farnborough SBAC Show
|type = Medium-range airliner
|manufacturer = Aviation Traders
|designer =
|first_flight = 9 July 1957
|introduction =
|retired = 1958
|produced =
|number_built = 1
|status = Scrapped
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The Aviation Traders ATL-90 Accountant was a 1950s British twin-engined 28-passenger turboprop airliner built at Southend Airport England by Aviation Traders, a member of the airline and aircraft engineering group controlled by Freddie Laker.
History
The ATL-90 Accountant was a turboprop airliner designed as a replacement for the Douglas DC-3. It was powered by two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops and first flew from Southend on 9 July 1957. The only Accountant, initially flown using the test serial G-41-1, but quickly registered G-ATEL, was displayed at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1957 but did not attract much commercial interest. The aircraft last flew on 10 January 1958, development was abandoned and the aircraft was scrapped in February 1960.
Specifications (Accountant I)
{{Aircraft specs
|prime units?=imp
|crew=2
|length ft= 62
|length in= 1
|length m= 18.93
|span ft= 82
|span in= 6
|span m= 25.15
|height ft= 25
|height in= 3
|height m= 7.70
|wing area sqft= 632
|wing area sqm= 58.71
|empty weight lb= 16,961
|empty weight kg= 7,693
|max takeoff weight lb= 32,000
|max takeoff weight kg= 14,512
|eng1 name=Rolls-Royce Dart
|eng1 type=turboprop
|eng1 number=2
|eng1 hp=1,730
|eng1 kw=1,291
|max speed mph= 295
|max speed kmh= 470
|range miles= 2,070
|range km= 3,364
}}
See also
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Notes
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing}}
- {{cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0-370-10014-X }}
- {{cite magazine|last=McCloud|first=Murdo|title=Attacking the Bottom Line: Aviation Trader's Accountant|magazine=Air Enthusiast|date=May–June 2004|issue=111|page=31 |issn=0143-5450}}
- {{cite book |last= Winchester|first= Jim|title= The World's Worst Aircraft|year= 2005|publisher= Amber Books|location= New York|isbn= 0-7607-8714-X }}
Category:1950s British airliners
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