Rare variant of a British design The British Columbia Aviation Museum has combined a mixture of Avro Anson Mk I and Mk II constitutings to launch a restoration that will be complet as an Anson Mk II.Rare variant of a British design The British Columbia Aviation Museum has combined a mixture of Avro Anson Mk I and Mk II constitutings to launch a restoration that will be complet as an Anson Mk II. One of the remarkably few aircraft types in production prior to World War sum of two units to he retained in production after the cessation of hostilities, the Avro sign 652A Anson made its RAF first attempt in 1936 as a reconnaissance bomber and was subsequently manufactured as a ship's company trainer and light transport. After the war, many Ansons were sold surplus and turn abouted into light transports. Built in Britain and Canada, the Mk II was almost identical to the Mk I cot the Canadian variant had Jacobs L6MB radiais of 330-hp each instead of the original Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah radiais. The all-Canadian Anson Mk II had revised windows and a Vidal plastic-bonded nose. Copyright Challenge Publications Inc. May 2004 |
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