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[TheBlock]

I was working quite long on this but i closed the site and lost everything by accident. These are aircraft I would like to see in the game that saw commercial passenger airline service in the 1950's and were all in production by the start of the earliest game mode (1950).

 

Avro Anson (1936-1952)

7-9 seater transport/airliner

-https://www.flugzeug...ta_anson_en.php

-http://www.gmam.ca/anson-mkii.html

-https://www.baesyste...tage/avro-anson

-https://www.airvecto...et/avanson.html

 

Breguet 763 Duex-Ponts (1951-1958)

107-135 seater airliner, operated by Air France in the 1950s

-https://thelittleavi...763-deux-ponts/

-https://www.aviastar...breguet-763.php

-https://en.wikipedia..._763_Deux-Ponts

 

Beechcraft Model 14 (1933-1970)

Base models: 6-11 passengers, conversions between 15 (Volpar Turboliner and Westwind) and 17 (Dumod)

-https://midamericafl...craft-model-18/

-https://www.flugzeug..._beech18_en.php

-https://www.goodall....ch18-part-4.pdf

-https://asn.flightsa...urboliner/specs

-https://www.planeand...18-super-liner/

-https://www.cia.gov/...200120004-5.pdf

-https://planephd.com...-cost-valuation

-https://en.wikipedia...hcraft_Model_18

 

 

Canadair Northstar (1946-1950)

44-78 seater airliner, a heavily modiffied and re-engined DC-4 with Merlin engines and pressurization

-https://www.flight-m...h-star-dc-4m-2/

-https://www.thenetle...ynes-wings-1349

-https://simpleflying...air-north-star/

-https://caspir.warpl.../acn/200001147/

-https://ingeniumcana...north-star-1-st

-http://www.argonautp...o.uk/G-ALHG.php

-https://www.canada.c...north-star.html

-https://alchetron.co...resize-750.jpeg

 

Sud-Ouest Bretange (1945-1950)

37 seater French transport and airliner, saw service with numerous French airlines along with some airlines in the middle east

-https://www.flugzeug...ata_so30_en.php

-https://www.spotting..._so30_bretagne/

-https://www.avionsle...so-30-bretagne/

-https://leighedmonds...-144-by-f-rsin/

-https://www.aviastar...so_bretagne.php

-https://en.wikipedia...-Ouest_Bretagne

 

Sud-Ouest Corse (1947-1950)

8-13 passenger French airliner and transport, saw service with a small number of airliners

-https://www.aviastar...e/so_corse2.php

-https://aviationsmil...uest-so95-corse

-https://en.wikipedia...Sud-Ouest_Corse

 

SNCASE Armagnac (1950-1956)

Although only 9 were built, the Armagnac was essentially one of the few "giant airliner" airliners from its time to enter service. With the capability to seat up as many as 108 to 160 passengers, powered by four R4360 Wasp Majors. Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux flew four out of the nine made in scheduled passenger service.

-https://thelittleavi...-2010-armagnac/

-https://elpoderdelas...et-rentabilite/

-https://en.wikipedia...SNCASE_Armagnac

 

Handley Page Hermes (1950-1952)

40 to 82 seater airliner produced as a interim airliner for many of the UK's airlines. It saw extensive use with charter airlines after it was retired from BOAC and other major airlines. It was powered by 4 Bristol Hercules engines

-https://en.wikipedia...ley_Page_Hermes

-https://www.britairl...fuselage)&id=35

-https://www.britairl...mes-is-70&id=23

-https://www.skytamer..._Page_HP81.html

 

Handley Page Marathon (1946-1951)

22 seater  airliner, as with most aircraft here not too many were built but they did see a colorful history with many operators flying this type. This aircraft was built as a competitor to the de Havilland Herons.

-https://www.ana.co.j...eet/detail.html

-https://simpleflying...tional-history/

-https://f-86.tripod.com/history.htm

-https://www.aviastar.../miles_m-60.php

 

Fiat G.212 (1947-1950)

34 seater Tri-Prop airliner and transporter

-https://asn.flightsa...iat-G-212/specs

-https://en.wikipedia...wiki/Fiat_G.212

 

de Havilland Australia Dover (1949-1953)

9-12 seater airliner built specifically for Australia, operated by TAA, Ansett and Qantas. Discint tri-motor equipped with de Havilland Gipsy Major 10, airframe based off the deHavilland Dover. modifications allowed for as many as 12 seats installed later on.

-https://pimaair.org/...-3-drover-mk-2/

-https://www.aarg.com.au/drover.html

-https://hars.org.au/...d-dha-3-drover/

-https://www.goodall....over/drover.htm

-https://www.aerialvi...p?Serial=152721

-https://www.flugzeug...dha_dha3_en.php

 

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer (1956-1959)

16 seater airliner/transport, powered by two Alvis Leonides engines

-https://www.nms.ac.u...n-twin-pioneer/

-https://www.baesyste...on-twin-pioneer

-https://www.nms.ac.u...t/twin-pioneer/

-https://www.aviastar...twinpioneer.php

-https://www.flugzeug...npioneer_en.php

[MrTrash]

This will take me a bit but it's on the list. 

[tupolev144]

Good idea and also Saab Scandia.