Ambassador

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Ambassador is the NATO reporting name for the British-built Airspeed Ambassador twin-engined airliner.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Airspeed aircraft
airliner
twin-engined airliner
aircraftCategory civil airliner
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane
aircraftRole short- to medium-haul airliner
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 3
cruiseSpeed 430 km/h
designedFor replacement of Douglas DC-3 on BEA routes
developedInPeriod post-World War II era
emptyWeight 14515 kg
engineType piston engine
firstFlight 1947-07-10
firstOperator British European Airways NERFINISHED
height 8.23 m
introduced 1952
landingGear retractable tricycle landing gear
length 25.91 m
manufacturer Airspeed Ltd NERFINISHED
maximumPassengerCapacity 56
maximumSpeed 480 km/h
maximumTakeoffWeight 23860 kg
NATOreportingNameFor Airspeed Ambassador NERFINISHED
nickName Elizabethan
numberBuilt 23
numberOfEngines 2
operatorRegion Australia NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
otherOperator BKS Air Transport NERFINISHED
Butler Air Transport NERFINISHED
Dan-Air NERFINISHED
powerplant 2 × Bristol Centaurus radial engines
pressurisedCabin true
primaryUser British European Airways NERFINISHED
productionPeriodEnd early 1950s
productionPeriodStart late 1940s
productionStatus out of production
range 2400 km
retired 1971
serviceCeiling 7600 m
tailConfiguration conventional tail
typicalPassengerCapacity 47
usedFor charter operations
freight transport
passenger transport
wingspan 35.05 m

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