Yes, it looks good, albeit about to drop out of the sky when it performs a
wingover (chandelle).
I bet you were delivering weapons, if you were at Machrihanish. In case you
didn't realise, Chris, that's on the Mull of Kintyre, sung about by Paul
McCartney and his group, Wings.
The Argosy was nicknamed the Whistling Tit, for its appearance and the sound of
its wings. I think that the flight deck was bigger than the Herc's. During my
early RAF career, it was relegated to use as an a approach aid calibrator until
the early 80s:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_AW.660_Argosy#Hawker_Siddeley_Argosy_E_Mk_1
The Shorts 360 was a very useful aircraft because of its boxy shape. It could
carry what would be awkward loads for other aircraft of that class; it was
called the C-23 Sherpa with the USAF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-23_Sherpa
And its use helped industry in Northern Ireland during the Troubles . . .
Chris
On 17 Oct 2011, at 23:21, Chris Trask wrote:
> At least the Avro Vulcan was somewhat attractive. At the opposite end
> of that spectrum there was the Armstrong Whitworth C1 Argosy. I got to see
> one of these at RAF Machrihanish back in December 1975. It was probably the
> last one left flying at that point as they were removed from the inventory
> in that year, according to one online resource. The one I saw had the RAF
> roundel and tail flash.
>
> Even less attractive is the Short 360, which is just a step above the
> deHaviland Heron. Try to imagine a 4-engine commuter aircraft powered by
> six-cylinder Lycoming engines. PrinAir in Puerto Rico used those.
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