These cards are part of a series of 25, un-numbered Mornflake Oats real photo airplane cards produced in 1953 by Morning Foods Ltd, North Western Mills, Crewe, England. I will post the complete set as the days go on.
The Percival Prince (two Alvis Leonides 550 h.p. engines) seen here is a light passenger transport. The Sea Prince is employed as a radio, radar and anti-submarine trainer and naval transport. The R.A.F.'s version is the Pembroke. The Prince cruises at 165 m.p.h. Maximum speed is 229 m.p.h. at 5,000 ft. Wing span 56ft.": length 46 ft.
The Britannia has four Bristol Proteus turbo-propeller engines and is the latest of a class of airliners in which Britain leads the world, the "turbo-prop." It will seat from 70 to 104 passangers. The Britannia has all-up weight of 140,000 lbs. and carries 25,000 lbs. payload over a distance of 4,000 miles in still air at a cruising speed of 360 m.p.h.
The Avro Shackelton II first flew in June, 1952. It carries a crew of 10, has a wing span of 120 ft. and is built for long range maritime reconnaisance and bombing, its main duties being anti-submarine. The Shackleton II is powered by four Rolls-Royce Griffon engines of 2,450 h.p. each.
The Hawker Sea Fury is a single-seat naval fighter-bomber powered by one Bristol Centaurus engine of 2,500 h.p. Maximum speed 450 m.p.h. at 20,000 ft. and a radius of action of 720 miles. Its armament consists of four 20mm British Hispano cannon, two 500 lb. or one 1,000 lb. bomb may be carried or a corresponding load in rocket projectiles.
The Handley-Page Hastings is used as a troop transport and as seen here, as a long-range meteoroligical reconnaisance machine. Fitted with four Bristol Hercules engines, it has a maximum speed of 348 m.p.h., a maximum cruising speed of 300 m.p.h. and a range of 4,000 miles. Its civilian version, known as the Hermes, can carry from 40 to 74 passengers.
The Percival Prince (two Alvis Leonides 550 h.p. engines) seen here is a light passenger transport. The Sea Prince is employed as a radio, radar and anti-submarine trainer and naval transport. The R.A.F.'s version is the Pembroke. The Prince cruises at 165 m.p.h. Maximum speed is 229 m.p.h. at 5,000 ft. Wing span 56ft.": length 46 ft.
The Britannia has four Bristol Proteus turbo-propeller engines and is the latest of a class of airliners in which Britain leads the world, the "turbo-prop." It will seat from 70 to 104 passangers. The Britannia has all-up weight of 140,000 lbs. and carries 25,000 lbs. payload over a distance of 4,000 miles in still air at a cruising speed of 360 m.p.h.
The Avro Shackelton II first flew in June, 1952. It carries a crew of 10, has a wing span of 120 ft. and is built for long range maritime reconnaisance and bombing, its main duties being anti-submarine. The Shackleton II is powered by four Rolls-Royce Griffon engines of 2,450 h.p. each.
The Hawker Sea Fury is a single-seat naval fighter-bomber powered by one Bristol Centaurus engine of 2,500 h.p. Maximum speed 450 m.p.h. at 20,000 ft. and a radius of action of 720 miles. Its armament consists of four 20mm British Hispano cannon, two 500 lb. or one 1,000 lb. bomb may be carried or a corresponding load in rocket projectiles.
The Handley-Page Hastings is used as a troop transport and as seen here, as a long-range meteoroligical reconnaisance machine. Fitted with four Bristol Hercules engines, it has a maximum speed of 348 m.p.h., a maximum cruising speed of 300 m.p.h. and a range of 4,000 miles. Its civilian version, known as the Hermes, can carry from 40 to 74 passengers.
