The Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair is a retired large transport aircraft powered by four radial engines. It was a Douglas DC-4-based air ferry conversion developed by Freddie Laker's Aviation Traders (Engineering) Limited (ATL), with a capacity generally of 22 passengers in a rear cabin, and five cars loaded in at the front.

2021年4月7日 · This ATL-98 Carvair was actually a heavily modified Douglas DC-4 designed to fulfill a very particular mission in the 1950s: flying both cars and their drivers overseas.

Although its external appearance is quite different, the Carvair is a conversion of the Douglas DC-4 airliner (or C-54 Skymaster in military guise), large numbers of which were available after World War 2.

2024年4月20日 · One aircraft that fits this description more than most would be the Aviation Traders Limited ATL-98 Carvair. Specifically designed to carry both passengers and their cars simultaneously, the remarkably shaped British aircraft found a niche for itself in the 1960s and 1970s as a truly adaptable airliner.

The name said it all—an aircraft to ferry automobiles across the channel. In accomplishing this deed, the Carvair ATL-98 began with a Douglas C-54/DC-4 and a major facelift on the forward one-third.

2023年10月28日 · When spotted, the legendary Boeing 747 instantly stands out for its distinctive double-decker shape. However, the Queen of the Skies wasn't the first plane to adopt the famous hump, as the Aviation Traders ATL-98 'Carvair' took off for the first time in June 1961, eight years before the jumbo.

2019年5月8日 · The ATL-98 Carvair was a relatively cheap conversion of the Douglas DC-4 / C-54 series of World War II transport by Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd at Southend, Essex, UK for an aircraft to carry 23 passengers and five cars from the United Kingdom to various parts of the European continent.

Converted to ATL-98 Carvair EI-AMR in 1963. Sold to Eastern Provincial Airways in 1968. To British Air Ferries in 1973 and stored at Southend. A potential sale to Norwegian Overseas Airways as LN-NAB fell through and it was broken up in 1978.

The Carvair was making a visual approach to Rotterdam in conditions of snow (visibility 1460 m). During the final approach the landing gear struck a 6 feet high dyke, 800 feet short of the runway threshold. The plane bounced and struck the ground heavily 200 feet further on.

Aircraft: Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair; Serial #: 7/10273; Photo date: 1978-11-10; Uploaded: 2024-12-07