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Aviation Traders Limited is to be developed in the year 1949 a British aviation enterprise the originally intended a successor for the famous Douglas DC-3. In the course of the time various types of aircraft were converted on behalf and brought out 1957 the ATL-90 Accountant as the first own sample. The company with the change of Douglas DC-4 had largest success to special transport aircrafts with the designation ATL-98 Carvair, which could carry both passenger car and passengers. Today aviation Traders is active and produced beside as technical development and consulting firm components and/or equipment for aviation.

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History

The company was created in the year 1947 by the businessman Freddie Laker on the airfield by smelling Fords with Southend on Sea in the county Essex in England. The enterprise came out thereby from the company Britavia, who likewise belonged to it. Freddie Laker was one of the many technical designers and manufacturers itself at that time tried to develop a more modern successor for the famous and still for a long time US-American Douglas DC-3 all-side popular after the Second World War and successfully to marked out. The first drafts Lakers for this decrease/go back to the year 1945.

First re-equipment first began aviation Traders with the change of existing airplane samples according to desire of the customer. The company reequipped surplus military trainer aircraft like the Percival Prentice and some further for the civilian enterprise. In approximately contemporaneous some Avro Tudor were converted to transport aircrafts, after these had not worked satisfactorily as airliner.

First own FlugzeugDas result of the work on its own airplane was the ATL-90 Accountant. Their first flight took place on 9 July 1957. The new machine was intended after the will Lakers as Nachgfolger the Douglas DC-3 and should be sold into all world. The Accountant was laid out and like the more successful Avro 748, Handley PAGE Dart Herald and Fokker F-27 Friendship of Rolls-Royce Dart propeller type turbines was propelled as modern zeimotoriges airplane for 28 passengers. Unfortunately was satisfied the market for such airplanes did not prove as already and the Accountant found despite some interest buyers. The Accountant was the first and last own airplane by aviation Traders and the prototypes only one intended by was finished and flown.

Carvair - most successful ran the business successfully with the re-equipment further all the more. When toward end of the 1950er years the air freight traffic for bulky goods as well as passenger car increased over the English Channel strongly and the Bristol 170 Freighter present in addition in the employment became fast too small, the question about a larger replacement arose. Aviation Traders Limited recognized the business Potemntial and presented to the appropriate airlines a change on basis the Douglas DC-4 and/or C-54, which maintained the original cell starting from the wing unit with exception of the vertical stabilizer as well as the chassis, however within the front range was completely again arranged. The front trunk was extended by 2,64 m and the cockpit was more highly put, in order to make a large load gate possible, whereby the new machine within the front range received a characteristic embossment, which reminded of that the later Boeing 747. With this ATL-98 Carvair (Carvair = Car via air = transport of cars on the airway) machine mentioned, which started on 21 June 1961 to the maiden flight, could be carried now 5 passenger cars and 25 passengers in the rear part. Altogether 21 DC-4 were converted to the Carvair and sold to their employment over the English Channel at operators in the whole world and flown still many years as transport aircraft for bulky loads. Today only only one Carvair is in the USA as air freighter in use, whereby still about 5 or 6 machines exist, of it however only three is airworthy.

Today's business after the end of the activity as airplane manufacturers worked aviation Traders until today as technical development and consulting firm for other aviation enterprises. The company possesses also plants for the examination of structural and mechanical components and electrical system. In addition, besides components for the aircraft construction are manufactured, like waste water tank, Eisbildungswarner, de-icing equipments, safety equipments, seats etc.