Avro Lancastrian

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Lancastrian
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General information
Type	Passenger and mail transport
Manufacturer	Avro
Primary users	BOAC Trans Canada Airlines Alitalia Royal Air Force Rolls-Royce (engine test-beds)
Number built	91 (including conversions)
History
Manufactured	1943–1945
Introduction date	1945 (BOAC)
First flight	1943
Retired	1960
Developed from	Avro Lancaster

The Avro 691 Lancastrian was a British and Canadian passenger and mail transport aircraft of the 1940s and 1950s developed from the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber. The Lancastrian was basically a modified Lancaster bomber without armour or armament and with the gun turrets replaced by streamlined metal fairings, including a new nose section. The initial batch was converted directly from Lancasters; later batches were new builds.