Aviation Traders Carvair

ATL-98 Carvair
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair, British Air Ferries, 1975
General information
TypeTransport
ManufacturerAviation Traders
StatusRetired from service
Number built21 conversions
History
Introduction date16 February 1962 with Channel Air Bridge
First flight21 June 1961
Developed fromDouglas DC-4

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.