Part of the trend to twin boom cargo planes in the 1950s, the four engine Argosy was the last aircraft produced by Armstrong Whitworth and was the result of a 1955 military request for a cargo aircraft capable of carrying 25,000 lbs with a range of 2000 miles with a 10,000 payload. Seventy four were produced from 1959 to 1964 and the last one was retired in 1991. According to Wikipedia, 6 remain.
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