The Shorts Skyvan and 330,360 Commuter Airliners

Shorts Skyon, and light cargo transport, and 330 and 360 passenger aircraft, which was based on rugged and reliable aircraft, the growth and development through regional carrier structures was to facilitate.
Low Skyvan:

Conceptually based on a mixture of two similar designs, and HDM.107 HDM.106 and Belfast, Northern Ireland at the Brothers, was purchased in 1958 by FG ??Miles, both utility and cargo aircraft used by the foundation to eventually Skyvan kept small, whose development began in the next year. In the beginning it appoints PD.36.
Small and Opachtsar, sky airframe hardly sleekest, but its features including twin engine was required for the intended mission. Fixed-wing, highly portable flashed aspect ratio of 11; With slab sides and a box-like fuselage, internal cross-section of 6.6 square feet. Dual vertical tail; Prevailing in the aviation industry on the loading ramp, fixed tricycle and bicycle wheels.
-520 390 horsepower Continental piston engines GTSIO two-run, and Skyvan 1 17 ?????, in 1963, the prototype flew for the first time as weak, fitted with a 520 SHP turboprop Tubomika Astazou the company has take to the skies once again ten months later, on October 2, the star temporarily SC 7/10 Skyvan 1 a spokesman knew.
After changing an engine, this time the capacity of 637 SHP Astazou X, minor modifications to reduce wing and tailplane, along with the March 1965 version, Skyvan Series 1 A2, introducing customers to the Air Alpi Italy, and two placing an order for aircraft to become the lead.
The final production version, a 730 SHP Astazou XIH -1 engine, and several modifications, including a more streamlined nose fitted with the view. A new, flight IX production structure for a total of 18.7 feet, 31 inches in length with an increase of the cabin, and, large, rectangular windows passenger round replace the original ones, the nose wheel. And increase the capacity of the fuel tank in the wing tanks took four out of 0.175 to 225 gallons.
The high altitude and airport operations necessitating more capable version -temperature. 755 SHP turbine motor helicopter Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-201A, the fans three Awhita- Hartzell, and extended-Empire 300 gallon fuel tank capacity, SC 7 Skyvan 3, resulting in a revised employment now led by Mark 2 models, 15 flew for the first time enter December 1967.
A 40.1-ft overall length and a wingspan of 64.1 feet, and offered loads 4,600pound with maximum fuel load of 3,000 pounds gross weight of 12,500 pounds, and 654 miles.
Flat roof and vertical walls of the boxy cabin within a relatively small area and large size provide flexible accommodation offered, the former 4,600 pounds of cargo, including, if necessary, from small cars to 12 stretcher 22 passengers for class cited above. Mild, SLIMLINE shipping pallets accept to change seats, with optional text can be folded against the side walls.
These features include the military version of success Skyvan 3M, which also set up a nose weather radar was created, download the system is equipped with a roller, and 12 stretcher paratroopers 0.19, or 22 standard is used to relying on troops. More importantly, offering maximum load and takeoff weight of 5,000 and an increase of £ 13,500, respectively.
The first order of the Austrian Air Force took over, and September 12, 1969 are examples of the two.
A- Level III or optional passenger aviation, and Skyliner, low-income back door, port and individual air vent and reading light units and a small kitchen and a toilet with a modern interior features, including the registered passengers ,.
At 330:
Passengers and Skyliner, an affordable, unpressurized plane, and the elegant lines of the most important abilities to have resulted in a number of amendments moved Develop Skyvan configured.
12.5-foot fuselage stretch further, for example, and more specifically in association with the nose 30 passenger capacity, to keep pace with a three-year one to two, and 30-inch seat pitch system, molded enclosed land complete with storage compartments above aspects is allowed. 9.9 feet per signed insertion wing braced, 74.8 feet high mounted, supercritical age and has an area of ??453 square feet.
Power is provided by two Pratt & Whitney PT6A 45 turboprop white fans turn five years, while the first three wheels wheels negotiable.
May 23, 1973, the plane began after the British government financial assistance, and he has appointed SD3-30 beginning next year, as August 22 prototype flew for the first time. 8 to each other for the first time in July 1975 and flew to the sky on December 15 after five months of production has taken the first instance.