"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/14/2015 at 18:28 • Filed to: BAE 146, Planelopnik
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/14/2015 at 18:28 • Filed to: BAE 146, Planelopnik | 2
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Yes, we have a plane for today.
Meet the BAe 146, aka the Avro RJ. Made from 1981 to 2001, the 146 was the last complete airliner built in the UK and the most successful with 387 built.
Its speciality was that it was a high wing, four engine plane which could use short runways - it was at one time the only plane which could use London City Airport.
It all came to a halt in 2001 when BAE cancelled the programme despite having flown prototypes and one production example of three revised models, the RJX 70, 85 and 100 and having received orders.
Some of the surviving planes (about half of those built are still around) have been repurposed as freighters, firefighters and military transports.
TheOnelectronic
> Cé hé sin
06/14/2015 at 18:34 |
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That airbrake, though. Damn.
whoarder is tellurium
> Cé hé sin
06/14/2015 at 18:46 |
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Unless I’m mistaken, the 146 is probably the only 4 engine regional jet too lol. (not counting the 747 SR)
I too love that awesome airbrake.
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Cé hé sin
> whoarder is tellurium
06/14/2015 at 19:22 |
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I think so too. The design was optimised around short runway performance which made the 146 too thirsty for most potential users.
NoneOfYourBiz
> Cé hé sin
06/14/2015 at 20:40 |
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*snerk*
When I was flying, we used to call the 146 the “Smurf-jet with five APUs.” :P
There was one mechanical system - screwjack for flaps maybe? - that was SO LOUD, the crew would warn passengers over the PA before using it.
Quirky, much like other UK designed planes, but they filled a niche like none other. The BAE Jetstream 31 turboprop is another that comes to mind; it’s still in use by some minor regional carriers.