Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
You would probably have to go back 50 years or more to find a Western-built airliner that was entirely manufactured in a single country.
Yes and we found our Embassies/High Commissions were inclined to favour the Fokker F28 as it had a high British content (Royce engines and Shorts wings for a start).
Originally Posted by
PAXboy
Of course, the sector opened up with CRJs and ERJs but, was the 146 the real 'first' in regional jets?
In fairness I think that Fokker was earlier. I was offering the 146 as an F28 replacement to (e.g.) Air Niugini.