British built Airliners. How many still flying?
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British built Airliners. How many still flying?
As per the title, I was wondering just how many are still in flying condition? VC10s, Viscounts, Dragon Rapides....are there any left?
Mainly Jetstreams and HS/BAe 146s............... Oh yes, there will be a few Shorts 360s. Last VC10 flew in September, no Viscounts, probably about 12 Rapides/Dragons worldwide.
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At least 1 Rapide/Dragon at Duxford, I see it/them regularly over South London on pleasant week ends, can recognise their sound long before I see them!
Still see Islanders/Trislanders occasionally.
It is great that British aviation manufacturing is still healthy, making parts for foreign companies, but a great shame that actual British makes have gone or been subsumed into foreign corporations, and this is widespread across British industry.
Still see Islanders/Trislanders occasionally.
It is great that British aviation manufacturing is still healthy, making parts for foreign companies, but a great shame that actual British makes have gone or been subsumed into foreign corporations, and this is widespread across British industry.
Different question....how many airliners worldwide have British built wings or engines?
Most Airbus and Boeing widebodies over the years have offered an RB211 or Trent option, as well as the 757 of course.
As for wings, apart from obviously Airbuses, the Fokker F-28/70/100 family springs to mind.
Pleased to say there are 3 Rapides that are airworthy at Duxford. Two flown by Classic Wings, in which you can have passenger flights and the beautiful restoration of G-AGJG by the Millers. G-AHAG has also recently flown down at Membury after restoration and I understand it's a super job. At the last count the Twin Pin was undergoing some work on either the struts or the spars, I forget which, in order to resume flying.
A question in turn. Are any Herons still flying?
A question in turn. Are any Herons still flying?
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Still one or two BAC1-11's still flying in the USA.
One Farnborough Airshow, BAe tried to market it as the 'Jetstream 61' rather than ATP. That didn't help either. Its rate of climb was so poor, I had to design a special noise abatement departure for it.
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I remember the ATP when BA operated it Manchester - Glasgow and I was regular pax for a year or so when I had a project in Glasgow. More often than not it went tech and we traveled between those two cities via Heathrow on the 757 shuttles instead!
If it was that bad, why did anyone buy it? They may not have foreseen its unreliability, but poor performance would have been a known factor surely?
If it was that bad, why did anyone buy it? They may not have foreseen its unreliability, but poor performance would have been a known factor surely?