Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 by Avro/Hawker Siddeley
Aircraft Category
Choose one: A / B / C / D / E / F
Wingspan 30.02m (98 ft 6 in)
Purpose or Role in Game
Midsize turboprop airliner with later versions converted to freight. 380 built.
Why should this aircraft be added?
A 1950s British built turboprop that is still in use by a few airline worldwide and the Indian Air Force. Would be a cool aircraft to see as a special or potentially at a generic Northern Canadian airport.Also had the same engines (Rolls Royce Dart) as the Vickers Viscount, NAMC YS-11, Convair 600, Argosy and the F27
Airlines that use it
No airlines in-game use it but Air North used 2 up until around 2021 when they were retired, operating a combi variant and fully freight variant.
Air Creebec (2)
Avro Express (1)
Planes For Africa (1)
Wasaya Airways (4)
Zone 4 International (2)
Previous operators,British Airways
Dan Air
Emerald Airways
Bangkok Airways
South African Airways
SATA Air Acores
Philippine Airlines
Ryanair
Avianca
LAN Chile
Austrian Airlines
Military operators,
Current,
Indian Air Force (57)
Previous,RAF
RAAF
Belgian Air Force
Brazilian Air Force
Royal Thai Air Force
And many other operators both military and commercial
Special characteristics or variants
Some were converted to freight operations late in life and many were used in militaries worldwide.
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 - Wikipedia - Variants
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