Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
ATP by British Aerospace (ATP means Advanced Turbo Prop though pilots cheekily called it ‘Another technical problem’, bit mean but about average for the 1980s British manufacturing sector, looking at you British Leyland)
I adore this plane, can you tell?
Aircraft Category
Choose one: A / B / **C** / D / E / F
Wingspan 30.63M (100 ft 6 in)
Purpose or Role in Game
Regional turbo prop and freighterPrototype livery,
Jetstream 61 (That sadly never went anywhere),
Why should this aircraft be added?
One of the last independent British planes built (probably one of the last things), it was a development of the Hawker Siddeley HS 748 designed to be quieter and more fuel efficient due to noise constraints introduced in Europe in the 1980s and the 1979 Oil Crisis. Sadly, when it launched in 1986 for its maiden flight, it had the competition of the ATR family and the Dash 8 family so production was limited to 65 before BAE pulled the plug. The aircraft is still in-use with 8 aircraft flying in Kenya for freight.
Airlines that use it
Aerospace Consortium,Encomm Airlines,
Transafrican Air
(I’ve not included any photos as they’re mostly bad quality but all are painted white so look at the above photo)
Used it,
British Airways,
Landor,
Tartan tail (Yes these below are Sun Air),
Wings tail,
Colum tail,
Blue Poole tail,
Rendezvous tail,
British Midland,
Manx,
Emerald,
Air Europa Express,
And the previous livery to now (which should definitely come to the game as it lasted into the 2020s so this would fit as a regular livery),
Loganair,
SATA (Obviously only useful if we get an Azores airport, would make a good generic, or Porto/Lisbon/Faro/Madeira),
Biman Bangladesh,
LAR (An airline, Portuguese, operating from 85-93, had RJ85 and DHC6 as well as DO 228),
United Express,
First Flight (A Mumbai based airline),
Air Ostrava,
NextJet (Swedish airline that had too many liveries),
British World Airlines,
Converted freighter,
West Air Sweden/Europe/Luxembourg (These were only retired in 2023, I miss these buzzy bois),
West Atlantic,
Atlantic Airlines,
Air Go (A Greek cargo airline with 1 of these),
Special characteristics or variants
There was the planned Jetstream 61 variant with 70 seats instead of 64 but it never got past the prototype sadly. Also plans for a maritime version for the Royal Navy and an AEW for the Aussies but these fell through.Could operate on shorter, badly maintained airstrips.
Optional: Links or references
British Aerospace ATP - WikipediaAnother Technical Problem' - The Turbulent Story of the BAe ATP
Reflecting on the British Aerospace ATP after European ops
65 Examples Produced: A Brief History Of The British Aerospace ATP
BRITISH AEROSPACE ATP | SKYbrary Aviation Safety
BAE ATP | Efficient Short to Medium Range Freighter | Fliteline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0p2Y6FboIs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI71bMcv3KA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nn5QS1A6Dc
The legend that is Ruairidh MacVeigh,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwppkWdXFhw
And finally one of the still active ones in Kenya as a short,
