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FLIGHT International, 20 November 1969 COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT SURVEY... 801 Britain's successful short haul airliner: the Hawker Sid- deley 748 (right) with over 180 orders to its credit. Below, Piedmont operate ten YS-IIA 200s. Below, right, in an attractive black and gold scheme is one of Allegheny's Nord 262s fieamonjlfi!.f>.UM$ a good reputation for reliability well backed by the manufacturer's service department. Total sales stand at 183, and the manufacturers now believe that the type will continue in production throughout the seventies. The initial production version had 1,880 e.s.h.p. Rolls-Royce Dart 514s. The Series 2 is identical except for having more power and higher permitted weights. The Series 2A introduced in 1967 has even more power to further improve the airfield performance. The first Series 2A was delivered (to Varig) in August last year. HS.748 Orders: Aerolineas Argentinas, 12; Skyways, 3; BKS, 3; Brazilian Air Force, 6; Smith's Aviation, 1; RAF Queen's Flight, 2; RAF Air Support Command, 4; Thai Airways, 6; Thai Air Force, 1; Air Ceylon, 1; LAV, 6; Leeward Islands, Air Transport, 3; Channel Airways, 4; Austrian Airlines, 2; Venezuelan Ministry of Defence, 1; Autair, 2; COPA, 2; RAAF, 10; Argentine Presi dent, 1; Aero Maya, 2; Zambian Air Force, 1; Bahamas Airways, 4; Fiji Airways, 3; LAN-Chile, 9; BoT, CAFU, 2; Vang, 10; Philippine Air Lines, 12; Mount Cook Airlines, 1; Bundesanstalt fiir Flugsicherung, 1; Avianca, 2; Air Malawi, 2; Midwest Air lines, 1; Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation, 2; Amoco Canada Petroleum, 1; Indian Airlines Corporation, 15; Indian Air Force, 44. Total 183. NAMC YS-11 is Japan's first post-war commercial aircraft, and after a slow start to sales is finding increasing success in various markets. The first YS-11 entered service in April 1965. The more powerful and heavier YS-11 A development is available in three versions. The 200 Series is for all-passenger transport and there are 60 seats; the 300 Series is for mixed cargo/passengers and has 46 seats and 320 cu ft cargo space with a 98in X 72in cargo door forward; and the all-cargo 400 Series had 2,790 cu ft cargo space and a 120inx72in cargo door at the rear side. The manufacture of the YS-11 was first proposed by the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1956. The Transport Aircraft Development Association (TADA) was established in 1957 to run the project, and was superseded by NAMC in June 1959. The manufacture of the YS-11 is divided between six private com panies : Mitsubishi, Fuji, Kawasaki, Shin Meiwa, Japan Aircraft Manufacturing, and Showa. NAMC retains overall responsibility. Faced with a high sales potential, NAMC has stepped up produc tion from three aircraft per month to 3.5 since August, 1968, and the 100th aircraft was delivered in March of this year. YS-11 Orders: All Nippon Airways, 27; Japan Domestic Airlines, 13; Toa Airways, 7; Japan Civil Aviation Bureau, 3 ; Aeronautics College, 2; Japan Air Self-Defence Force, 12; Japan Maritime Self- Defence Force, 3; Maritime Safety Agency, 1; Filipinas Orient Air ways, 4; Lineas Aereas Nacionales SA, 2; Servicos Aereos Cruzeiro do Sul, 12; Piedmont Airlines, 10; Vasp, 6; South West Airlines, 3; Transair, 2; Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino, 3; Korean Air lines, 3; NAMC owned, 5. Total order, 117. Production authority has been received for 186 aircraft. Nord 262 The Nord 262 is a distant relative of a family of utility aircraft built by Max Holste in the 1950s. The biggest of these was an unpressurised twin-Wasp-powered 20-seater. This was re-engined with Turbom&a Bastans, and became known as the Nord 260, with the nationalisation of the Reims company. Early in the development of the 260 it became apparent that the comparatively slight com plication of cabin pressurisation would make a great difference to the worldwide appeal of the aircraft—even on the very short routes for which it was designed. Nord therefore produced the 262, based on the flying surfaces of the 260 but having a circular pressurised fuselage, and the more powerful Turbom^ca Bastan VI of 1,065 e.s.h.p. The 262C offers better airfield performance in hot and high conditions by virtue fo Bastan VIIA engines, flat-rated to 1,130 e.h.p., driving four-blade Ratier Forrest propellers. The 262D is a military development. Nord 262 A Orders: Air Ceylon, 1 ; Air Comores, 2; Air Mada gascar, 1; Alisarda, 2; Allegheny, 9; BC Airlines, 3; CEV Bretigny, 1 ; Cimber Air, 2; Filipinas Orient Airways, 3; French Air Force, 6; French Navy, 15; Interregionalflug, 2; Linjeflyg, 3; Rouseau Aviation, 2; SFA, 8; Tunis Air, 1; ENSA, 1. Total, 62. 262B Orders: Air Inter, 4. 262C Orders: Undisclosed buyer, 10. 262D Orders: French Air Force, 18. Saab 1071 No details of this project in the DHC-7/GAC-100 class are available. A go-ahead decision has yet to be taken, but the project is said to be very much "alive."
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