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1973
1973 - 2603.PDF
650 COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT OF THE WORLD Caravelle Super B orders: Finnair, 8; Sterling, 12; Syrian Arab Airlines, 2. Caravelle 12 orders: Sterling, 7; Air Inter, 5. Caravelle total order: 279. See page 646 for tabular data and page 672 for drawing. Aerospatiale (Nord) 262C Fregate The Fregate has a unique slot in the twin-turboprop market—offering 29 seats on sectors of up to nearly 600 miles, although the Short SD3-30 will pro vide a challenge. It has a British C of A, but is no longer operated by Dan-Air. The aircraft 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 Turbomeca Bastans and became known as the Nord 260 with the nationalisation of the Reims company. Early in the development of the 260 it be came apparent that the comparatively slight complication 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 (now part of Aero spatiale) therefore produced the 262, based on the flying sur faces of the 260 but having a circular pressurised fuselage and the more powerful Turbomeca Bastan VI of 1,065 e.s.h.p. The 262C offers better airfield performance in hot and high conditions by virtue of Bastan VIIA engines, flat-rated to 1,130 e.s.h.p., driving four-blade Ratier Forrest propellers. FLIGHT International, 18 October 1973 Nord 262 A present operators: Air Madagascar, 1; Allegheny, 3; CAA Danois, 1; CEV Bretigny, 3; Cimber Air, 8^; Filipinas Orient Airways, 3; French Navy, 21; Linjeflyg, 4; Rousseau Aviation, 5; Ransome Airlines, 4; SFA, 7; STA Algeria, 5; Tunis Air, 1; Ensa, 1. Total 67. iVord 262B: Rousseau Aviation, 4. JVord 262C Fregate: Aerospatiale, 2; East African DCA, 1; Gabon Government, 3; SFA, 1. Total 7. Nord 262D Fregate: French Air Force, 18. Nord 262E: Rousseau Aviation, I. Nord 262 and Fregate total orders, 97. See page 650 for tabular data and page 675 for drawing. PT6-powered Fregate Aerospatiale has a project to re-engine the Fregate with the geared version of the UACL PT6 as to be fitted to the Short SD3-30 and the de Havilland Canada Dash 7. Aerospatiale X250 At the Paris air show this year, Aero spatiale revealed details of its X250 project-study powered by three M45s. This aircraft would be able to fly a 14,0001b, 6,400kg payload over 540 n.m., 1,000km at Mach 0-75. Some what smaller than the HS.146—for which a firm go-ahead has been given—the X250 would have a cabin width of 10ft 2in, 3 1m and take-off field length (at sea level, ISA +10°C) of just under 4,000ft, 1,200m. Despite a warm welcome from M Ravaud of Snecma, who described the project as a Euro pean airframe with European engines, it seems somewhat unlikely that the project will go ahead in its present form. SHORT-RANGE TURBOPROPS (see page 644 for notes on data) Type Aerospatiale (Nord)261C Fregate Antonov An-I4V Series 11 de Havilland Canada Dash 7 Fokker-VFW F.27 200/400/600 Friendship Fokker-VFW F.27 500 Hawker Siddeley HS.748 Srs 2A Short SD3-30 Powerplant 2x 1,145 e.s.h.p. Turbomeca Bastan VII turboprops 2x2,550 e.s.h.p. Ivchenko AI-24 turboprops 4x 1,174 e.s.h.p. UACL PT6A-50 ' turboprops 2x2,140 s.h.p. Rolls-Royce Dart R.Da.7 Mk 532-7R turboprops 2X2,140 s.h.p. Rolls-Royce Dart R.Da.7 Mk 532-7R 2x2,280 e.s.h.p Rolls-Royce Dart R.Da.7 Mk 532-2L 2x 1,120 s.h.p. UACL PT6A-45 turboprops Overall dimensions Span Length Height Wing area Wing sweep 74ft lin (22-6m) 63ft 3in (l9-3m> 20ft 4in (6-2m) 600 sq ft (55-7m2) 95ft lOin (29-2m) 77ft 3in (23 -5m) 27ft 4in (8-3m) 780 so ft (72-5m2) Nil 93ft (28-35m) 80ft 4in (24-5m) 26ft 2in (8 0m) 860 sq ft <79'9m2) Nil 95ft 2in (29m) 77ft 4in (23-5m) 27ft 11 in (8-5m) 754 sq ft (70m2) Nil 95ft 2in (29m) 82ft 3in (25 • 1 m) 28ft 7in (8-7lm) 754 sq ft (70m2) Nil 98ft 6in (30 -02m) 67ft (20 -42m) 24ft lOin (7-58m) 811 sq ft (75-4m2) 2-9° (i-chord) 74ft 9in (22-8m) 58ft0-5in (177m) 15ft 8in (4-8m) 435 sq ft (42 • 1 m2) Nil U ndercarriage Track Wheelbase Overall turning radius LCN 10ft 3in (3-lm) 23ft 9in (7-2m) 57ft (17 4m) 8 25ft llin (7-9m) 25ft 9in (7-85m) n.a. n.a. 23ft 6in (7-16m) 27ft 6in (8-4m) 64ft (19-5m) 17 5t 23ft 8in (7 2m) 28ft 8in (8-7m) 64ft (l9-5m) 16 23ft 8in (7-2m) 31ft 7in <9-6m) 65ft 1 1 in (20m) 16 24ft 9in (7-54m) 20ft 8in (6-3m) 74ft(22-6m)5 39ft (II-9m)* 15** 13ft lOin (4-22m) 20ft2.l5in (6-6m) n.a. 9 8 Accommodation Max seating (No. pitch, inches and cm. abreast) Hold volume (cu ft, m3)/No. compartments Press diff (Ib/sq in) 29/28(71)13 918(26)/! 4 2 50/30(76)/4 n.a. n.a. 54/29(74)/4 286 (8-0/2 4 26 48/29(74)/4 269(7-6)/2 5-5* 56/29(74)/4 297(8-4)/2 4 16 60/28(7l)/4 337(9-54)/3 5 5 30 30in (76cm) I45cu ft (4llmJ)/2 Nil Weight (lb, kg) Ramp Take-off Landing Zero-fuel Ops empty 23,920 (10,850) 23,810 (10,800) 23,040 (10,450) 22,710 (10,300) 15,929 (7,230) 46,300 (21,000) 46,300 (21,000) 46,300(21.000) 39.950(18,100) 29,320(13,600)' 41,000(18,600) 41,000 (18,600) 39,000 (17,700) 35,500 (16.100) 24,440(11,130) 45,100(20,450) 45,000(20,410) 41.000 (18,600) 37,500 (17,000) 25,300 (1 1.476)5 45,100(20,450) 45,000(20,410) 42,000 (19,090) 39,500 (17,950) 26,340(1 1,970) 44,495 (20,182) 44,495 (20,182) 43,000 (19,505) 38,500(17,464) 26,000 (11,794) 21,200 (9,620) 21,100 (9,570) 20,800 (9,435) 13,285(6,025) Fuel (Imp gal. Lit! Standard Optional 440(2,100) 567 (2,580) 1.220 (5,550) n.a. 1.310 (5,958) 1,130 (5,150) 1,645 (7,500) 1.130(5,240) 1.645 (7,500) 1.440 (6,546) 480 (2.182) FAR field length at gross weight (ft 'SA, s.l. ISA, +20 C. s.l. iSA, 5,000ft (1.5301 ISA + 20 C, 5,000ft (1 Take-off 3,510(1,070)* 3,675 (I,l20)t 3,840 (1,170)* 3,935 (1,200)** 2.900 (885)t n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,800 (550)* 2.140(650)* 2,410(735)* 3,070 (940)* 5,470(1,666) 6,240 (1,900) 6,350(1,935)** 6,730 (2,050)t 5.470(1,666) 6,240(1,900) 6,350(1,935)* 6,730 (2,050)** 4,050 (1,234) 5,500 (1,676) 5,500 (1,676)55 5,900 (1,798)0 3,500(1,070) 4,215 (1,285) 4,850 (1,480) Land 1,720(5; 1,720 (5: 1,935 (5S 1,880(5/ 3,700 (1, n. n. 1,900 (56 1,900 (5E 2,280 (65 2.280 (6S 3,250 (95 3,250 (95 3,680(1, 3,640(1, 3,290 (1, 3,290 (1, 3,680 (1, 3.640(1, 3,370(1, 3,360(1. 4,760(1, 4,670(1, 3,300(1, 3,420 (1, 3,680 (1,
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