SC.7 Skyvan
SC.7 Skyvan at Oulu Airport, Finland.
Type	Airliner
Manufacturer	Short Brothers and Harland Ltd
Maiden flight	17 January 1963
Produced	1963-1986
Number built	153
Variants	Shorts 330

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The Skyvan is a high wing twin engined all-metal monoplane with a high cantilever tailplane with twin rudders. The first flight of the Skyvan, the Skyvan 1, was 17 January 1963. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1963: Events January January 7 - Aeroflot commences direct services between Moscow and Havana February February 14 - the Indian Air Force receives its first batch of Soviet fighters, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s March March 18 - the Dassault Balzac makes its first transitions...

History

In 1958 Shorts were approached by F.G.Miles Ltd (successor company to Miles Aircraft) who were seeking backing to produce a development of the H.D.M.106 Caravan design with a Hurel Dubois high aspect ratio wing. Shorts acquired the design and data gathered from trials of the Miles Aerovan based H.D.M.105 prototype. After evaluation Shorts rejected the Caravan and developed their own design for a utility all-metal box-car version known as the Short SC.7 Skyvan. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1958: Events Gulfstream Aerospace founded in Savannah, Georgia, USA. London Gatwick Airport opens after two years of extensive reconstruction. ... Miles Aircraft was a British manufacturer of light civil and military aircraft. ... The Miles M.57 Aerovan was a British short range low cost transport designed and built by Miles Aircraft. ...

Construction started at Sydenham in 1960 and the first flight of the prototype occurring on 17 January 1963, powered by two Continental piston engines. The prototype was re-engined with the intended Turbomeca Astazou turboprop engines later in 1963. The Skyvan is an all metal high wing monoplane, with a braced high aspect ratio wing (similar to that used on Hurel-Dubois aircraft, and an unpressurised, square section fuselage. Production switched in 1968 to the Skyvan Series 3 aircraft, which replaced the Astazous with Garrett TPE331 turboprops. A total of 153 Skyvans (plus the prototype) were produced by the time production ended in 1986. Skyvans served widely in both military and civilian operators, with it remaining in service with a number of civilian operators, and with the militaries of Guyana and Oman ^[1]. Sydenham is a place, for the most part, in the London Borough of Lewisham; though some streets towards Crystal Palace Park and Penge are in the London Borough of Bromley, and some streets off Sydenham Hill are in the London Borough of Southwark. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1960: Events January January 1 - Fiji Airways is reconstituted, becoming equally owned by BOAC, QANTAS, and Tasman Empire Airways. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Continental Motors is a corporation in Mobile, Alabama, USA, that produces aircraft engines. ... Founded in 1938, Turbomeca is one of the leading manufacturers of low and medium-power gas turbine for helicopters. ... Garrett Engine Boosting Systems is a subsidiary of Honeywell Corporation. ... TPE-331 Engine The Garrett AiResearch TPE-331 is a turboprop engine originally designed by AiResearch and now produced by Honeywell. ...

The Shorts 330 is a stretched derivative of the Skyvan. Short C-23 Sherpa The Shorts 330 is a small transport aircraft created by Short Brothers. ...

Production

All built by Shorts in Belfast. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...

• Skyvan 1 : Prototype, 1 built. 2 x Continental GTSIO-520 engines.
• Skyvan 1A : Re-engined prototype. 2 x 388 kW (520 hp) Turboméca Astazou engines.
• Skyvan 2 : Asaztou powered production. 8 series 2 produced.
• Skyvan 3 : Garrett TPE 331 powered production. 145 produced (all series 3 models)
• Skyvan 3A : Higher gross weight version of Skyvan Series 3.
• Skyvan 3M : Military transport version. It can be used for supply dropping, assault transport, dropping paratroops, troop transport, cargo transport, casualty evacuation, plus search and rescue missions.
• Skyvan 3M-200 : High gross weight version of Skyvan 3M (M-TOW 6,804 kg, 15,000 lb).
• Skyliner : Deluxe all-passenger version.

Specification (Shorts Skyvan 3)

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General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 19 passengers
• Length: 12.21 m (40 ft 1 in)
• Wingspan: 19.79 m (64 ft 11 in)
• Height: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 35.12 m² (378 ft²)
• Empty weight: 3,331 kg (7,344 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 5,670 kg (12,5000 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-201 Turboprops, 533 kW (715 hp) each

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 402 km/h (250 mph)
• Maximum speed: 324 km/h (202 mph)
• Cruise speed: km/h (knots, mph)
• Stall speed: 111 km/h (69 mph)
• Range: 1,115 km (694 miles)
• Service ceiling: 6858m (12,250 ft)
• Rate of climb: 500 m/min (1,640 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 136.6 kg/m² (33.5 lb/ft²)

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Civilian Operators

As of August 2006 a total of 35 Shorts Skyvan aircraft remain in airline service, with Sonair (1), Swala Airlines (2), Transway Air Services (1), Deraya Air Taxi (3), Layang Layang Aerospace (1), Macair Airlines (1), Malaysia Air Charter (1), Pan-Malaysian Air Transport (1), Wirakris Udara (1), CAE Aviation (1), Deltacraft (1), Invicta Aviation (2), Pink Aviation Services (4), Advanced Air (1), Allwest Freight (2), Arctic Circle Air Service (3), GB Airlink (1), North Star Air Cargo (5), Skylift Taxi Aereo (1) and Summit Air (2).^[3] For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Sonair Air Service, SARL is a subsidiary of Sonangol Group, which is the National Petroleum Company of Angola. ... Deraya Air Taxi is an airline based in Indonesia. ... Layang Layang Aerospace is a regional airlines operated in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia. ... Macair Airlines is a Queensland regional airline based in Australia with services throughout Queensland, having 32 routes across the region. ... Arctic Circle Air Service (IATA: 5F, ICAO: CIR, and Callsign: Air Arctic) is an airline based in Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. ... Summit Air (Charters Ltd) provides executive passenger and cargo air charter throughout the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon Territories. ...

Military Operators

• Argentina, Austria, Botswana, Ecuador, Ghana, Guyana, Indonesia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Mexico, Nepal, Oman, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Comparable aircraft

• Antonov An-28
• Fairchild Dornier 228
• DHC-6 Twin Otter
• IAI Arava
• GAF Nomad
• Harbin Y-12

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See also

• list of civil aircraft.

A non-comprehensive list of modern civilian aircraft with descriptions. ...

References

1. ^ Scramble. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
2. ^ Michell, Simon (Editor) (1994). Jane's Civil and Military Upgrades, Second Edition, 1994-95. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1208-7. 
3. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 (2nd editiond). London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10014 X.  For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Flight International is a magazine relating to airlines, general aviation, and aerospace manufacture. ...

External link

• British Aircraft Directory entry
• Pink Aviation Services, Austria, operating 5 Skyvans
• A pilot relates his experiences with the Skyvan out of Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska