Short Short 330 Aircraft

330, Luton 2001. Copyright: Chris Young

Production Details

Design Company:

Short Brothers & Harland Ltd

First Flight:

22 August 1974

330:

32 - Shorts

330-200:

66 - Shorts

330-UTT:

9 - Shorts

C-23A Sherpa:

18 - Shorts

C-23B Sherpa:

16 - Shorts

Type Specification

Applies to:

Short 330-200

Type:

Short haul airliner

Wing:

High wing braced monoplane. All metal construction

Fuselage:

Rectangular section fuselage of all metal construction

Tail Unit:

Cantilever tailplane with twin fins and rudders

Landing Gear:

Tricycle type, nose wheel retracts rearwards into fuselage, main wheels retract into pods on sdie of fuselage leaving section of wheel exposed

Power Plant:

Two 1,198 hp PT6A-45R turboprop engines mounted on wing

Accommodation:

30 passengers in enclosed cabin with enclosed flightdeck for crew

Span:

74 ft 8 in

Length:

58 ft

Height:

Unknown

Wing Area:

453 sq ft

Empty:

19,207 lb

All-up:

22,900 lb

Max Cruise:

218 mph

Range:

544 miles

Preserved in British Museums

330:

G-BDBS - Ulster Aviation Heritage, Langford Lodge Airfield - Display G-OGIL - North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland - Display G-SSWP - RAF Manston History Museum, Manston Airport - Cockpit

Sherpa:

G-BKMW - Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Holywood - Cockpit

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