Short Short 330 Aircraft
330, Luton 2001. Copyright: Chris Young | |
Production Details | |
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Design Company: |
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First Flight: |
22 August 1974 |
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330: |
32 - Shorts |
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330-200: |
66 - Shorts |
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330-UTT: |
9 - Shorts |
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C-23A Sherpa: |
18 - Shorts |
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C-23B Sherpa: |
16 - Shorts |
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Type Specification | |
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Applies to: |
Short 330-200 |
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Type: |
Short haul airliner |
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Wing: |
High wing braced monoplane. All metal construction |
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Fuselage: |
Rectangular section fuselage of all metal construction |
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Tail Unit: |
Cantilever tailplane with twin fins and rudders |
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Landing Gear: |
Tricycle type, nose wheel retracts rearwards into fuselage, main wheels retract into pods on sdie of fuselage leaving section of wheel exposed |
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Power Plant: |
Two 1,198 hp PT6A-45R turboprop engines mounted on wing |
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Accommodation: |
30 passengers in enclosed cabin with enclosed flightdeck for crew |
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Dimensions | |
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Span: |
74 ft 8 in |
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Length: |
58 ft |
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Height: |
Unknown |
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Wing Area: |
453 sq ft |
Weights | |
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Empty: |
19,207 lb |
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All-up: |
22,900 lb |
Performance | |
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Max Cruise: |
218 mph |
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Range: |
544 miles |
Preserved in British Museums | |
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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 |
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Sherpa: |
G-BKMW - Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Holywood - Cockpit |
Web Sites | |