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UN Security Council Resolution 748, adopted unanimously on 31 March 1992, after reaffirming Resolution 731 (1992), the UN Security Council decided, under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, that the Government of Libya must now comply with requests from investigations relating to the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over ...
t. e. Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( / ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ / BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) [2] was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. [3] She was nominated by President Bill Clinton to replace ...
- Development
- Operational History
- Variants
- Accidents and Incidents
- Operators
- Specifications
- Preserved Aircraft
- See Also
Background
Following the release of the 1957 Defence White Paper, in which then-Minister of Defence Duncan Sandys announced the termination of almost all manned military aircraft development, aircraft manufacturer Avro decided that it should place a greater emphasis upon the civilian market. Ten years prior, it had launched a civilian airliner, the Avro Tudor series, but this had encountered few sales; thus, during 1958, it was decided to commence work upon a clean-sheet design, which would eventually b...
Into flight
On 24 June 1960, the first Avro 748 made its maiden flight from the company's Woodford, Cheshire, aircraft factory. Flight testing of the two prototypes quickly validated the type's short-field performance. Eighteen Avro 748 Series 1 aircraft were produced; during April 1962, the first production aircraft were delivered to launch customer Skyways Coach-Air Limited. However, the majority of the series 1 were export sales to operator Aerolíneas Argentinas.[citation needed] During the early 1960...
Within its first decade of its availability, sales of the HS 748 had reportedly been relatively brisk; by 1976, the sale of 312 aircraft had been recorded, of which 259 had been to export customers. Within ten years of its launch, India had emerged as the largest single market for the airliner, Indian Airlines being the largest HS 748 operator with...
748 Series 1– The original Avro 748 twin-engined short / medium-range airliner, powered by two Rolls-Royce Dart RDa 7 Mk 514 turboprop engines. 24 built.748 Series 2– The Series 2 entered production in 1961 with a higher take-off weight and Mk 531 engines. 111 built.748 Series 2A– Introduced in 1967, with a further increase in take-off weight and Mk 532 or 534 engines. 157 built, making the 748 one of the more successful British airliners and the 2A the most p...748 Series 2B– The main production model after Hawker-Siddeley was absorbed by British Aerospace, the 2B featured a 4-foot increase in wingspan, increased gross weight, Mk 536 engines, a modernized...On 10 July 1965, an Avro 748-101 Series 1 G-ARMV of Skyways Coach-Air was written off in a landing accident at Lympne Airport. The 51 people on board survived. This was the first accident that resu...On 15 August 1967, two accidents involving HS-748-222 Series 2 aircraft of Channel Airways Limited, occurred roughly 90 minutes apart at Portsmouth Airport. In the first incident, G-ATEK operating...On 4 February 1970, Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 707, an Avro 748–105, crashed into the ground after the pilots lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft crashed at Loma Alta, Argentina, and kille...On 9 December 1971, an HS 748 of Indian Airlines was descending into Madurai near Chinnamanurwhen it flew into high terrain about 50 mi (80 km) from the airport, killing the four crew members and 1...Current civil operators
As of July 2020[update], a total of 13 HS 748 aircraft (all variants) remained in airline service. As of May 2023[update], Transport Canada(TC) listed 7 HS 748 in Canada with a current Certificate of Registration. Current operators are: 1. Air Creebec (2; 3 registered per TC) 2. Avro Express (1) 3. Bismillah Airlines (2) 4. Planes For Africa (1) 5. Wasaya Airways (4 registered per TC) 6. Zone 4 International (2)
Former civil operators
Afghanistan 1. East Horizon Airlines Botswana 1. Air Botswana Antigua & Barbuda 1. LIATAirlines Argentina 1. Aerolíneas Argentinas Austria 1. Austrian Airlines(2) Bahamas 1. Bahamasair Bophuthatswana 1. Bop Air(Operated one Aircraft) Brazil 1. Varig(11) [one Avro 748 Series 2 prototype and 10 production aircraft] British Virgin Islands 1. Air BVI Canada 1. Air Gaspé 2. Air Inuit(1 as per reference above, 4 as per TC) 3. Air Manitoba 4. Air North 5. Air Ontario 6. Austin Airways 7. Calm Air 8....
Current military operators
India 1. Indian Air Force - 57 remain in service as of December 2018.Previously used for transport; now used mainly for training and communication
Data from Jane's Civil and Military Aircraft Upgrades, 1994–95, BAE Systems General characteristics 1. Crew:2 plus 1 passenger attendant (if required) 2. Capacity:40–58 passengers / 11,323 lb (5,136 kg) payload 3. Length:67 ft 0 in (20.42 m) 4. Wingspan:102 ft 5.5 in (31.229 m) 5. Height:24 ft 10 in (7.57 m) 6. Wing area: 829 sq ft (77.0 m2) 7. Asp...
Australia
1. HS 748 Srs2/228, c/n 1601 ex-Royal Australian Air Force A10-601, at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Victoria.[citation needed] 2. HS 748 Srs2/228, c/n 1604 ex-Royal Australian Air Force A10-604, cockpit section at the Australian Aviation Museum, Bankstown Airport, New South Wales.[citation needed] 3. HS 748 Srs2/229, c/n 1607 ex-Royal Australian Air Force A10-607, tail section at No. 32 Squadron HQ, RAAF Base East Sale, Victoria.[citation needed] 4. HS 748 Srs2/268, c/n 1709 ex-Royal Australi...
Brazil
1. HS 748 Srs2a/204, c/n 1554 ex-Brazilian Air Force 2504, at Museu Aeroespacial, Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed]
Ecuador
1. HS 748 Srs2a/285, c/n 1738 ex-Ecuadorian Air Force FAE738, at Museo Aeronáutico de la FAE, Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito.[citation needed]
Related development 1. BAe ATP 2. Hawker Siddeley Andover Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era 1. Convair CV-240 family 2. Fairchild Hiller FH-227 3. Fokker F27 4. Handley Page Herald 5. NAMC YS-11 6. Saab 340 7. Grumman Gulfstream I Related lists 1. List of civil aircraft
September 29, 2005. The Supreme Court of the United States ( SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a ...
748 in various calendars. Year 748 ( DCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 748 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Dan-Air Flight 0034 was a fatal accident involving a Hawker Siddeley HS 748 series 1 turboprop aircraft operated by Dan-Air Services Limited on an oil industry charter flight from Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands, to Aberdeen Airport.
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