BAe 146
E369649
The BAe 146 is a British short-haul regional airliner known for its high-wing design, four turbofan engines, and quiet operation suitable for noise-restricted airports.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BAe 146 canonical | 5 |
| BAe 146-100 | 1 |
| BAe 146-200 | 1 |
| BAe 146-300 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3552754 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BAe 146 Context triple: [KLM Cityhopper, formerFleetType, BAe 146]
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A.
BAe Jetstream 31
The BAe Jetstream 31 is a small twin-turboprop regional airliner designed for short-haul commuter routes, originally developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
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B.
Hawker Siddeley Trident
The Hawker Siddeley Trident is a British three-engined jet airliner introduced in the 1960s, notable for its advanced avionics and role in pioneering automatic landing systems.
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C.
Hawker Siddeley Andover
The Hawker Siddeley Andover is a British twin-engine military transport aircraft developed in the 1960s, known for its short takeoff and landing capabilities and use by the Royal Air Force.
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D.
RAF VC10
The RAF VC10 was a British long-range jet airliner adapted for military transport and aerial refuelling service with the Royal Air Force.
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E.
Fokker 50
The Fokker 50 is a twin-turboprop regional airliner developed by Dutch manufacturer Fokker as a modernized successor to the Fokker F27, widely used for short-haul passenger services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BAe 146 Target entity description: The BAe 146 is a British short-haul regional airliner known for its high-wing design, four turbofan engines, and quiet operation suitable for noise-restricted airports.
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A.
BAe Jetstream 31
The BAe Jetstream 31 is a small twin-turboprop regional airliner designed for short-haul commuter routes, originally developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
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B.
Hawker Siddeley Trident
The Hawker Siddeley Trident is a British three-engined jet airliner introduced in the 1960s, notable for its advanced avionics and role in pioneering automatic landing systems.
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C.
Hawker Siddeley Andover
The Hawker Siddeley Andover is a British twin-engine military transport aircraft developed in the 1960s, known for its short takeoff and landing capabilities and use by the Royal Air Force.
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D.
RAF VC10
The RAF VC10 was a British long-range jet airliner adapted for military transport and aerial refuelling service with the Royal Air Force.
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E.
Fokker 50
The Fokker 50 is a twin-turboprop regional airliner developed by Dutch manufacturer Fokker as a modernized successor to the Fokker F27, widely used for short-haul passenger services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jet airliner
ⓘ
regional airliner ⓘ regional airliner variant ⓘ regional airliner variant ⓘ regional airliner variant ⓘ short-haul airliner ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily | Avro RJ ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | aluminium alloy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed |
about 390 kn
ⓘ
about 720 km/h ⓘ |
| designFeature |
T-tail
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aircraft has an APU in tail cone ⓘ pressurized fuselage ⓘ retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| developedFrom | HS.146 design studies ⓘ |
| engineModel |
Honeywell LF 507
ⓘ
Lycoming ALF 502 ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1981-09-03 ⓘ |
| icaoAircraftTypeDesignator | B461 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1983 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
BAE Systems
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surface form:
BAe Systems (successor)
British Aerospace ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Whisperjet ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | 112 ⓘ |
| noiseCertification | Stage 3 compliant ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
quiet operation
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steep approach capability ⓘ suitable for noise-restricted airports ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| operatedAt |
London City Airport
ⓘ
other noise-sensitive airports ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
regional passenger transport
ⓘ
short-haul operations ⓘ |
| range |
about 1500 km
ⓘ
about 800 nmi ⓘ |
| retiredFromProduction | 2001 ⓘ |
| successor | Avro RJ ⓘ |
| takeoffPerformance | short-field capable ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity |
70
ⓘ
82 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VIP transport
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cargo transport ⓘ firefighting (converted tankers) ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ |
| variant |
BAe 146
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
BAe 146-100
BAe 146 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BAe 146-200
BAe 146 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BAe 146-300
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: BAe 146 Description of subject: The BAe 146 is a British short-haul regional airliner known for its high-wing design, four turbofan engines, and quiet operation suitable for noise-restricted airports.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.