HS748

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HS748 is a British twin-engine turboprop airliner designed for short-haul regional passenger and cargo operations.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
HS 748 1
HS748 canonical 1
HS748 (historical) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf regional airliner
turboprop airliner
twin‑engine aircraft
aircraftCategory short‑haul regional airliner
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 2 pilots
cabin crew
cruiseSpeed_kmh 430
designedFor operations from rough airfields
short takeoff and landing
developedFrom Avro design studies for 748
engineModel Rolls‑Royce Dart
linked to: Rolls-Royce Dart
engineType turboprop
firstFlight 1960-06-24
fuselageType cylindrical pressurised fuselage
icaoCode HS748
introduced 1961
landingGear retractable tricycle landing gear
manufacturer Avro
linked to: Avro Ltd

Hawker Siddeley
maximumPassengerCapacity 58
militaryVariant HS 780 Andover
notableFeature good short‑field performance
robust airframe for austere operations
numberBuilt 380
numberOfEngines 2
operator Aerolineas Argentinas
Avianca
Garuda Indonesian Airways
linked to: Garuda Indonesia

Indian Air Force
Philippine Airlines
Royal Air Force
VARIG
linked to: Varig
pressurisedCabin true
primaryRole short‑haul passenger transport
productionEndYear 1988
productionStartYear 1960
range_km 1800
retiredFromMajorAirlines 1990s
secondaryRole cargo transport
military transport
serviceCeiling_m 7600
successor BAe ATP
tailConfiguration conventional tail
takeoffDistance_m 1100
typicalPassengerCapacity 40
wingConfiguration low‑wing monoplane

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RAAF Base East Sale aircraftOperated HS748 (historical)
linked to: HS748
Andover C.1 airframeOrigin HS 748
linked to: HS748