The Short C-23 Sherpa is a small military transport aircraft built by Short Brothers. It was designed to operate from unpaved runways and make short takeoff...
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by Short Brothers have been named Sherpa: Short SB.4 Sherpa, a jet-powered experimental wing research aircraft, first flight 1953 Short C-23 Sherpa, military...
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a sherpa Mountain guide, also sometimes called a sherpa Leyland Sherpa, a light commercial vehicle produced from 1974 until 2005 Short C-23 Sherpa, a...
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Skyvan. The C-23 Sherpa was a military version of the 330. Production of the aircraft ended in 1992, after 141 were produced. The Short 360 was a development...
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The Short SB.4 Sherpa was an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers. Only a single example was...
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containers. Short C-23 Sherpa B+ and C variants are military-configured Short 360s operated by the United States military. Twenty-eight C-23B+ were produced...
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replace its aging Short C-23 Sherpa lifter. The Army does not operate many fixed wing aircraft (see also Key West Agreement), but they lost a C-23B in 2001...
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flights.[citation needed] 42 "C Class" Short Empire flying boats were built, including 31 S.23s, nine S.30s and two S.33s. S.23 Mk I : powered by four 920 hp...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 (category Articles with short description)
Saunders ST-27/ST-28 Scaled Composites ATTT Shorts 330 Shorts 360 Short C-23 Sherpa Socata TBM Spectrum SA-550 Swearingen SA26-T Merlin IIA US Aircraft...
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Nawang Sherpa (c. 1972 - 22 May 2024) became the first person to climb Mount Everest with a prosthetic leg by reaching the summit on May 16, 2004. He...
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List of modern equipment of the Brazilian Army (category Articles with short description)
attack. There is no dedicated attack helicopter. A bid to acquire Short C-23 Sherpa transport planes, which would resurrect fixed-wing aviation in the...
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De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (category Articles with short description)
the Alaska National Guard. Six built. It has been replaced by the Short C-23 Sherpa in United States Army service. In 2019 the United States Naval Research...
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Smokejumper (category Articles with short description)
the main aircraft used by the USFS smokejumpers were SD3-60, B model, Sherpas. These represented seven of the nine agency owned aircraft that season...
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List of military transport aircraft (category Articles with short description)
ISBN 978-0-71060-896-3. "Allied Airlifters: Kawasaki C-1". The MAC Flyer. XXVIV (2): 16–17. February 1982. "C-5M Super Galaxy". af.mil. Retrieved 4 April 2024...
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Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa (May 5, 1971 – September 25, 1996) was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineering guide, climber and porter, best known for his work as the...
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Zweibrücken (category Articles with short description)
missions all over Europe and used in Operation Desert Storm. The Short C-23 Sherpa, a small prop-driven transport plane, also flew out of the base in...
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The Short Tucano is a two-seat turboprop basic trainer built by Short Brothers in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a licence-built version of the Brazilian...
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Robins Air Force Base (category Articles with short description)
Guard, flying the cargo delivery Short C-23 Sherpa. The schoolhouse was deactivated when the Air Force divested its C-27J fleet as part of the 2014 National...
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Sherpa (also Sharpa, Sherwa, or Xiaerba) is a Tibetic language spoken in Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, mainly by the Sherpa. The majority speakers...
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with the Shorts 330, a stretched modification of the Skyvan, called the C-23 Sherpa in USAF service, and another stretch resulted in the more streamlined...
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Mount Everest (redirect from Kazi Sherpa)
Dawa Sherpa y Ngima Nuru Sherpa acechan el récord de cimas en el Everest". desnivel.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2022. Gurubacharya, Binaj (23 May...
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aviation. In 2017, the army went further and planned the purchase of the Short C-23 Sherpa, which would be its first fixed-wing aircraft since 1941. However...
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with the Royal Air Force (RAF), who operated it under the designation Short Belfast C.1. Upon its entry into service, the Belfast was the largest aircraft...
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Chhewang Nima (category Sherpa summiters of Mount Everest)
निमा) (c. 1967 – 23 October 2010) was a Nepalese Sherpa who climbed Mount Everest 19 times. He was also called Chuwang Nima, and Chuwang Nima Sherpa. Nima...
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The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It has the distinction of being the first four-engined bomber to be...
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Embarked aviation issue (category Articles with short description)
2025–2027. The Army tried to acquire its own fixed-wing aircraft (Short C-23 Sherpa) in 2020, but resistance from the FAB managed to prevent the project...
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List of aircraft (Sh) (category Articles with short description)
Sherpa 8 Sherpa Aircraft Sherpa 200 Sherpa Aircraft Sherpa 300 Sherpa Aircraft Sherpa 400 Sherpa Aircraft Sherpa 411 Sherpa Aircraft Sherpa 500 (Kiyotake...
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Short SC.7 Skyvan (nicknamed the "Flying Shoebox") is a British 19-seat twin-turboprop aircraft first flown in 1963, that was manufactured by Short Brothers...
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1982 in aviation (category Articles with short description)
10 - Mil Mi-28 December 9 - Cessna 208 Caravan N208LP December 23 - Short C-23 Sherpa G-BKMW December 26 - Antonov An-124 Ruslan ("Condor") Mikoyan MiG-31...
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