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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the SC.7 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...
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starting with Short Skyvan, Short 330, and the Short 360. The C-23 was based on the Short 330, and the C-23B+ was based on the Short 360. The original C-23...
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1960s, Shorts found a niche for a new short-haul freighter aircraft and responded with the Short SC.7 Skyvan. The Skyvan is most remembered for its box-like...
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Seacat (missile) (redirect from Short Sea Cat)
counter-insurgency (COIN) purposes, with four missiles carried on a militarised Short Skyvan. Despite being offered by Shorts for some years, it does not seem to...
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company (Olympic Airways) fleet, using types such as the BN-2 Islander and Short Skyvan. In 1980 when Olympic Airlines retired their YS-11 aircraft, Olympic...
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The Short Shetland was intended as a British long-range, four-engined flying boat built by Short Brothers at Rochester, Kent for use in the Second World...
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Busy Bee (category Articles with short description)
Braganza and was renamed Air Executive Norway A/S. It focused on operating Short Skyvans and later Fokker F27 Friendships. From 1975 it operated regional services...
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of Northern Ireland had created the Skyvan in 1962, followed by the related but larger Short 330 in 1974. The Short 360 development was announced in 1980...
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Death flights (category Articles with short description)
Prefecture Short SC.7 Skyvans were among the aircraft that had participated in the death flights. By this time, the PNA had lost two Skyvans in the Falklands...
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Falklands War (category Articles with short description)
List of leaders of the Falklands War 6 Pucaras, 4 T-34 Mentor and 1 Short Skyvan A simple free-fall bomb in a low-altitude release impacts almost directly...
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Guyana Defence Force (category Articles with short description)
over a five-year period in the 1970s and then were supplemented by Short Skyvans series 3Ms in 1979. In 1986 3 Mil Mi-8 were delivered. The GDF currently...
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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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CASA C-212 Aviocar (category Articles with short description)
Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Dornier 228 Harbin Y-12 IAI Arava Short Skyvan Related lists List of military aircraft of the United States Waldron...
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Olympic Airlines (category Articles with short description)
strategy, several examples of the small twin-engined turbo-propeller Short Skyvan utility airliner were obtained for operation on routes serving smaller...
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Cargo aircraft (category Articles with short description)
N-219 LET 410 Shorts 330 – drop ramp and twin tailed vertical stabilizer Short Skyvan Airbus A330 MRTT Airbus A400M Atlas Alenia C-27J Spartan Antonov An-12...
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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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List of defunct airlines of Australia (category Articles with short description)
Navajo Air Hibiscus 1991 1991 Operated Short Skyvan Air Kangaroo Island UV 1990 1996 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, Short 330 Air Ngukurr 1999 2005 Charter flight...
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Horizon Airlines (Australia) (category Articles with short description)
the airline. 1 – Fokker F27 Friendship 10 – Hawker Siddeley HS 748 1 – Short Skyvan 8 – Swearingen Merlin Flight International 12–18 April 2005 "Horizon...
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Botswana Defence Force Air Wing (category Articles with short description)
Cessna 150, Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, Scottish Aviation Bulldog, and Short Skyvan. The Botswana Defence Force Air Wing has been considering a replacement...
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Gulf Air (category Articles with short description)
operated the following aircraft types: On 22 November 1976, a Gulf Air Short SC.7 Skyvan cargo plane travelling from Bahrain to Abu Dhabi-Al Bateen Airport...
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Argentine air forces in the Falklands War (category Articles with short description)
airfield, Falkland Islands FMA IA 58 Pucará Air Force T-34 Mentor Navy Short Skyvan Coast Guard Aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, April 2 to May...
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The Short Mayo Composite was a piggy-back long-range seaplane and flying boat combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable long-range...
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The Short SB.6 Seamew was a British aircraft designed in 1951 by David Keith-Lucas of Shorts as a lightweight anti-submarine platform to replace the Royal...
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The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft...
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Uganda People's Defence Force (category Articles with short description)
Su-30MK2 5 Transport Cessna 208 United States utility / transport 2 Short Skyvan United Kingdom utility / transport 1 Helicopters Bell 206 United States...
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The Short S.27 and its derivative, the Short Improved S.27 (sometimes called the Short-Sommer biplane), were a series of early British aircraft built by...
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List of military transport aircraft (category Articles with short description)
Tactical 1955 2 1,287 Short Belfast UK Propeller Strategic 1964 55 8,528 Short Skyvan UK Propeller Tactical / Utility 1963 5 1,117 Short Stirling UK Propeller...
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The Short SA.4 Sperrin (named after the Sperrin Mountains) was a British jet bomber design of the early 1950s, built by Short Brothers and Harland of...
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Parachuting (category Articles with short description)
skydiving in the world. Previously called Canopy Relative Work, or CREW for short, is a skydive where the participants open their parachutes very quickly...
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