NAMC YS-11
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| NAMC YS-11 | |
|---|---|
| A YS-11 of Japan Air Commuter | |
| Type | Turboprop Airliner |
| Manufacturer | Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation |
| Maiden flight | August 30, 1962 |
| Introduced | March 30, 1965 for All Nippon Airways |
| Produced | 1962-1974 |
| Number built | 182 |
The NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner built by a Japanese consortium, the Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. The program was initiated by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1954: the aircraft was rolled out in 1962, and production ceased in 1974.
To date, the YS-11 is the only successful commercial aircraft made by a Japanese firm, either before or after World War II. 182 were produced in total. Although most of the aircraft was designed and manufactured in Japan, the engines were built by Rolls-Royce.
Due to the fact that the consortium of companies that made up NAMC included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries (now better known as the automobile manufacturer Subaru), both major producers of fighter planes during WWII, the body of YS-11 was made unusually strong, resulting in a long-lasting airplane.[citation needed]
The twin-engined YS-11 delivered similar operational performance to the four-engined Vickers Viscount, and had 50% more capacity than the similarly-configured Fokker F.27.
On September 30, 2006, Japan Air Commuter flight 3806 marked the final flight for a YS-11 in Japan's commercial aviation industry.
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[edit] Operators
In August 2006 a total of 21 NAMC YS-11 aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service with Aboitiz Air (6), Air Link International Airways (1), Air Philippines (3), Asian Spirit (2), Mahfooz Aviation (1), Phuket Airlines (4), South Phoenix Airways (2), Aero Union (1) and Gacela Air Cargo (1).<ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref>
All operators of the NAMC YS-11:
- Aboitiz Air
- Aerodan Cargo
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- Aerolitoral (subsidiary of AeroMexico)
- AeroSierra
- Air Aruba
- Air Caribbean
- Air Nippon (subsidiary of All Nippon Airways)
- All Nippon Airways
- Air Philippines
- Air Star Zanzibar
- Airborne Express
- Airlink International Airways
- ALA
- Alcon
- American Eagle (operated by Simmons Airlines)
- Asian Spirit
- Austral Airlines (subsidiary of Aerolineas Argentinas)
- Barker-Wayne
- BIMP - EAGA Air Alliance
- Bouraq
- China Airlines
- Continental Express (operated by Provincetown-Boston Airline, Inc.)
- Cruzeiro
- Far West
- Filipinas Orient Airways
- Fort Worth Air
- Gabon Express Cargo
- Gabon (Gabonese Air Force)
- Gacela
- Gambia Airways
- Geological Survey of Japan
- Global Air Cargo
- Greek Air Force
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Japan Air Lines
- Japan Air System (now merged into Japan Airlines)
- Japan Domestic Airlines (predecessor of Japan Air System)
- Japan Self-Defense Forces (Air and Maritime)
- Japan Civil Aeronautics Board
- Japan Coast Guard
- Japan TransOcean Air
- Korean Air
- Korean Air Cargo
- Lansa
- Litoral
- Mandala
- Mey-Air
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines
- Mid Pacific Air
- MPAC
- Nihon Kinkyori Airlines (Subsidiary of ANA - All Nippon Airways)
- Norcanair
- Olympic Airways
- Provincetown-Boston Airlines
- Philippine Air Force
- Philippine Airlines
- Phuket Air
- Piedmont Airlines
- Pinehurst
- Pyramid Airlines
- Reeve Aleutian Airways
- Societe Generale d'Alimentation
- Simmons Airlines
- South Phoenix Airways
- Southwest Air Lines Japan (subsidiary of Japan Airlines)
- Tauk Tours
- Toa Airways (predecessor of Toa Domestic Airlines)
- Toa Domestic Airlines (predecessor of Japan Air System)
- Trans Air
- Trans-Central Airlines
- Trygon, Ltd.
- USPS - US Postal Service
- VASP
- Winair
[edit] Specifications
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.- Engines: Two Rolls-Royce Dart Mk542-10K turboprops, each rated 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW)
- Wingspan: 105 ft (32 m)
- Fuselage: 86 ft (26.3 m)
- Dry weight: 32,187 lb (14,600 kg)
- Maximum load: 11,904 lb (5,400 kg)
- Maximum takeoff weight: 51,808 lb (23,500 kg)
- Airspeed: 245kt knots (454 km/h)
- Operating range: 1,367 miles (2,200 km)
- Passengers: 64
- Day of first test flight: August 30th, 1962
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