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. Also, electrical appliances, gauges, machinery and cockpit hardware were supplied either from Japanese Industries or foreign overseas providers during the YS-11's time of production.

The consortium of companies that made up NAMC included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries (now better known as the parent company of automobile manufacturer Subaru), both major producers of fighter planes during WWII. 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.[1]

Contents

[edit] Variants

  • YS-11-100
  • YS-11-105
  • YS-11-112
  • YS-11-200
  • YS-11-206
  • YS-11-218
  • YS-11-300
  • YS-11-303
  • YS-11-305
  • YS-11-400
  • YS-11-402
  • YS-11-500
  • YS-11-600
  • YS-11E

[edit] Operators

An Asian Spirit YS-11 from the Philippines.
An Asian Spirit YS-11 from the Philippines.

In August 2006, a total of 21 NAMC YS-11 aircraft (all variants) remained 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).[2]

All Nippon Airways
All Nippon Airways

All former and present operators of the NAMC YS-11:

[edit] Specifications (YS-11A-200)

A JAC NAMC YS-11
A JAC NAMC YS-11

Data from [3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two
  • Capacity: 64 passengers
  • Payload: 5,400 kg (11,904 lb)
  • Length: 26.3 m (86 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 32.0 m (105 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 8.99 m (29 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 94.83 m² (1,020.4 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 14,600 kg (32,187 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 23,500 kg (51,808 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce Dart Mk.542-10K turboprop engines, 2,280 kW (3,060 shp) each

Performance


[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Farewell to the wings of YS-11 Yomiuri Online (Yomiuri Shimbun)
  2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
  3. ^ Green, William, The Observers Book of Aircraft, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1970. ISBN 0-7232-0087-4

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