Aircraft / BAe 146-200 (aka Avro RJ85)
The British Aerospace (BAe) 146, later known as the Avro RJ85, is a short-range, four-engine regional jet airliner produced by British Aerospace (BAe), a British aircraft manufacturer based in Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom. BAe was founded in 1977 upon the merger of the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), Hawker Siddeley and Scottish Aviation.
Launched in earnest in 1978 after several years of low-key development, the BAe 146 was designed as a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a T-tail and powered by four Avco Lycoming ALF 502H turbofan engines, which allows the aircraft to operate from high, hot and/or poor grade airfields. Despite being a quadjet, the aircraft’s engines are less noisy than competing aircraft types, in part because the high-bypass turbofan blade tips were designed to stay below the speed of sound. As a result, the Bae 146 proved to be an excellent choice for usage at smaller urban airports such as London City Airport (LCY) as well as at rugged, remote airfields around Australia and elsewhere.
The BAe 146 was introduced in May 1983 as “the world’s quietest jetliner.” The type ended production in 2001 with 394 examples built. It was sold primarily as a passenger jetliner, but the type was able to be readily converted into cargo, combi or special missions variants on request.
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Name: British Aerospace 146-200
Final Assembly Line: Woodford, Greater Manchester, UK
Role: Quad-Engine Regional Airliner
First Introduction: May 1983
Status: Out of Production; In Service
Cockpit Crew: Two
Seating: 85-100
Engines:
(Early) 4 x Lycoming ALF 502R-5
(Later) 4 x Honeywell LF 507-1F
Cruise Speed: 404-426 knots (747-789 km/h; 465-490 mph)
Range: 1970 nmi (3650 km; 2267 mi)