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Operated Avro Anson, Reid and Sigrist R.S.4 single aircraft built [226] Kestrel International: 1971: 1972: Operated Douglas DC-3, Vickers Viscount [227] KLM uk: UK: UKA: 1999: 2002: Merged with KLM Cityhopper: Knight Air: KNT: 1994: 1997: Established as Knightway Air Charter in 1982. Fatal crash on 24 May 1995 of scheduled flight Leeds to Aberdeen.
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The Aircraft Restoration Company (formally Historic Flying Limited) [1] is a British company that specialises in the restoration and new-build of Supermarine Spitfires and other historic aircraft. It is based at the former RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire, UK.
The aircraft lessor Avolon counted a total of 2,100 aircraft in storage during 2017. [11] Of these, 48% were deemed unsuitable for future flight, making them viable candidates for aircraft recycling. Aircraft that have been parked for three years have a 50% likelihood of being redeployed for flight, and a 20% likelihood after five years of ...
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 [13] UK Propeller Reconnaissance 1912 1919 Single-engined piston biplane Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12: UK Propeller Fighter 1918 1918 Single-engined piston biplane Bristol Beaufighter [24] UK Propeller Strike fighter/night fighter/target tug 1940 1960 Twin-engined piston monoplane Bristol Beaufort [25] UK Propeller
The 22nd B.2, later converted for the MMR role. Completed 20 April 1961, delivered to 27 Squadron a day later. Latterly with 50 Squadron and then Station Flight, Waddington. It was sold on 21 January 1983 to Tom Stoddard and David Hutchinson of the Solway Aviation Society, which at the time had only one other aircraft, a Meteor jet.
The ATP was developed during the 1980s, events such as such as the 1979 oil crisis and increasing public concern regarding aircraft noise led business planners at British Aerospace to believe that there was a market for a short-range, low-noise, fuel-efficient turboprop aircraft.