What In the World Is That??

[Don Gieseke]

A Canadian buddy thinks this is the prettiest airplane in the world.

First of all, what the heck is it?

Secondly, On a scale of 1 -10, how pretty is it??? ;D

Attachments:

[rich]

Short SC-7 Skyvan
Origin : UK
Power Plants: Srs 2 Turbomeca Astazou XII turboprops or
Srs 3 Garrett-AIResearch TPE-331-201 turboprops
Performance: 236 mph at 10,000 ft.
207 mph max cruising speed at 10,000 ft
172 mph economical cruising speed
Status: First production flown Oct 1965
Garrett engines 1968
Remarks: The featured acft is with Garrett engines since they're
performance at take-off under all conditions is imporved

This acft was an artic settlement freighter but could be used for pax (18) maximun, cargo max 4000 lbs.

[Dean Matson]

Ah yes, the Shorts Bros. Skyvan. This is the airplane that started the statement; "When the airplane was first delivered the people who were putting it together got confused, threw away the plane and kept the crate it came in". It a great jump plane but not much support these days.

[D. Robert Quick]

Would you believe that Chautauqua Airlines actually flew a newer version of that out of Jamestown, NY to PIT and BUF..? I didn't fly them, but the guys said they were horrible in iceing conditions... and trust me, in the winter, you DO NOT want to be flying into BUF, the ice machine from hell, in something that won't handle it well... I still have bad dreams about that...