NAMC YS-11
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Image:YS-11 JAC Itami.jpg The NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner built by a Japanese consortium, the Nippon 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 from 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.
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.
Operators
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- Air Nippon (subsidiary of All Nippon Airways)
- All Nippon Airways
- Austral Airlines (subsidiary of Aerolineas Argentinas)
- China Airlines
- Cruzeiro
- Gabon (Gabonese Air Force)
- Greek Air Force
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Japan Air System (now merged into Japan Airlines)
- Japan Domestic Airlines (predecessor of Japan Air System)
- Japan Self-Defense Forces (Air and Maritime)
- Japan Coast Guard
- Mid Pacific Air
- Olympic Airways
- Phuket Air
- Piedmont Airlines
- Southwest Air Lines Japan (subsidiary of Japan Airlines)
- Toa Domestic Airlines (predecessor of Japan Air System)
- VASP
- Asian Spirit
Specifications
- Engines: Two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops, each rated 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW)
- Wingspan: 105 ft (32 m)
- Fuselage: 86 ft (26 m)
- Dry weight: 31,000 lb (14,100 kg)
- Maximum takeoff weight: 54,000 lb (24,500 kg)
- Airspeed: 250 knots (470 km/h)
- Operating range: 680 miles (1,100 km)
- Passengers: 64
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