British Aerospace ATP
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Author: Felix Goetting

The BAe ATP was an airliner produced by British Aerospace designed as an evolution of the Hawker Siddeley HS 748. The fuel crisis and increasing worries about 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.

British Aerospace ATP, during climb to flight level (FL) 160 in icing conditions, experienced a significant degradation of performance due to propeller icing accompanied by severe vibration 1
BAE Regional Aircraft believes the British Aerospace ATP still has potential as a passenger aircraft, as Indonesian start-up carrier Air Aceh route-proves its first example.2
in the form of the British Aerospace ATP came engines and propellers which were quieter and more fuel-efficient than the timeless, robust Rolls-Royce Dart/Dowty metal blade combination which had powered the 3
LX-WAN British Aerospace ATP early morning arrival at Schiphol May 13.4

Made by British Aerospace.

It is the successor of the Hawker Siddeley HS 748 .

The British Aerospace ATP has also proven a popular choice as a freighter, under which guise it has achieved greater success than it did as a passenger aircraft.5
This is a video of an british aerospace ATP (reg no- G-BUUP) of atlantic airlines cargo taking off at east midlands airport , enjoy!http://wn.6
The prototype British Aerospace ATP, G-MATP s/n 2001, was flown first on 6 August 1986.7
Height Main
7.14 m
Height Alt
713.74
Predecessor
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Length Alt
2600.96
Max Takeoff Weight Main
22930.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
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* List of civil aircraft
Range Main
1825.0
Type Of Prop
Turboprop
Introduced
1988
Developed From
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Capacity
64
Cruise Speed Main
496.0
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
50550.0
Ceiling Main
7
600 m
Number Built
64
Crew
Four
Cruise Speed Alt
18480.0
Area Main
78.3 m²
Span Alt
3063.24
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
2
653 hp
Engine(prop)
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100
Manufacturer
British Aerospace
Number Of Props
2
First Flight
1986
Production End Year
1996
Span Main
30.63 m
Power Main
1978.0
Production Start Year
1988
Empty Weight Alt
29970.0
Length Main
26.00 m
Area Alt
843.0
Range Alt
68040.0
Similar Aircraft
* Antonov An-140* Saab 2000* ATR 72* de Havilland Canada Dash 8* Handley Page Herald* NAMC YS-11
Related
* Hawker Siddeley HS 748* Hawker Siddeley Andover
Empty Weight Main
13595.0
Ceiling Alt
25000.0
Produced
1988
Category
British Aerospace aircraft
British airliners 1980-1989
British cargo aircraft 1980-1989

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