NAMC YS-11
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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
- Aboitiz Air
- Aerodan Cargo
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- Aerolitoral (subsidiary of AeroMexico)
- AeroSierra
- Air Aruba
- Air Caribbean
- Air Nippon (subsidiary of All Nippon Airways)
- All Nippon Airways
- Air Philippines
- Air Star Zanzibar
- Airborne Express
- Airlink International Airways
- ALA
- Alcon
- American Eagle (operated by Simmons Airlines)
- Asian Spirit
- Austral Airlines (subsidiary of Aerolineas Argentinas)
- Barker-Wayne
- BIMP - EAGA Air Alliance
- Bouraq
- China Airlines
- Continental Express (operated by Provincetown-Boston Airline, Inc.)
- Cruzeiro
- Far West
- Filipinas Orient Airways
- Fort Worth Air
- Gabon Express Cargo
- Gabon (Gabonese Air Force)
- Gacela
- Gambia Airways
- Geological Survey of Japan
- Global Air Cargo
- Greek Air Force
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Japan Air Lines
- Japan Air System (now merged into Japan Airlines)
- Japan Domestic Airlines (predecessor of Japan Air System)
- Japan Self-Defense Forces (Air and Maritime)
- Japan Civil Aeronautics Board
- Japan Coast Guard
- Japan TransOcean Air
- Korean Air
- Korean Air Cargo
- Lansa
- Litoral
- Mandala
- Mey-Air
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines
- Mid Pacific Air
- MPAC
- Nihon Kinkyori Airlines (Subsidiary of ANA - All Nippon Airways)
- Norcanair
- Olympic Airways
- Provincetown-Boston Airlines
- Philippine Air Force
- Philippine Airlines
- Phuket Air
- Piedmont Airlines
- Pinehurst
- Pyramid Airlines
- Reeve Aleutian Airways
- Societe Generale d'Alimentation
- Simmons Airlines
- South Phoenix Airways
- Southwest Air Lines Japan (subsidiary of Japan Airlines)
- Tauk Tours
- Toa Airways (predecessor of Toa Domestic Airlines)
- Toa Domestic Airlines (predecessor of Japan Air System)
- Trans Air
- Trans-Central Airlines
- Trygon, Ltd.
- USPS - US Postal Service
- VASP
- Winair
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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