Hawker Siddeley Andover

what is it?

The Hawker Siddeley HS 780 Andover is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft produced by Hawker Siddeley for the Royal Air Force (RAF), developed from the Avro-designed HS 748 airliner. The Andover was named after the Avro Andover, a biplane transport used by the RAF for medical evacuation between the first and second world wars; and RAF Andover, where some of its trials were carried out. The Andover had a kneeling landing gear to make ramp loading easier.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 30 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 515 km/htop speed
• range 2,295 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 52passengers
• size 23.1 tmax take-off weight
• built 37made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 61 years ago, in 1965.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 30 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 2,295 km: 13× Amsterdam to Brussels.

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1965-07-09

retired

2015

status

retired

number built

37

role

transport aircraft

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Hawker Siddeley

engines

2× Rolls-Royce RDa.12 Dart Mk 201

crew

2

passengers

52

length

23.8 m

wingspan

30 m

height

9.2 m

max take-off weight

23.1 t

top speed

515 km/h

cruise speed

435 km/h

range

2,295 km

ceiling

7,315 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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