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| Role | Turboprop Airliner |
| Manufacturer | Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation |
| First flight | August 30, 1962 |
| Introduced | March 30, 1965 for All Nippon Airways |
| Produced | 1962-1974 |
| Number built | 182 |
The NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner built by a Japanese consortium, the Nihon 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 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. Also, electrical appliances, gauges, machinery and cockpit hardware were supplied either from Japanese Industries or foreign overseas providers during the YS-11's time of production.
The consortium of companies that made up NAMC included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries (now better known as the parent company of automobile manufacturer Subaru), both major producers of fighter planes during WWII. 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.
On September 30, 2006, Japan Air Commuter flight 3806 marked the final flight for a YS-11 in Japan's commercial aviation industry.1
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Variants
- YS-11-100
- YS-11-105
- YS-11-112
- YS-11-200
- YS-11-206
- YS-11-218
- YS-11-300
- YS-11-303
- YS-11-305
- YS-11-400
- YS-11-402
- YS-11-500
- YS-11-600
- YS-11E
Operators
In August 2006, a total of 21 NAMC YS-11 aircraft (all variants) remained in airline service with Aboitiz Air (6), Air Link International Airways (1), Air Philippines (3), Asian Spirit (2), Mahfooz Aviation (1), Phuket Airlines (4), South Phoenix Airways (2), Aero Union (1) and Gacela Air Cargo (1).2
All former and present operators of the NAMC YS-11:citation needed
- 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 Phoenix
- Air Star Zanzibar
- Midwest Air Charter/Airborne Express
- Airlink International Airways
- Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (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
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Hellenic Air Force
- 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
Incidents
See also: North Korean abductions of South Koreans In December 1969 a YS-11 operated by Korean Air was hijacked and flown to North Korea; the plane, its crew and passengers are still held in North Korean territory.
Specifications (YS-11A-200)
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General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Capacity: 64 passengers
- Payload: 5,400 kg (11,904 lb)
- Length: 26.3 m (86 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 32.0 m (105 ft 0 in)
- Height: 8.99 m (29 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 94.83 m² (1,020.4 ft²)
- Empty weight: 14,600 kg (32,187 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 23,500 kg (51,808 lb)
- Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce Dart Mk.542-10K turboprop engines, 2,280 kW (3,060 shp) each
Performance
- Cruise speed: 454 km/h (245 knots, 282 mph)
- Range: 2,200 km (1,188 NM, 1,367 mi)
- Service ceiling 6,982 m (22,900 ft)
- Rate of climb: 6.2 m/s (1,220 ft/min)
External links
References
- ^ Farewell to the wings of YS-11 Yomiuri Online (Yomiuri Shimbun)
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
- ^ Green, William, The Observers Book of Aircraft, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1970. ISBN 0-7232-0087-4
See also
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