SHORT 360

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The 'Short 360' (also 'SD3-60') is a commuter aircraft built by Short Brothers of Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is now a division of Bombardier of Canada.

Contents

Development

Variants

Production

Operators

Specifications (360-100)

Performance

Avionics

Accidents

References

External links

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Development

The Short 360 is a 36 seat derivative of the 30 seat Short 330. In high density configuration 39 could be seated. The 3 foot (91 centimeter) stretch reduced drag in addition to adding capacity and employed a wider wingspan. The development was announced in 1980, prototype first flight on 1 June 1981, type certification was awarded on 3 September 1981 and entered service with Suburban Airlines (later merged with Allegheny Airlines/US Airways) in November 1981.

Variants

★ '360-100' was the first production model with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65R turboprop engines.^[1]

★ '360 Advanced' featured an upgraded PT6A-65AR engines providing 1,424 shaft horsepower (1,062 kilowatts) each.¹ The aircraft was later redesignated '360-200'. Variant was introduced in late 1985.¹

★ '360-300' added even more powerful PT6A-67R engines with six blade propellers providing a higher cruise speed and improved performance.¹

★ '360-300F' was a freighter version of -300.¹ with capacity for five LD3 cargo containers.

★ 'C-23 Sherpa' B+ and C variants are military configured Short 360s operated by the United States military.^[2]

Production

Production on the 360 ceased in 1991 after 165 deliveries.^[3] As of 1998, approximately 110 360s were in service.³

Operators

In August 2006 a total of 86 Short 360 aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service, with Air Seychelles (2), Deraya Air Taxi (2), Freedom Air (1), South Pacific Express (2), Air Contractors (3), Aerocondor (4), Aurigny Air Services (1), Benair (1), Emerald Airways (10), Nightexpress (2), Aeroperlas (8), Air Cargo Carriers (19), Air Santo Domingo (1), AirNow (3), Islena Airlines (3), Pacific Coastal Airlines (2), Roblex Aviation (7), Servicios Aereos Profesionales (1), Skyway Enterprises (8), Trans Air (1) and Trans Executive Airlines (4).^[4]

★ Argentina

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★ LAPA

★ Aruba

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★ Tiara Air

★ Australia

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★ Sunstate Airlines

★ Canada

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★ Pacific Coastal Airlines

★ China

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★ CAAC

★ Costa Rica

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★ TACA (SANSA)

★ Guatemala

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★ TACA (INTER)

★ Honduras

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★ TACA (ISLEÑA) ^[5]

★ Ireland

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★ Aer Arann

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★ Aer Lingus ^[6]

★ Nicaragua

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★ TACA (LA COSTENA)

★ Panama

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★ TACA (AEROPERLAS)

★ Philippines

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★ Philippine Airlines

★ Thailand

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★ Thai Airways ^[7]

★ United Kingdom

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★ BAC Express

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★ British Regional Airways/Loganair ^[8]

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★ Manx G-LEGS (not current) see Euromanx

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★ Jersey European (now Flybe) ^[9]

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★ Gill Airways ^[10]

★ United States

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★ US Airways

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★ American Eagle

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★ Air Cargo Carriers

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★ Federal Express ^[11]

★ Venezuela

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★ Venezuelan Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Venezolana)

Specifications (360-100)

Data as issued by Short, April 1985 with the exception of Undercarriage figures which are from published sources.

★ External Dimensions

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★ 'Span' : 74 ft 10 in

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★ 'Length' : 70 ft 10 in

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★ 'Height' : 23 ft 8 in

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★ 'Wing Area' : 454 sq ft

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★ 'Aspect Ratio' : 12.33

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★ 'Forward Cargo Door Aperture' : 5 ft 6 in by 4 ft 7 in

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★ 'Forward Cargo Door Sill Height' : 3 ft 1 in

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★ 'Airframe Design Life' : 40,000 flights

★ Undercarriage

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★ 'Track' : 13 ft 11 in

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★ 'Wheelbase' : 23 ft 2 in

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★ 'Turning Radius' : 53 ft 10 in

★ Cabin Dimensions

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★ 'Length' : 36ft 2 in

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★ 'Height' : 6 ft 4 in

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★ 'Maximum Width' : 6 ft 4 in

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★ 'Floor Width' : 6 ft 2 in

★ Volumes

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★ 'Passenger Compartment' : 1,450 cu ft

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★ 'Baggage Compartments'

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★ Forward : 45 cu ft

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★ Aft : 170 cu ft

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★ Lockers : 52 cu ft

★ Weights

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★ 'Maximum Take-off' : 26,000 lb

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★ 'Maximum Landing' : 25,700 lb

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★ 'Operational Empty' : 16,900 lb

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★ 'Maximum Useful Load ( pax and fuel )' : 9,100 lb

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★ 'Maximum Cabin Load ( freight mode )' : 8,100 lb

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★ 'Passenger Payload ( 36 pax at 190 lb )' : 6,840 lb

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★ 'Forward & Aft Baggage Compartments Combined Load' : 1,400 lb

★ Propulsion

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★ 'Propellor Diameter' : 9 ft 3 in

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★ 'Maximum Fuel Load' : 3,840 lb

Performance

★ Take-off field length at MTOW ( model '360-100' )

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★ 'ISA, Sea Level' : 4,000 ft

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★ 'ISA + 15C, Sea Level' : 4,760 ft

★ Landing field length at MLW ( model '360-100' )

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★ 'ISA, Sea Level' : 3,970 ft

★ Cruise Performance ( model '360-300' )

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★ 'High-speed Cruise Speed' : 210 kts

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★ 'High-speed Cruise Fuel Burn' : 1,047 lb / hour

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★ 'Long-range Cruise Speed' : 180 kts

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★ 'Long-range Cruise Fuel Burn' : 809 lb / hour

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★ 'Cruising Altitude' : 10,000 ft

★ Range ( model '360-100', Long-range Cruise )

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★ 'Maximum passenger load, standard reserves' : 313 nm

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★ 'Maximum fuel, standard reserves' : 747 nm

Avionics

★ Standard avionics:

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★ Collins Proline IFR suite;

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★ Sunstrand Mk. 2 ground prox warning system;

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★ Honeywell YG-7500 radalt;

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★ Collins WXR-220 weather radar.

★ Optional avionics:

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★ Collins Digital Proline 2 suite with EFIS-74 CRT displays;

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★ Collins HF-230 HF radio;

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★ Secondary ADF ( Collins ADF-60A );

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★ Collins APS-65 Cat II autopilot.

Accidents

A total of 11 hull loss accidents have been recorded for the Short 360.^[12] (with one more probable in the wake of the recent Air Cargo Carriers incident).^[13]

References

1. Frawley, Gerard: ''The International Directory of Civil Aircraft, 2003/2004'', p. 193. Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 2003. ISBN 1-875671-58-7.
2. Olive-Drab C-23 page
3. Short 360 page, Airliners.net, accessed 2007-08-09.
4. Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
5. HR-IAP
6. EI-BSP
7. HS-TSE
8. G-BNMT
9. G-OBHD
10. G-BNYI
11. FedEx - About FedEx - FedEx Facts
12. hull losses
13. [1]

External links

★ Short 360 page on Airliners.net

★ Short 360 page on britishaircraft.co.uk

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