5620 x 3733 px | 47,6 x 31,6 cm | 18,7 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2009
Ubicazione:
Inverness Dalcross Airport Scottish Highland Region Scotland UK
Altre informazioni:
Highland Airways is an airline based in Inverness, Scotland. It operates passenger and freight charters as well as scheduled services from its main base at Inverness Airport. Other services include newspaper distribution to the northern and Western Isles, Royal Mail flights to the Western Isles and charter services for corporate clients. Aircraft are also based at Cardiff Airport. Destinations Benbecula Inverness Shetland Islands Stornoway Cardiff Anglesey The Jetstream 41's stretch added 16 ft (4.88 m) to the fuselage, consisting of an 8 foot (2.5 m) plug forward of the wing and a 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) plug to the rear; the fuselage design was all new and did not contain any parts of the old fuselage. The new design demanded a wing with increased span, which also included reworked ailerons and flaps. The wing was also mounted below the fuselage so that it did not carry through the cabin aisle, which also led to larger wing root fairings that increased baggage capacity. The latest version of the Garrett TPE331 engines, the -14, now owned by Honeywell, delivered 1, 500 shp (1, 120 kW) and later 1, 650 shp (1, 232 KW) and were mounted in new nacelles with increased ground clearance. The flightdeck was improved with a modern EFIS setup, and a new windscreen arrangement. The J41 was the first turbo-prop certified to both JAR25 and FAR25 standards. The J41 flew for the first time on 25 September 1991 and was certified on 23 November 1992. In January 1996, the J41 became part of the Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)), a marketing consortium consisting of ATR, Aérospatiale (of France), Alenia (of Italy), and British Aerospace. Sales initially were fairly strong, but in May 1997 BAe announced that it was terminating J41 production, with 100 aircraft delivered.
