Bennair Shorts 360-300 Twin Engine Aircraft at Inverness Dalcross Airfield Scottish Highlands SCO 2512
Benair are a Danish company with offices in Denmark, Norway, France and the UK. Royal Mail has a contract with them to deliver mail to Shetland six days a week (No flight on Sunday) from Aberdeen. In the afternoon they go via Kirkwall to pick up Orkney's southbound mail The Short 360 is a 36-seat derivative of the 30-33 seat Short 330. In high density configuration 39 could be seated. The two Short airliners share a high degree of commonality and are very close in overall dimensions and size. The later 360 is easily identified by a larger, swept tail unit mounted on a revised rear fuselage. The 360 has a 3 ft (91 cm) fuselage "plug" allowing two more seat rows and six extra passengers to be carried, while the extra length smoothed out the aerodynamic profile and reduced drag. Power is supplied by two Pratt & Whitney PT6A-65Rs, and the 360's wingspan is slightly greater. The development was announced in 1980, prototype first flight on 1 June 1981 with type certification awarded on 3 September 1981. Once in production, Short marketed a number of 360 developments, the first of which was the 360 Advanced with 1,424 shp (1,062 kW) PT6A-65-ARs. The 360 Advanced was introduced in late 1985, soon followed by the further improved 360/300, which entered service in March 1987. The 360/300 introduced advanced six-blade propellers, more powerful PT6A-67R engines which combined with other aerodynamic improvements, giving a higher cruise speed and improved "hot and high" performance. The 360/300 was also built in 360/300F freighter configuration. Total production was 164 aircraft
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Location: Inverness Dalcross Airport Scottish Highland Region Scotland UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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