Ansett and the 146

In April 1971 Hawker Siddeley Aviation at Hatfield commenced design work on a new jet feederliner. The aircraft was projected to carry 70 passengers over a 700 nautical mile range from a 3,500-4,000 foot runway and was seen as a replacement for the many piston and turbine-powered twin-engined aircraft then used for that type of operation.

It has been many decades since a British-built aircraft wore Ansett livery. To find out more about Ansett Transport Industries’ latest acquisition Gordon Reid visited British Aerospace at Hatfield and Ansett headquarters in Melbourne to get the full story on. . .

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