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The stretched Jetstream was inevitable as a low cost method of BAe to maintain their hold of this sector of the commuter aircraft market. BAe logically feel that in time the majority of their present J31 customer base will require a larger aircraft than the 18119 seat J31, while the J41 BAe will be able to ably fulfill this need.
Update – BAe Jetstream 41
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British Aerospace Jetstream 41
A stretched version of British Aerospace’s highly successful 18/19 passenger twin turboprop and pressurised Jetstream 31 commuter airliner has long been speculated upon by the aviation press. With the announcement of the 29 passenger Jetstream 41, the speculation has turned into reality
I t is now more than a decade since British Aerospace rescued the Jetstream basic design, an extremely promising aircraft originally developed by the long lamented Handley Page company in the mid 1960s. Handley Page built 42 Jetstreams between the prototype’s first flight in 1967 and the winding up of the company in early 1970 with Scottish Aviation adding another 26 to the tally for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy between 1972 and 1976, most of them put together from components and airframes left over from the Handley Page production line.
All but one of these Jetstreams were built powered by Turbomeca Astazou turboprops. The odd one out was a single example fitted with Garrett TPE331 engines as a prototype for a version selected by the USAF for general communication, cargo, aeromedical and training roles as the C-10A. The USAF’s initial order for 11 aircraft lapsed with the demise of the company. Another Astazou powered Jetstream was later converted to Garrett power for C-10A flight trials.
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