FlightAware has the wrong A/C type for the HS-748 in Canada.
It shows as a “HS-780 Andover”. There are no Andovers registered in Canada.
The '748 is referred to by ATC as an ‘A748’. This is from the original manufacture company ‘AVRO’.
Here is a good discription:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_748
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id | code | mfr | type
------+------+-------------------+----------------
530 | A748 | AIL | 748
979 | A748 | Avro | 748
985 | A748 | Avro | C-91
1701 | A748 | British Aerospace | BAe-748
4039 | A748 | Hawker Siddeley | Andover
4042 | A748 | Hawker Siddeley | C-91
4060 | A748 | Hawker Siddeley | HS-748
4061 | A748 | Hawker Siddeley | HS-748 Andover
4062 | A748 | Hawker Siddeley | HS-780 Andover
4160 | A748 | HINDUSTAN | 748
4605 | A748 | KANPUR | 748
Which of these options do you think best represents the A748 fleet operating in the US and Canada? 979?
Air Creebec, for example, refers to its A748 as a Hawker Siddley 748 2A Cargo.
aircreebec.ca/english/main.html
The Andover has a rear loading ramp. Neither First Air nor Air Creebec operate that model.
This is how I remember them when they were the hot new thing!
4060 | A748 | Hawker Siddeley | HS-748
Crashcade bought them (and built a mx facility for them at YKM) just before they went out of business.
Hi All
In Canada, there are only A748-2A and A748-2B models. The 2B has a 4ft longer wing. Operators include First Air, Air Inuit, Wasaya, Air Cree, Calmair, Air North. I think Westwind has parked theirs.
The Andover is not certified in Canada. The designator ‘C-91’ seems to be a military designator with the Brazilian Airforce.
Even a ‘BAE 748’ is acceptable as BAE has taken over the responsibility of the type in issuing NTO’s to the present operators.
As long as FlightAware does not refer to the '748 as a ‘780 Andover’ is good.
I hope the Administrator will make this change.
Thanks guys, for the input!
Cheers, Happy Skies!