SC.7 Skyvan at Oulu Airport, Finland.
The Short SC.7 Skyvan is a British 19-seat twin-turboprop aircraft manufactured by Short Brothers of Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1963 to 1986. It is used mainly for short-haul freight, commuter flights, and skydiving.
The Skyvan is a high wing, twin-engined all-metal monoplane with a mid-mounted tailplane and twin rudders. The first flight of the Skyvan, the Skyvan 1, was on 17 January 1963. It is called "the shed" by pilots and crew.
Variants[]
- Short SC.7 Skyvan 1: Prototype, powered by Rolls-Royce Condor piston engines
- Short SC.7 Skyvan 1A: Re-engined prototype, powered by two 520shp Turbomeca Astazou 2 turboprop engines
- Short SC.7 Skyvan 2: 1st production version, powered by two 690shp Turbomeca Astazou 12 turboprop engines, 1 prototype and 7 production models built.
- Short SC.7 Skyvan 3: 2nd production version, powered by two 750shp Rolls-Royce RNa.6A-34 Nimbus turboprops, 140 Produced with 2 Skyvan 2 converted
- Short SC.7 Skyvan 3A:
- Short SC.7 Skyvan 3M:
- Short SC.7 Skyvan 3M-200:
- Short SC.7 Skyliner:
- Short SC.7 Seavan: