NAMC YS-11
The NAMC YS- 11 is a turboprop airliner. It was built in Japan by the consortium Nihon Kokuki Seizo (English Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Company, NAMC ). The program was launched in 1954 by the Japan External Trade and Industry Ministry. In 1962, the first machine was completed, the production ended in 1974. Prototype from 1962 is exhibited in the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences in the vicinity of the airport Narita / Tokyo.
So far, the YS -11 is the only successful passenger aircraft, which was built in Japan, a total of 182 units were built. The aircraft was manufactured in Japan for the most part, only the engine turbines come from Rolls- Royce and the propeller of Dowty Rotol.
Use
The YS -11 was flown by various Japanese and Chinese airlines. Other buyers were Aerolineas Argentinas, Olympic Airways and the U.S. Piedmont Airlines.
Military user
- Hellenic Air Force
- Air force
- Air Self-Defense Forces
- Air force
- Air force
Technical data ( NAMC YS -11 -200)
Comparable aircraft type
The twin-engined YS -11 had similar characteristics as the four-engined Vickers Viscount or the Fokker F- 27, but about 50 % more capacity than the latter exhibited. The basic concept was taken a few years later by British Aerospace with the Advanced Turboprop ATP again.