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Hawker Siddeley HS.748-2A

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Twin turbo-prop short range passenger- and cargo-aircraft.

    After a long search for a suitable replacement for the Douglas C-47B Dakota the Belgian government decided on April 8th, 1974 to acquire three Hawker Siddeley HS748s. The HS.748-2A was equipped with a large cargo door on the left hand side and could be transformed from cargo to passenger configuration in a minimum of time. In 2002 the HS.748 was withdrawn from use when the Embraer replacement aircraft arrived. Two airworthy HS.748 transports were donated to government of Benin while the third aircraft was also transferred to serve as a spare-parts resource.

Hawker Siddeley HS.748

CS-01

C/N

Date In

1741/222

Jun 1976

Date Out

Feb 2002

History

CS-01, TY-21A (Benin)

Hawker Siddeley HS.748

CS-02

C/N

Date In

1742/223

Jul 1976

Date Out

Mar 2002

History

CS-02, TY-21B (Benin)

Hawker Siddeley HS.748

CS-03

C/N

Date In

1743/224

Sep 1976

Date Out

Aug 2001

History

G-BEEM, CS-03, shipped to Benin as spare parts resource, last noted at Benin 26 Sep 2020 being dismantled, gone by 19 Nov 20, scrapped.

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