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SF340
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Saab 340
The
first delivered Saab 340A - actually at that time it was
named Saab Fairchild SF340 because of the 65/35 Saab
Fairchild partnership - was the 5th built, and it went to
Crossair on June 6th 1984. Of the four earlier aircraft only
the 4th went into service by Comair, and the three other
are either stored at Linköping (no.1), used to prototype
for the B version and later donated to a technical training
school (no.2) or used as a mock up for the Saab 2000 (no.
3). But back to the Crossair aircraft, it stayed in service
by the airline until February 1990 - to be more exact the
21st. On this day it was to be used for a training session,
and it didn't reach the sky as it should have done. The reason
for this was an error made by the crew, the undercarriage
was retracted on ground. The damage to the aircraft resulted
in a write off. The captain of this training session was
later killed during the Crossair Avro RJ100 accident on November
24th 2001.
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SF340
/ Saab 340A
| Wingspan |
21.4
m |
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Length
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19.7 m |
| Height |
7.0
m
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| Wing
area |
41.8 mē |
| Max
t/o weight |
12,700
kg
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| Cruising
speed |
484 km/h
(260 kt) |
| Service
ceiling |
25,000
ft |
| Range |
- maximum
payload:
563
km (304 nm)
- 30 passengers:
895 km (483 nm)
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| Fuel
capacity |
2,580 kg |
| Power |
2x 1,735
shp - General Electric CT7-5A2
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| Passenger
cabin |
30 single
class |
| Cargo
capasity |
6.8 m³ |
Chronology
| Launched |
September
1980 |
| First
flight |
January
25th 1983 |
| Certification |
June
1984 |
| First
delivered |
June
6th 1984 |
| First
airline |
Crossair
(HB-AHA) |
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Photo:
Nils Mosberg
Photo:
Christian H. Kamhaug
Photo:
Nils Mosberg
Saab
340A from:
Airpics.com
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Saab
340B (serial no. 160-359) /
Saab 340B Plus - wing tip extensions (serial no. 360-)
| Wingspan |
21.4 m |
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Length
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19.7 m |
| Height |
7.0 m
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| Wing
area |
41.8 mē |
| Max
t/o weight |
13,155 kg
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| Cruising
speed |
467 km/h (252
kt) |
| Service
ceiling |
25,000 ft |
| Range |
- maximum
payload:
709 km (383 nm)
- 30 passengers 340B /
34 passengers 340B plus:
993 km (536 nm)
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| Fuel
capacity |
2,580 kg |
| Power |
2x 1,870
shp - General Electric CT7-9B
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| Passenger
cabin |
34 single class |
| Cargo
capasity |
6.8 m³ (with
aft lavatory)
8.3 m³ (with forward lavatory) |
340B plus
version needs around 200 m shorter RWY for take off compared
with the 340B.
Chronology
| First
flight |
September
1987 |
| First
flight |
April
21st 1989 |
| First
delivered |
September
15th 1989 |
| First
airline |
Crossair
(HB-AKA) |
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Photo:
Andreas Mowinckel
Photo: Kurt Gorm Larsen
Photo: Christian H. Kamhaug
Saab
340B from:
Airpics.com |
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| Cockpit photos from Saab 340B (Loganair G-LGNF) |
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All three photos: Kjell Oskar Granlund / Scandinavian Aviation
Photography
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2003/08/20
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