From kls Mon Sep 19 01:28:34 1994 Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: bounce-back From: ehahn@fairlite.mitre.org (Ed Hahn) Subject: Re: Low wing turbo-prop References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Va. Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Date: 19 Sep 94 01:28:34 In article irksome@netcom.com (Ian Urquhart) writes: I was at Dulles last week and noticed United Express flew these low wing, five-bladed twin turbo-props. They have a fin along the lower side of the tailcone presumably for additional longitudinal stability. The empennage is cruciform; not T-tail and not "conventional". It looks like an Embraer and my guess is that it is a new generation version of the Bandit, the affectionate name for the Bandierante given to the plane by my first instructor who went off to fly for UEx. Could anyone verify this? Thanks Ian Urquhart irksome@netcom.com ----- United Express at Dulles flys two basic aircraft types, of which the low wing is the Jetstream 31/41. The other is a DHC-8 ("Dash 8"), which of course is high wing. Both Jetstreams are manufactured by British Aerospace, Ltd. I don't know if Embraer is a partner in the design or manufacture, however. The 31 seats 19 passengers, and the 41 seats 30 passengers. And they do look sharp in the new paint! Hope this helps, ed //////// Ed Hahn | ehahn@mitre.org | (703) 883-5988 \\\\\\\\ The above comment reflects the opinions of the author, and does not constitute endorsement or implied warranty by the MITRE Corporation. Really, I wouldn't kid you about a thing like this.