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Short 360 is a transport aircraft originating in United Kingdom. It was built by Short Brothers. Reported operators include Air Cargo Carriers TransAir Skyway Enterprises Air Flamenco.
Technical data
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Transport aircraft
United Kingdom
Short Brothers
In limited service
Air Cargo Carriers TransAir Skyway Enterprises Air Flamenco
165
1981–1991
November 1982
1 June 1981
Short 330
Short C-23B/C Sherpa
Three (Two pilots plus one cabin crew)
36 passengers
21.58 m (70 ft 10 in)
22.81 m (74 ft 10 in)
7.21 m (23 ft 8 in)
42.09 m 2 (454 sq ft)
NACA 63A modified
7,870 kg (17,350 lb)
12,292 kg (27,099 lb)
2,182 L (480 imp gal; 576 US gal)
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 A-65AR turboprop , 1,062 kW (1,424 shp) each
404 km/h (251 mph, 218 kn) (max cruise at FL 100)
330 km/h (210 mph, 180 kn) (Long range cruise at FL100)
1,595 km (991 mi, 861 nmi) full tanks, 2,569 kg (5,664 lb) payload
6,100 m (20,000 ft) MSL
4.84 m/s (952 ft/min)
1.01 kg/km (3.57 lb/mi) 820 lb (370 kg)/h at 200 kn (370 km/h) TAS
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Short 360 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Air Force exact named equipment holdings: Short 360 Sherpa. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Air Force exact named equipment holdings: Short 360 Sherpa. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Air Cargo Carriers TransAir Skyway Enterprises Air Flamenco
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