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Short Tucano is a trainer aircraft originating in United Kingdom. It was built by Short Brothers. Reported operators include Royal Air Force (Retired) Kenya Air Force Kuwait Air Force.
Trainer aircraft
United Kingdom
Short Brothers
In limited service
Royal Air Force (Retired) Kenya Air Force Kuwait Air Force
160
1986–1995
1989
14 February 1986
2019 (Royal Air Force)
Embraer EMB 312 Tucano
2
9.86 m (32 ft 4 in)
11.28 m (37 ft 0 in)
3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
19.40 m 2 (208.8 sq ft)
NACA 63 2 A-415 (root), 63A-212 (tip)
2,017 kg (4,447 lb)
3,275 kg (7,220 lb)
724 L (159 imp gal; 191 US gal)
1 × Garrett TPE331 -12B turboprop , 858 kW (1,151 shp)
4-bladed Hartzell constant speed , fully feathering, aluminium , reversible-pitch propeller, 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) diameter
507 km/h (315 mph, 274 kn) at 3,000–4,600 m (10,000–15,000 ft)
407 km/h (253 mph, 220 kn) at 6,100 m (20,000 ft) (econ. cruise)
80 km/h (50 mph, 43 kn) (flaps and gear down) (EAS)
518 km/h (322 mph, 280 kn) ( EAS )
1,665 km (1,035 mi, 899 nmi)
5 h 12 min
10,000 m (34,000 ft)
+7/-3.6
17.8 m/s (3,510 ft/min)
524 m (1,719 ft)
573 m (1,880 ft)
Provision for 1,000 lb (454 kg) of stores on four underwing hardpoints, but not on RAF Tucanos
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Short Tucano equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for Short Tucano · Tucano 51. Service scope: Kenya Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 11. Origin: United Kingdom. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. 2025 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Royal Air Force (Retired) Kenya Air Force Kuwait Air Force
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