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Why no American operators of the BAE - 146?

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Yeah, plus it was so slow it could barely get out of its own shadow - but, it was the perfect plane for operating into Aspen CO
 
The main speed restriction of the BAe/Avro was due to the design of the wing (so I was told).... .70 was Vmo for the 200 and .73 for the 300 (146 version that is). It had to power to go faster in cruise...but thats about it. It was a pig on a hot summer day....I remeber going ORD to SYR and finally leveling at 280 around Detroit (that is fully loaded). You could also forget about making the 3 by 5 , 4 by 8 outa Ord in the summer fully loaded. Besides that it was an awsome aircraft to fly!
 
It is the only aircraft known to have birdstikes into the rear end...that's how slow they were....

Oh yeah, and the brits over-engineered them way too much, renowed for going U/S
 

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