Short SC.7 Skyvan

Featuring a basic rugged design and STOL capabilities, it was used in small numbers by airlines, and also by some smaller air forces.

The Skyvan is a twin-engined all-metal, high-wing monoplane, with a braced, high aspect ratio wing, and an unpressurised, square-section fuselage with twin fins and rudders.

[6] Consequently, in 1968, production switched to the Skyvan Series 3 aircraft, which replaced the Astazou engines with Garrett AiResearch TPE331 turboprops of 715 shp (533 kW).

[8] Skyvan G-BEOL starred in the film Kingsman Secret Service as the aircraft trainee kingsmen skydived from.

Skyvans still active in 2022–2024 include[18] Data from Jane's Civil and Military Upgrades 1994-95[34]General characteristics Performance

A Short Skyvan (centre) together with the two types developed from it, Short 360 (front) and Short 330 (rear) at 1982 Farnborough Airshow
Skyvan 3 converted for survey work by Questor Surveys, 1975
G-ASCN Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 1A prototype with Turbomeca Astazou engines, 28 APR 1964
SC.7 Skyvan 3A-100 at Oulu Airport, Finland in 2005
SX-BBO SC.7 Skyvan 400 Olympic Airways at Mykonos ca 1975
A British Airways (Scottish Division) Short Skyvan on the beach ( Barra Airport ) ca 1974
Short Skyvan showing exactly why this type is popular as a skydiving launch platform.
Argentine Naval Prefecture Skyvan 'PA-51' on display at the Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA in Buenos Aires , Argentina . This particular aircraft was used to carry out death flights during the Dirty War .
5S-TA, Austrian Air Force Skyvan 3M-400 in 2005 (now at Zeltweg Museum)
Royal Thai Police compound at Bangkok Don Mueang-DMK, October 2014. In view are three Shorts SC.7 Skyvans, a Shorts SD3-30, plus three PC 6 Turbo Porters, and a Fokker F-50