BAe 146

BAe 146-300, Avro RJ100 and RJ115

Designers' initial proposals for the -300, the final development of the 146 product line, included a 3.2 m extension to the fuselage of the -200, more powerful engines and winglets.

However due to the requirements of airlines for higher efficiency rather than capacity the production 146-300 emerged as a 2.44 m stretch of the -200, without winglets or the proposed ALF 502R-7.

Deliveries began in December 1988.

The Avro version of the 146-300, the second such development of the 146 product line, became the RJ100. It shared the fuselage of the 146 version, but with interior, engine and avionics improvements.

The most common configuration in the RJ100 seats 100 passengers.

An RJ115 variant, which was the same physical size but with an increased MTOW and different emergency exits was marketed but never entered production; it sat 116 as standard or up to a maximum of 128 in a high-density layout.

A modified BAe 146-301 is used as a Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM).

The BAe 146-300QC is the convertible passenger/freight version and the BAe 146-300QT (Quiet Trader) is the freighter version.

BAe 146STA

Throughout the production life of the BAe 146, British Aerospace proposed a number of specialist military versions, including side and rear loading transports, an airborne tanker version, and a carrier onboard delivery version.

Of these proposals, only one, the BAe 146STA (Sideloading Tactical Airlifter), based on the BAe 146QT cargo aircraft, and with the same cargo door on the left side of the rear fuselage was built.

The military transport version has a refuelling probe protruding from the nose.

A demonstrator, fitted with a dummy refuelling probe and an air-openable paratroop door was displayed at the 1989 Paris Air Show and carried out extensive demonstration tours, but no orders resulted.