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The BAe 146 (also known as the Avro RJ) is a medium-sized commercial aircraft manufactured by BAE SYSTEMS. It carries its four jet engines on a high wing above the fuselage; not below, or at mid-fuselage, as on most conventional civilian aircraft. The aircraft has STOL capabilities and very quiet operation, so is widely used at small city-based airports. Its primary role is as a regional jet, short-haul airliner or feederliner. The freight carrying version is called QT ("quiet trader").

The original design was created by Hawker Siddeley Aviation in 1973 with the designation HS.146, but was soon cancelled as a result of the world economic downturn resulting from the oil crisis. Low key development proceeded however and in 1978 the project was relaunched, by the then British Aerospace.

Production began in 1983 with the series 100, carrying 70 - 84 passengers, and ended during the 2001 world slump in the aviation market.

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The BAe 146 comes in -100, -200 and -300 models. The -300 model includes a glass cockpitGlass cockpit is a system of cockpit electronic displays and its underlying electronics. Through the displays all information regarding the aircraft's situation, position and progress, not only in horizontal and vertical dimensions, but with regard to tim and is widely used among EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sean airlines, such as Aer LingusAer Lingus ( IATA designator EI is the national airline of Ireland and one of the most easily recognised airlines in the world thanks to its distinctive logo and livery. Based in Dublin, Ireland it operates over 30 aircraft serving Europe and the United S, Air BerlinAir Berlin began in July 1978 as an American company flying services out of Berlin. Only airlines belonging to the World War II Allies were allowed to fly from Berlin until German reunification in October 1990. Initial charter flights began in 1979 with a, LufthansaLufthansa is the name of the largest German airline company, headquartered in Cologne. Their main base at Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt am Main which is also Lufthansa's primary traffic hub. The company has developed a second hub at Munich' and Olympic Airways.

The BAe 146 is the only commercial jet with 4 turbofanTurbofan is a type of airplane engine which is evolved from the turbojet essentially by increasing the size of the first-stage compressor to the point where it acts as a ducted propeller (or fan) blowing air past the "core" of the engine. This type of eng jet engines and wings mounted on top of the fuselage. The 146 is also equipped with a T-tail. Being equipped with extremely large flaps and spoilers, the plane does not need reverse thrust at landing. Consequently, the four engines from the U.S. manufacturer Lycoming do not have this facility. The plane can takeoff and land on extremely short runways, such as Mönchengladbach, and the runway at London City Airport, a converted dock.

The type name Avro RJ superseded BAe 146 in 1993 in a new joint venture. The Avro RJ is available in three sizes for 70, 85 and 100 passengers. The cockpit, engines and operations are the same with all three aircraft. The engines have been replaced with turbofan engines of Honeywell Inc. and are housed in newly designed nacelles. Production of this extremely successful plane has now ended. Many airlines will replace the Avro/BAe with the Boeing 717, Airbus A318, Bombardier CRJ 700 , or EMBRAER models such as the EMBRAER 170 and EMBRAER 190.