Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
Small airliner and executive aircraft family by Swearingen, later Fairchild / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner (previously the Swearingen Metro and later Fairchild Aerospace Metro) is a 19-seat, pressurized, twin-turboprop airliner first produced by Swearingen Aircraft and later by Fairchild Aircraft at a plant in San Antonio, Texas.
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The Metro is a low wing, twin turboprop, small airliner with a retractable undercarriage | |
Role | Regional airliner |
Manufacturer | Fairchild |
First flight | August 26, 1969 |
Introduction | 1972 |
Status | In service |
Primary users | Ameriflight Perimeter Aviation Sharp Airlines Aeronaves TSM |
Produced | 1968–2001 |
Number built | >600 |
Developed from | Swearingen Merlin |
Variants | Fairchild C-26 Metroliner |
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