Avro/HS/BAe-748

By the end of the 1950s, three European projects were striving to attract the interest of commercial companies, which required a modern and efficient aircraft to replace basically the Douglas DC-3. The Fokker F-27 and Handley Page Heraud of high wing next to Avro 748 were the options, that had in common to the Rolls Royce Dart like power plant. Only the F-27 Friendship and the Avro 748 achieved commercial success with licensed production lines in the United States and India, respectively. Although the development of Avro 748 was initially delayed, in a short time Hawker Siddeley managed to reverse the situation.