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 | | Originally designed in the 1950s as one of the contenders for the title of DC-3 replacement, the Avro (later Hawker Siddeley then British Aerospace) 748 was powered, like the Fokker F-27, by the versatile Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop and started life as a short haul commuter passenger transport. |
 | | The 748 is still widely deployed in passenger service worldwide, although increasing numbers have become freighters with niche operators, supporting both postal and integrator services in Europe, and freight duties in exotic regions including the Canadian Arctic. |
 | | A military version of the 748, the Andover, was also produced, incorporating a rear loading ramp and a kneeling undercarriage. |
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