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STOL Shaneen

Every Shaneen version, in all size ranges, will offer a STOL (short take-off or landing) variant. 

The ability to take off and land in a short distance for a commercial airliner gives it a performance and commercial advantage. This applies particularly to countries without mature air-transport infrastructure. While most airports have  paved runways with adequate length, many emerging economies do not. By building airliners which can fly into more areas with safety provided new markets to both the airline, tourist and business industries.

STOL Shaneen versions will bring in a whole new era for commercial aviation. The airports in all nations started as grass runways. Over time and gradual improvement over generations, these airport facilities grew into what they are today. The airports were lengthened, paved, provided with air traffic control, as well as multiple forms of guidance systems for safe  approaches and departures.

Economically speaking, any new airport has to conform to the latest technology and suffers a greater economic penalty for doing so. While the west has experienced the benefits of air-transport since the 1920s, many countries are only just beginning to open up to commercial aviation. This means the cost of setting up an airport is much higher than it used to be: a mere flat paddock has grown into a site which needs billions of dollars worth of expenditure prior to being acceptable.

Emerging nations are at a disadvantage, because the west has had 90 years to develop services, and yet developing nations must produce in short-order to comply with modern standards. Most desperately need the wealth commercial aviation will bring, but most also cannot afford the cost of building a new airport.

Many airports are expected to compete with western guidelines for airports without the time or capital to meet the western standards. Aircraft design, despite the vintage of modern aircraft, has been expressly for the western markets with paved runways. 

In order to bridge the economic and aircraft performance gap, Briggs augmented the Shaneen design with a model which provides outstanding short take-off and landing performance. The landing gear will be strengthened to give it the ability to land on prepared unpaved airports. 

Bleed-air systems, vectored thrust and improved flap systems will be used to reduce the required runway length to less than 500 metres. Though all airports and crew members will be required to meet approval prior to operations, grass and unprepared airports may be available for use.

The STOL versions of Shaneens will be able to fly into areas which present jet transports cannot safely fly into. It was expressly made for the rapidly growing market in Asia and the Sub-Continent, as well as anticipated up and coming markets such as Russia, Africa and South America. The Asia archipelago and other similar areas such as the Bahamas require the benefits of aviation but the land for large runways on islands is not always available.

STOL Shaneen will open up new markets, increasing sales of the type internally, while providing for others economic well-being.


 
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