One can only imagine what the situation would be if one or both of the engines of the Short Skyvan quit working.
It is bad enough when one of the four engines of a big airliner powers down – or when one of the military engines on a Nimrod needs to be stopped. In the case of the latter, it climbs to 30,000 feet and returns to base, but that is what you pay the military prices for…
This is a van. A van that goes up and down, but a van nevertheless. It flies by the grace of God and the Short Aviation company, and the Former has a longer history. By all means take your seat and buckle up, but do not start reading a long novel.
This aircraft came to Canada, served its time in the north, and then was sold off – and presumably flown – to Africa. No more is known of it. Almost as if it moved to South Australia…
All praise to the Airfix company for a delightful week.
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