748 Specialist Uses & Variants

AVRO 748 Series1 (24) - Two Rolls Royce Dart RDa 6 Mk 514 turboprop engines.

HS748 Series 2 (111) - First Delivered in 1962 with a higher take-off weight and Rolls Royce Dart RDa 7 Mk 531 engines.

HS748 Series 2A (157) - Even more powerful Series 2A followed in 1967, with a further increase in take-off weight and Rolls Royce Dart RDa 7 Mk 532 or Mk 534 engines.

HS748 Series 2B (28) - The main production model after Hawker-Siddeley was absorbed by British Aerospace, the 2B featured a 4 foot increase in wingspan over previous models, a further increase in weights, Mk 536 engines, a modernized cabin, and several systems improvements.

Super 748 (8) - Same as the 2B but fitted with hush kits on the engines, a new styled interior and a fully re-designed flightdeck instruments and switching.

HAL 748 (India) (93) - Built under Licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited at their factory in Kanpur, India.
The Indian built aircraft were later modified for a variety of roles by HAL.

Coastguarder (1) - A proposed Maritime Reconnaissance Version based around the HS748 Series 2A and 2B.
Not taken beyond Demonstrator phase.

BAe 748 Multi-Role (1) - A proposed combination of the Maritime Reconnaissance and Military Large Freight Door Versions that would be based on the later HS 748 Series 2B.
Not taken beyond Demonstrator phase.

(Colour Photograph showing ) - HS748 Series 2A Large Freight Door
748-2B.

(Colour Photograph showing) - BAe 748 Series 2B Intercity.

(Colour Photograph showing) - A Super 748