British Aerospace 146

The British Aerospace 146, also called the BAe 146, is a short-haul and regional airliner built in the United Kingdom. It is a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a T-tail and four turbofan engines on pylons beneath the wings, a layout chosen for good short-field performance and marketed as the Whisperjet because it is so quiet. The design began as the Hawker Siddeley HS.146 in 1973, and British Aerospace relaunched it in 1978 after work was halted by the oil crisis. It was built in -100, -200 and -300 versions, and the improved Avro RJ70, RJ85 and RJ100 followed. Production ran from 1983 until 2001 with 387 aircraft including the Avro RJ, making it the most successful British civil jet airliner programme.