In a message of 22 Jun 97 Bill Wunsch (1:140/23.464) wrote to Jim Cole: 
 BW> I wasn't aware that AA had them.  -400?  Does that mean the fourth
 BW> version, or was there no -200 or -300?  Do you know of any flying
 BW> today?  There must still be some around.
Howdy Bill,
first ones were series 200 for 79 pax with RR Spey engines.
Series 300 were fitted with Spey Mk.511 engines and higher AUW,
Series 400 were almost similar but were FAA certified for a 2 man crew.
Series 500 were enlargened for 119 pax with Spey Mk.512-14 engines.
Series 475 were based on 400, had greater wingspan plus Mk.512-14DW engines 
for hot and hi ops.
The hushkits were introduced in '74, in '75 they licensed Avionane Bucuresti 
to build 475's and 500's. At a rate of 1 (spelled: O N E) a year these 
delivered from '82 to '88 nine pieces to Tarom, in their own series 495 
(identical to the 475) and 560 (based on the 500).
Next came Dee Howard with another engine (RR Tay 650) for the 400 series, but 
it never got certified.
Latest I know is Romaero (Romania) building 20 birds based on the Tay engine 
for Kiwi Airlines. If production rates are still the same these could be all 
delivered around 2010 
CU NeXT msg
Louis
LHFG:
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