On January 17, 1963, the Short SC.7 Skyvan made its first flight, introducing the rugged "Flying Shoebox," a STOL turboprop ...

The British-built Shorts Skyvan PA-51 used by Argentina's military dictatorship to throw three Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and two French nuns alive into the sea in one of the so-called “death flights” ...

Yes, dear reader, you are quite right. That is a picture of a baby elephant trying to hitch a ride in a Skyvan once upon a time at planemakers Short & Harland. Now whether the tusker weighing more ...

This old Belfast-built Skyvan PA-51 cargo plane was used by Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship for "death flights" - Copyright TELEGRAM / @razgruzka_vagnera ...

I've always thought there was a marked similarity between the Aerovan - especially the experimental one fitted with a Hurel-Dubois high aspect ratio wing. Short's Skyvan was a utilitarian aeroplane, ...

The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Air Corps remains mostly grounded owing to inoperable aircraft, even as repairs to the recently damaged Skyvan appear distant. Aviation sources at Timehri told ...