Saunders ST-27

Saunders ST-27
Saunders ST-27 at London Gatwick Airport (May 1970)
General information
TypeAirliner
ManufacturerSaunders Aircraft Company
Designer
David Saunders
Primary usersAir Atonobee
Number built12
History
Manufactured1969–1976
First flight28 May 1969
Retired1980s
Developed fromde Havilland Heron

The Saunders ST-27 was a regional aircraft built in the 1970s by the Canadian Saunders Aircraft Company based at Gimli, Manitoba. The aircraft was designed as a conversion of the earlier de Havilland Heron. The conversion program was extensive and featured two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprops and a stretched fuselage. Despite its promise as a regional airliner, the project collapsed when Manitoba government funding was withdrawn in 1976.

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