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The Sud Aviation SE210 Caravelle is an early jet powered regional airliner.

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== Information ==

Not to be confused with the later conceptual [[Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle]], the Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle was a landmark aircraft that catapulted regional flying into the jet age. First flown in 1955, the Caravelle was born from a request by the ''Comité du matériel civil'' (Ebn: Civil Aircraft Commitee) of France for a medium-range jet airliner that could carry 55-65 passengers 2000 km at 600 kph (320 knots or 370 mph). While many French aerospace manufacturers answered the call, it was Sud-Est (Then SNCASE, later merged with SNCASO or Sud-Ouest to form Sud Aviation) that won the proposal with their tri-engined, Rolls Royce Avon powered X-210.

When design efforts began in earnest, Rolls Royce had begun offering a more powerful version of the Avon, which rendered the third engine obsolete. Thus, Sud-Est had to resubmit their proposal with a twin engine design, though Sud Est decided that moving the engines underwing was not worth the effort and instead left the engines rear mounted, which unintentionally made the cabin signficantly quieter. As for the rest of the design, the cockpit and nose was directly licensed from the ill-fated [[De Havilland Comet 4B|De Havilland Comet]], while the rest of the fuselage and aircraft was locally designed with several lessons learned from the Comet disasters. Chief among these changes was the distinct triangle windows, which allowed for a similar downwards field of view to "conventional" square windows while alliviating the metal fatigue and stress buildup issues that doomed the Comet 1s.

~~This page was automatically generated using data from~~ the ~~Aeronautica Public Trello Board~~.

The Caravelle would enter service in 1959 with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and would enjoy massive commercial success thanks to being the only short haul jet airliner in its market segment. It would recieve various upgrades over its career, including upgraded engines all the way up to using JT8Ds like those seen on the [[Boeing 727-200]] and [[Boeing 737-200]]. However, the version ingame is one of the earlier variants using the original Avons, as evidenced by its distinct cutouts in the engine cowlings and singular wing fence that protrudes beyond the wings leading edge.

~~An example of how~~ to ~~setup this page can be found~~ [[~~Example:PublicVehicle|here~~]].

[[~~Category:Requires manual check~~]]

~~Please remove this when~~ the ~~statistics~~ in the ~~InfoBox have been checked with~~ the ~~statistics in game~~.

~~== Information ==~~

The Caravelle would end up serving with an airline on every continent barring Australia, who had strict regulations at the time regarding their airline Duopoly and maintaining parity of aircraft so as to not allow one airline to decisively triumph over the other. This widespread use of Caravelles would allow them to operate for almost 50 years uninteruppted, only being retired in 2005 after being eclipsed by later model 737s, [[MD-82|MD-80s]], and the [[Airbus A320-200]].

== Gameplay ==

Rare, expensive, but with a decent range, the Caravelle is a very fancy job chaining aircraft. While in the performance range of many players who wish to break into jet ownership, it is far from the best choice. Firstly, it costs 300 WP more than the competing [[Boeing 737-200]], while being 3 knots slower with a 5 knot higher stall speed. It has these minor sacrifices for the advantage of 1 nmi more range and a 1000 ft lower service ceiling. This combines to make the Caravelle a slightly longer range but slightly more range constrained 737-200. However, the major caveat of the Caravelle is its rarity and location. Firstly, being an uncommon aircraft, the Caravelle only appears once every 100 minutes of gametime, while the 737-200 is always available. This alone is not a deal breaker, but the Caravelle is only found at [[Valois International]], which is the furthest airport to get to in the game that has a dealership, along with [[Meihua International Airport]]. For new players looking for their first jet, this is quite the daunting journey that will likely require several stops along the way. In general, the Caravelle is found in an awkward spot in the meta, where it's rarity, dealer location, and similarites to the 737-200 makes it generally unsuitable for earlygame play, and by the point at which Valois is easily accessible to the player it becomes entirely obsolete.

The best way to play the Caravelle is to use it to Job Chain, leveraging its lower service ceiling and marginally longer range to fly to slightly further afield destinations and rack up job chain before picking the most valuable job at a given airport. Beyond that, the Caravelle is a collectors item and interesting part of aviation history.

== Trivia ==

* The Caravelle ingame is likely either a Caravelle III or VI-N. The engines are definetly Avons as evidenced by the cowling design, and later JT8D powered Caravelle 10s would have a second, smaller wing fence on the wings about 3/4 down the span. It is not a VI-R (Denoting VI's first built for United which had thrust reversers fitted to the engines) as evidenced again by cowling design. The most likely candidate is the Caravelle III as the III was the best selling model of the Caravelle with 72 built.

* The lack of Australian Caravelles is due to a stipulation in the "two airline system" of regulations Australia had at the time. This system stipulated that only 2 domestic and 2 international airlines could exist in Australia and that 1 must be government owned and 1 must be privately owned. To ensure that neither airline would be able to deal a decisive blow to the other by having better aircraft, the Australian government used strict import restrictions to gauruntee parity. The issue with the Caravelle was the fact that while the government owned Trans Australia Airlines could buy Caravelles, the privately owned Ansett Australia was unable to finance the same purchase. As such, the government blocked the deal and forced both to later buy Boeing 727s.

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+The Sud Aviation SE210 Caravelle is an early jet powered regional airliner.
+[[Category:Requires manual check]]
+== Information ==
+Not to be confused with the later conceptual [[Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle]], the Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle was a landmark aircraft that catapulted regional flying into the jet age. First flown in 1955, the Caravelle was born from a request by the ''Comité du matériel civil'' (Ebn: Civil Aircraft Commitee) of France for a medium-range jet airliner that could carry 55-65 passengers 2000 km at 600 kph (320 knots or 370 mph). While many French aerospace manufacturers answered the call, it was Sud-Est (Then SNCASE, later merged with SNCASO or Sud-Ouest to form Sud Aviation) that won the proposal with their tri-engined, Rolls Royce Avon powered X-210.
+When design efforts began in earnest, Rolls Royce had begun offering a more powerful version of the Avon, which rendered the third engine obsolete. Thus, Sud-Est had to resubmit their proposal with a twin engine design, though Sud Est decided that moving the engines underwing was not worth the effort and instead left the engines rear mounted, which unintentionally made the cabin signficantly quieter. As for the rest of the design, the cockpit and nose was directly licensed from the ill-fated [[De Havilland Comet 4B|De Havilland Comet]], while the rest of the fuselage and aircraft was locally designed with several lessons learned from the Comet disasters. Chief among these changes was the distinct triangle windows, which allowed for a similar downwards field of view to "conventional" square windows while alliviating the metal fatigue and stress buildup issues that doomed the Comet 1s.
-This page was automatically generated using data from the Aeronautica Public Trello Board.
+The Caravelle would enter service in 1959 with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and would enjoy massive commercial success thanks to being the only short haul jet airliner in its market segment. It would recieve various upgrades over its career, including upgraded engines all the way up to using JT8Ds like those seen on the [[Boeing 727-200]] and [[Boeing 737-200]]. However, the version ingame is one of the earlier variants using the original Avons, as evidenced by its distinct cutouts in the engine cowlings and singular wing fence that protrudes beyond the wings leading edge.
-An example of how to setup this page can be found [[Example:PublicVehicle|here]].
-[[Category:Requires manual check]]
-Please remove this when the statistics in the InfoBox have been checked with the statistics in game.
-== Information ==
+The Caravelle would end up serving with an airline on every continent barring Australia, who had strict regulations at the time regarding their airline Duopoly and maintaining parity of aircraft so as to not allow one airline to decisively triumph over the other. This widespread use of Caravelles would allow them to operate for almost 50 years uninteruppted, only being retired in 2005 after being eclipsed by later model 737s, [[MD-82|MD-80s]], and the [[Airbus A320-200]].
 == Gameplay ==
+Rare, expensive, but with a decent range, the Caravelle is a very fancy job chaining aircraft. While in the performance range of many players who wish to break into jet ownership, it is far from the best choice. Firstly, it costs 300 WP more than the competing [[Boeing 737-200]], while being 3 knots slower with a 5 knot higher stall speed. It has these minor sacrifices for the advantage of 1 nmi more range and a 1000 ft lower service ceiling. This combines to make the Caravelle a slightly longer range but slightly more range constrained 737-200. However, the major caveat of the Caravelle is its rarity and location. Firstly, being an uncommon aircraft, the Caravelle only appears once every 100 minutes of gametime, while the 737-200 is always available. This alone is not a deal breaker, but the Caravelle is only found at [[Valois International]], which is the furthest airport to get to in the game that has a dealership, along with [[Meihua International Airport]]. For new players looking for their first jet, this is quite the daunting journey that will likely require several stops along the way. In general, the Caravelle is found in an awkward spot in the meta, where it's rarity, dealer location, and similarites to the 737-200 makes it generally unsuitable for earlygame play, and by the point at which Valois is easily accessible to the player it becomes entirely obsolete.
+The best way to play the Caravelle is to use it to Job Chain, leveraging its lower service ceiling and marginally longer range to fly to slightly further afield destinations and rack up job chain before picking the most valuable job at a given airport. Beyond that, the Caravelle is a collectors item and interesting part of aviation history.
 == Trivia ==
+* The Caravelle ingame is likely either a Caravelle III or VI-N. The engines are definetly Avons as evidenced by the cowling design, and later JT8D powered Caravelle 10s would have a second, smaller wing fence on the wings about 3/4 down the span. It is not a VI-R (Denoting VI's first built for United which had thrust reversers fitted to the engines) as evidenced again by cowling design. The most likely candidate is the Caravelle III as the III was the best selling model of the Caravelle with 72 built.
+* The lack of Australian Caravelles is due to a stipulation in the "two airline system" of regulations Australia had at the time. This system stipulated that only 2 domestic and 2 international airlines could exist in Australia and that 1 must be government owned and 1 must be privately owned. To ensure that neither airline would be able to deal a decisive blow to the other by having better aircraft, the Australian government used strict import restrictions to gauruntee parity. The issue with the Caravelle was the fact that while the government owned Trans Australia Airlines could buy Caravelles, the privately owned Ansett Australia was unable to finance the same purchase. As such, the government blocked the deal and forced both to later buy Boeing 727s.
 == Gallery ==