Meet BAe 146 / Avro RJ
The BAe 146 was developed for short-haul airline service, with -100, -200 and -300 fuselage lengths. Its high wing and T-tail make it readily recognisable. The Avro RJ continued the family with revised engines, avionics and other systems.
The 146 and RJ are especially rewarding to compare in simulation because similar-looking airframes can conceal different flight-guidance and cockpit arrangements. Just Flight supplies separate manuals and a differences guide rather than treating the RJ as a cosmetic update to the 146.
In your simulator
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146 Professional
Just Flight
An older regional jet's flight-control architecture
The 146 manual describes autopilot movement of the control columns and elevator servo tabs, automatic pitch trim and flap-dependent trim speed. It also explains the SYNC function and distinguishes stick shakers from the nose-down stall-identification force. These are separate systems and indications, not interchangeable names for one cockpit effect.
Just Flight · Operations Manual ↗146 manual v2.4 · PDF pp.35,82; pitch controls and automatic trim
RJ Professional
Just Flight
The RJ is a systems development of the 146
The RJ documentation covers its flight-guidance computers and autoland modes and annunciations. Just Flight also provides a dedicated differences booklet. That is useful evidence for comparing the RJ with the 146: a shared airframe family does not make the later flight deck a mere visual reskin.
Just Flight · Operations Manual ↗MSFS2024 RJ operations manual · Autoflight; Flight controls; autoland annunciators
Manuals & resources
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Manual
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manualsMicrosoft / aircraft developers Operations ManualJust Flight Operations ManualJust FlightAircraft background
British Aerospace 146Wikipedia contributors · Research background · Wikipedia revision 1373098377 · retrieved 2026-09-12Resource
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