Civilian fact sheets
Boeing 720B
The Boeing 720 was designed to be a smaller, lighter medium range variant of the Boeing 707. Although it just looks like a smaller Boeing 707 it was dramatically redesigned and only has the same […]
Month: November 2008
Military fact sheets
Caudron-Renault CR760
The CR760 was first presented as the C 715 by Marcel Riffard in 1937, originally intended to be powered by a new Renault 16 cylinder air cooled engine that was being developed. Because the new […]
Military fact sheets
Blackburn Buccaneer
When designing this impressive aircraft, the goal was to build a transonic fighter that had to function according to the NA.39 specifications at low altitude. The plane was designed with a ‘Boundary layer control system’ […]
Military fact sheets
Boeing B-52
In service since 1955, the Boeing B-52 is a dinosaur in the USAF still doing its duty. Developed in the early 50’s, making its first flight April 15th 1952, destined to be the major long […]
Military fact sheets
Boeing B-29
The B-29 was the first effective long distance bomber in the world en was designed from 1940 as model 345 to fill the need of the US Army Air Corps plan for a ‘hemisphere defense’ […]
Military fact sheets
Lockheed C-5A / B Galaxy
The Lockheed C-5A/B Galaxy is the largest USAF aircraft and is a conventional high-wing, T-tailed transport aircraft. The C-5A made his maiden flight on June 30, 1968, and the first operational C-5A reached Military Airlift […]
Military fact sheets
Bombardier Challenger
The Bombardier (Canadair) CL-600 Challenger, a medium to long range widebody corporate jet, was developed by Learjet designer Bill Lear. Known as the LearStar 600, this design was first conceived in 1974. In 1976 Canadair […]
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Boeing 717
The Boeing 717 is the latest of a long line of Douglas DC-9 derivatives, similar in size to the venerable DC-9 Series 30. It features a mix of simple and advanced technologies, designed for operation […]
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Airbus A340-600
The commercial launch for the A340-500/600 was at the 1997 Paris Airshow, the program’s industrial launch was in December that year when Virgin Atlantic ordered eight A340-600s and optioned eight. Compared with the A340-300, the […]
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Airbus A340-500
The A340-500 is stretched by only 3.19 m compared with the A340-300, the A340-500 offers the longest range capability of any airliner. With the entry into service at Emirates and Singapore Airlines, the A340-500 now […]
Civilian fact sheets
Airbus A340-300
The A340 shares the same flight deck including side stick controllers and EFIS, plus fly-by-wire, basic airframe, systems, fuselage and wing with the A330 (the flight deck is also common to the A320 series). Benefiting […]
Civilian fact sheets
Airbus A340-200
Launched in 1987 as part of the initial A330/340 program, the A340-200 flew further than any other commercial airliner for over a decade. It allowed airlines to open non-stop routes such as Paris-Taipei, and Manila-London, […]