Aircraft Carriers

USS Ranger (CV-4)

FACTS USS RANGER: Built by: Newport News, Virginia Gone into service: June 4th 134 Water displacement: 14021 tons (standard)17870 tons (loaded) Length: 222,4 m. (waterline)234,4 m. (total) With: 24,4 m. load water-line: 6 m.??? (standard)6,9 […]

Aircraft Carriers

Lexington Class (CV-2)

Lexington class facts:   Built by: – Lexington: Bethlehem Steel, Fore River – Saratoga: New York Shipbuilding, Camden Gone into service: – Lexington: December 14th 1927 – Saratoga: November 16th 1927 Water displacement: 39450 tons […]

Aircraft Carriers

USS North Carolina (CA-12)

USS North Carolina Facts: Built by: Newport News, Virginia Gone into service: May 7th 1908 Water displacement: 14760 tons (standard)16160 tons (loaded) Length: 152,9 m. (waterline)153,7 m. (total) With: 22,2 m. load water-line: 7,6 m.??? […]

Aircraft Carriers

USS Langley (CV-1)

USS Langley facts: Built by: Mare Dockyard, California Gone into service: March 22 1920 Water displacement: 11250 tons (standard)14970 tons (loaded) Length: 158,1 m. (waterline)165,2 m. (total) With: 199 m. load water-line: 5 m. (standard)6,7 […]

Civilian fact sheets

Boeing 80A-1

The Boeing 80 was designed in response to increased demand on Boeing Air Transport’s San Francisco-Chicago route. The Model 80 carried passengers in a spacious cabin appointed with leather upholstery, reading lamps, forced-air ventilation, and […]

Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22A Raptor 09-4191/FF 94thFS USAF
Military fact sheets

Lockheed Martin / Boeing F-22 Raptor

The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an air dominance fighter due to replace the F-15C Eagle’s of the United States Air Force. In October 1986 the USAF launched the Advanced Tactical Fighter program and invited […]

Military fact sheets

Mc Donnel Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A/C is a single seat shipboard and shore-based multi-role fighter and attack aircraft. The F/A-18B/D is a two seat operational trainer. The F/A-18 fills a variety of roles: air superiority, fighter escort, […]