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 […]
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.??? […]
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 […]
Small and powerful with extremely high performance, particularly with respect to both aileron-roll rate and snap-roll rate. The Pitts Special S-1 is regularly used in all competition categories in both national and world contests. Developing […]
Until its launch on September 5, 1994 the 737-800 was known as the 737-400X Stretch. Compared with the -400 the -800 is 3,02 meter longer, taking typical two class seating from 146 to 162, while […]
Desinged by William Petter of English Electric Aircraft. One of the last versions of the venerable English Electric Canberra which was is service with the RAF, the Canberra Mk 17. The last Canberra’s flew with […]
The KAI T-50 Golden Eagle is a supersonic advanced jet trainer being developed by KAI for the ROKAF. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, the principal subcontractor to KAI, is providing technical expertise in all aspects of the […]
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’ […]
The One-Eleven was designed to replace the Vickers Viscount on short-range routes. It was the second short-haul jet airliner to enter service, the first being the French Sud Aviation Caravelle. Total production of the One-Eleven […]
The Bell P-39 was an unusual fighter at the time, the engine was placed in the center of the aircraft for a good weight-ratio. This was not unique but at the least unusual. The P-39 […]