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 […]
Boeing developed the 747 both as a passenger and as an air-freighter (cargo model). Pan American ordered 23 airliners of the new type 747 and two freight versions 747F in April 1966. A real “prototype” […]
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’ […]