Civilian fact sheets
Boeing 707
Boeing’s 707 wasn’t the world’s first jet, but it was the world’s first big selling jet. The world was ready for a new airliner, after the second world war air traffic grew, in civilian and […]
Month: October 2008
Military fact sheets
AMX International AMX
The AMX, a joint program undertaken by Alenia, Aermacchi and Embraer, is a surface attack aircraft for battlefield interdiction, close air support and reconnaissance missions. The AMX is capable of operating at high subsonic speed […]
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Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) for the United States Air Force (USAF). Developing nation: USA Manufacturer/designer: Lockheed Martin/General Dynamics Production […]
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Aerospatiale/British Aerospace Concorde
Aerospatiale joined with British Aerospace to create supersonic transport (SST) Concorde airliner, the first example of which flew on March 2, 1969. The development costs of the Concorde were so great that they could never […]
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Beriev Be-200
The Beriev Be-200 is an amphibious multirole turbofan aircraft designed by the Berieva Aviatsionnyi Kompaniya (Beriev Aviation Company), with the Russian Irkutsk Aircraft Production Association (IAPO) responsible for the production engineering development phase of the […]
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British Aerospace 146
The BAe 146, a medium sized airliner (‘the Whisperjet’) built by British Aerospace (now BAE Systems). The first production models were built in 1983 and the last aircraft were built in 2002. In these years […]
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BAC One Eleven 500
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 […]
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Pilatus P3
The Pilatus P3 was a trainer plane where 72 was built for the Swiss Air Army and 6 for the Brazil Navy. The two-seater Pilatus P3 trainer aircraft is a cantilever low-wing monoplane, of all […]
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De Havilland Dove
The ‘Dove’ was an eight seated commuter developed in the 1940’s, it flew for the first time on September 25th 1945 and was produced into the 1960’s. Developing Nation: United Kingdom First Flight: September 25th […]
Military fact sheets
Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet
The Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet is a French / German jet trainer and strike aircraft. The French version is a trainer, and the German version primarily a strike aircraft. The Alpha Jet is a twin […]
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Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer is based on the piston-powered Pilatus P-3. Since its introduction in 1978, close to 500 aircraft have been sold, with the majority still being in service today. The aircraft’s capability […]
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Fokker F-50
The Fokker F-50 was seen as a more modern version of the F-27 from the Dutch Aircraft builder Fokker. That was not the case, the F-50 was a completely re-designed aircraft of very high standards […]