The Rafale A technology demonstrator made its maiden flight from his test-base Istres on July 4, 1986, and is the lead into the three operational versions, Rafale B biplace, Rafale C (chasse), for the French […]
The Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod (now British Aerospace) was the first jet-powered patrol aircraft to be designed; earlier designs generally used piston or turboprop engines to improve fuel economy and allow for long duration patrols. Jet engines […]
The Mirage F1 was designed in the same period as the F2 and it had to be the successor of the Mirage IIIC after a government contract that was awarded by the French authorities in […]
In need for transport for their Atomic Bomb, the French Air Force brought out specifications in 1954 for a very fast long distance bomber. Dassault was leading a consortium that (at first) was monitoring the […]
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 NH90 is the largest military helicopter program ever undertaken in Europe. The four launch customers and initial members of the program – Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands – were rapidly joined by other […]
The Mil Mi-28 is developed to meet the demand of a Russian army requirement for a new close air support helicopter, main competitor is the Kamov Ka-50, until now no choice has been made between […]
The Mil Mi-24 “Hind” is a close counterpart to the American McDonnell Douglas/Boeing AH-64 Apache, but unlike this and other Western assault helicopters it is also capable of transporting up to eight troops. The Russians […]
The SOCATA TBM700 is a single engine turboprop, six to seven seat low-wing light business and utility monoplane manufactured by EADS SOCATA. The TBM700 was offered until 2006, when the TBM850 was introduced. Variants TBM […]
The Boeing 737-400 is the stretched version of the second-generation Boeing 737. The major change of the 737-400 over the smaller 300 is a 3,05 meter fuselage stretch, the stretch increases maximum passenger seating to […]
The C-27J Spartan is an ‘renewed’ G222, Lockheed Martin (USA) joined Alenia (Italy) to build this medium sized military transporter. Basicly the C-27J is a G222 (C-27A in the United States.) with the systems and […]
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