Hunting Jet Provost
The BAC Jet Provost (originally built by Hunting Percival) was a British jet-powered trainer aircraft used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1955 to 1993. Hunting Percival developed the Jet Provost from the piston-engined Percival Provost basic trainer.
Developing nation: United Kingdom.
Manufacturer/designer: Hunting Percival.
Production Lines: Luton Airport.
Type aircraft: jet-powered trainer aircraft.
First flight: 26 June 1954 (XD674).
Number built: 595.
The Jet Provost was designed in response to a 1950s Royal Air Force requirement for a jet trainer. It was based on the earlier propeller driven Hunting Persival Provost. The first flight of the prototype Jet Provost T.1 took place 26 June 1954. Deliveries of the first production version, the T.3, began in 1958 and a total of 201 were delivered to the RAF by 1962. Several versions of the Jet Provost remained in RAF service until 1993 when the last of them were retired. Jet Provosts were exported to several countries especially in the Persian Gulf region. In addition an armed ground attack version of the aircraft the Strikemaster was built and widely exported. Surplus Jet Provosts have become popular in private hands where they are well liked for their reliability and performance.
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 10.36 m (34 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 10.77 m (35 ft 4 in)
- Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 19.80 m² (213.7 ft²)
- Empty weight: (2,222 kg (4,888 lb)
- Loaded weight: 3,170 kg (6,989 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 4,173 kg (9,200 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Viper Mk-202 turbojet, 2,500 lbf (11.1 kN)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 708 km/h (440 mph, 382 knots,) at 7,620 m (25,000 ft)
- Range: 1,450 km (900 mi, 780 NM)
- Service ceiling: 11,200 m (36,750 ft)
- Rate of climb: 20.3 m/s (4,000 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 160 kg/m² (32.7 lb/ft²)
Armament
- Guns: 2× 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns (Mark 55)
- Rockets:
- 6× 27 kg (60 lb) or
- 12× 11 kg (25 lb) or
- 28x 68 mm SNEB rockets in four pods
- Bombs:
- 4× 245 kg (540 lb)
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Embraer 175
The Embraer 170/190 Program was launched at the 1999 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget. With a 178 cm longer fuselage than the Embraer 170, the new Embraer 175 offers approximately 10% more seat & cargo capacity, yet shares a common pilot type rating, a common cockpit, common flying qualities with the fly-by-wire system, and a common engine, the GE CF34-8E.
Developing nation: Brazil.
Manufacturer/designer: Embraer.
Production line: São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Type aircraft: Regional airliner.
First flight: June 14 ,2003, PP-XJD.
First delivery: July 2005 to Air Canada. two pilots.
Passengers single class: 78 – 86.
Passengers two class: – 6 first class.- 72 economy class.
Cabin length: 21,20 m.
Cabin diameter: 2,74 m.
Cabin height: 2,00 m.
Cabin volume: 116 m.
Wing span: 26,00 m.
Horizontal stabilizer span: 10,00 m.
Fuselage length: 31,68 m.
Fuselage diameter: 3,01 m.
Fuselage height: 3,35 m.
Height overall: 9,73 m.
Engines: two General Electric CF34-8E turbofans rated 62.80 kN.
Weight:
- max. zero-fuel weight: 21.810 Kg.
- fuel: 9.312 Kg.
- max. payload: 9.890 Kg.
Max. take off weight: 38.790 Kg.
Max. landing weight: 34.000 Kg.
Cruise speed: 870 km/h.
Service ceiling: 9.144 m.
Range: – max. range 3.334 km.
Performance: – climb to 9.144 m in 17 minutes.
- take-off run 1.590 m at max. take-off weight.
- landing run 1.273 m at max. landing weight.
Embraer 170
The Embraer 170/190 Program was launched at the 1999 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. The Embraer 170 aircraft is the first member of a new family of commercial jets currently under development at Embraer. As well as the 70-passenger 170, the family includes: the 78-passenger Embraer 175, the 98-passenger Embraer 190 and the 108-passenger Embraer 195.
The Embraer 170 capable of operations between city pairs Dallas to Halifax, Paris to Moscow, Hong Kong to New Delhi, and Brasilia to Caracas. The high performance, high efficiency General Electric CF34-8E engines are very quiet and the aircraft meets and exceeds the noise and emission-related requirements established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The field performance enables the aircraft to operate efficiently at airports located in strategic places that present operational restrictions, such as London City Airport, Santos-Dumont and Florence Airports.
Developing nation: Brazil
Manufacturer/designer: Embraer.
Production line: São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Type aircraft: Regional airliner.
First flight: February 19, 2002, PP-XJE.
First delivery: August 3, 2004 to LOT Polish Airlines.
Embraer 170-100LR
Cockpit crew: two pilots.
Passengers single class: 70 – 78.
Passengers two class: – 6 first class. – 64 economy class.
Cabin length: 19,43 m.
Cabin diameter: 2,74 m.
Cabin height: 2,00 m.
Cabin volume: 106 m .
Wing span: 26,00 m.
Horizontal stabilizer span: 10,00 m.
Fuselage length: 29,90 m.
Fuselage diameter: 3,01 m.
Fuselage height: 3,35 m.
Height overall: 9,64 m.
Engines: two General Electric CF34-8E turbofans rated 62.28 kN.
Weight: - max. zero-fuel weight: 20.940 Kg.
- fuel: 9.312 Kg.- max. payload: 9.000 Kg.
Max. take off weight: 37.200 Kg.
Max. landing weight: 32.800 Kg.
Cruise speed: 870 km/h.
Service ceiling: 9.144 m.
Range:- max. range 3.704 km.
Performance:- climb to 9.144 m in 17 minutes.
- take-off run 1.590 m at max. take-off weight.
- landing run 1.273 m at max. landing weight.