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Bombardier E-11A

R.Vogelaar — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:05:56 +0000

The Bombardier E-11A is the military variant of the civil Bombardier BD-700 Global Express aircraft for use as an overhead communications-relay platform in Southwest Asia. This aircraft carries Northrop Grumman’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, which allows disparate battlefield communications systems to share data. Developing nation: Canada and United States of America. Manufacturer/designer: Bombardier/Northrop [...]

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Hunting Jet Provost

R.Vogelaar — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:14:49 +0000

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 [...]

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SPAD S.VII

R.Vogelaar — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:24:25 +0000

The SPAD S.VII was the first of a series of highly successful biplane fighter aircraft produced by Société Pour L’Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) during the First World War. Developing nation: France. Manufacturer/designer: SPAD (Société Pour L’Aviation et ses Dérivés). Production Lines: Laon. Type aircraft: biplane fighter aircraft. First flight: May 1916. Number built: [...]

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Raytheon/Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier I

R.Vogelaar — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:14:59 +0000

The Beechcraft 390 Premier I is a twin-engined light corporate jet aircraft produced by the US-American manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (earlier by Raytheon Aircraft). Construction of the first Premier I began in late 1996 and rollout was on August 19 1998. Four Premier Is were used in the flight test program with the first flying [...]

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Bombardier Challenger 600

R.Vogelaar — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:03:38 +0000

The Bombardier Challenger 600 series is a family of business jets. The Challenger is a twin-engined corporate jet aircraft produced by the Canadian manufacturer Canadair Ltd. and later Bombardier Aerospace. The efficient and reliable Challenger aircraft fleet has over 4.5 million flight hours, making this tried and true aircraft a highly-respected, all-around performer and an [...]

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Caudron G.3

R.Vogelaar — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:12:22 +0000

The Caudron G.3 was a single-engined French biplane built by Caudron, widely used in World War I as a reconnaissance aircraft and trainer. The aircraft had a short crew nacelle, with a single engine in the nose of the nacelle, and twin open tailbooms. It was of sesquiplane layout, and used wing warping for lateral [...]

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Sikorsky S-76

R.Vogelaar — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:12:20 +0000

The Sikorsky S-76 is a medium-size executive helicopter with two turboshaft engines, four-bladed main and tail rotors and retractable landing gear. This reliable helicopter is capable of carrying cargo and passenger offshore, day or night and in instrument weather conditions. Developing nation: United States of America. Manufacturer/designer: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. Production Lines: Stratford, Connecticut USA. Type [...]

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Xian Y-20

R.Vogelaar — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:31:16 +0000

The Chinese Xi’an Y-20 or Yun-20 is a large military transport aircraft. The project is being developed by Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation and was officially launched in 2006. The official codename of the aircraft is Kunpeng. Developing nation: China. Manufacturer/designer: Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation. Production Lines: Yanliang District, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. Type aircraft: large military transport aircraft. [...]

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CASA C-212 Aviocar

R.Vogelaar — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:25:51 +0000

The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a turboprop-powered STOL medium transport aircraft. The outstanding reliability demonstrated by more than three million flight hours makes the C212 the most successful aircraft in the light transport segment for the most varied types of operations. With a maximum payload of 2.8 tonnes, it was designed to operate in austere [...]

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Pilatus PC-12

R.Vogelaar — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:06:50 +0000

The Swiss Pilatus PC-12 is a single engine turboprop. It is the latest in a line of single engined PT6 powered Pilatus products. Most PC-12s built thus far have been corporate transports but recent important regulatory changes in Australia, Brazil, Canada and the USA have cleared single engine turboprops for IFR RPT operations in those nations. [...]

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