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Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia - 1950s
1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950s - Events and trends. The 1950s in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 787: Encyclopedia - Boeing 787
The Boeing 787, or Dreamliner, is a mid-sized wide body passenger airliner currently under development by Boeing Commercial Airplanes and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Airways: Encyclopedia - British Airways
British Airways (LSE: BAY) (NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. It is also one of the largest airlines in the world,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vhf Omnidirectional Range: Encyclopedia - Vhf Omnidirectional Range
This article is about the radio navigation aid, see vestibulo-ocular reflex for the important eye movement that has provided insight into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airway: Encyclopedia - Airway
The airways are those parts of the respiratory system through which air flows, to get from the external environment to the alveoli. The a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 747: Encyclopedia - Boeing 747
The Boeing 747, commonly called the Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable modern airliners and is the largest airliner currently in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 500 Number: Encyclopedia - 500 Number
Five hundred is the natural number following four hundred and ninety-nine and preceding five hundred and one. << 0 100 200 300 400 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - De Havilland Comet: Encyclopedia - De Havilland Comet
The de Havilland Comet of Britain was the world's first commercial jet airliner. It is infamous for being the first to experience the met...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing: Encyclopedia - Boeing
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA)(TYO: 7661 ) is the leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airline Meal: Encyclopedia - Airline Meal
An airline meal is a meal served to passengers on a commercial airliner. These meals are prepared specifically for this purpose by specia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airbus A380: Encyclopedia - Airbus A380
The Airbus A380 is a double-decker, four-engined airliner manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. It first flew on April 27, 2005 from Toulouse, Fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air France: Encyclopedia - Air France
Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before the take-over of KLM, it was essentially the nation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ball Lightning: Encyclopedia - Ball Lightning
Ball lightning is a natural phenomenon, or debatably, a pseudoscientific theory. It is sometimes associated with thunderstorms. It takes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Air Flight 007: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Air Flight 007 - Theories
It is generally believed that KAL 007 was mistaken for a USAF RC-135 that was flying a routine electronic intelligence mission northeast ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Single-stage To Orbit: Encyclopedia Ii - Single-stage To Orbit - Dense Versus Hydrogen Fuels
It might seem entirely obvious that hydrogen would be the fuel of choice for SSTO vehicles. When burned with oxygen, hydrogen gives the h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ilyushin Il-62: Encyclopedia Ii - Ilyushin Il-62 - Specifications Il-62m
Ilyushin Il-62 - General characteristics. Crew: 5 Capacity: 168-174 Length: 53.12 m (174 ft 3 in) Wingspan: 43.20 m (141 ft 9 in) Heig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950s - Events And Trends
The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1978 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1978 In Aviation - Events
1978 in aviation - January. January 1 - British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley, and Scottish Aviation are absorbed into British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 787: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 787 - Background
When 767 sales began to weaken in the face of competition from the Airbus A330-200 in the late 1990s, Boeing began to consider replacemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1973 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1973 In Aviation - Events
January January 12 - A US Navy F-4 Phantom scores the 197th and final US air-to-air victory of the Vietnam War January 15 - final B-52 S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lockheed L-1011: Encyclopedia Ii - Lockheed L-1011 - Trivia
The TriStar's internal Lockheed model number is actually L-093. The aging L-1011 was still in use by some airlines at the start of the 21...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lockheed Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Lockheed Constellation - Operational History
TWA opened post-war commercial intercontinental air service on 6 February, 1946, with a New York - Paris flight in a Constellation. On 17...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sikorsky Ilya Muromets: Encyclopedia Ii - Sikorsky Ilya Muromets - Development
The Ilya Muromets was designed and constructed by Igor Sikorsky at the Russo-Baltic Carriage Factory (RBVZ) in Riga in 1913. It was based...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airbus A330: Encyclopedia Ii - Airbus A330 - Variants
There are two variants of the A330: the long fuselage A330-300 measures 63.6 m (208 ft 1 in) in length and can fly up to 10,500 km (5,650...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Militancy Against Israel Before 2000: Encyclopedia Ii - Militancy Against Israel Before 2000 - Major Arab Terrorist Attacks Against Israelis Prior To The 1967 Six-day War
Palestinian and Arab spokesmen commonly claim that the recent Palestinian terrorism is the result of the Israeli occupation of the West B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sakhalin: Encyclopedia Ii - Sakhalin - History
Sakhalin was inhabited in the Neolithic Stone Age. Flint implements, like those found in Siberia, have been found at Dui and Kusunai in g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lockheed Hudson: Encyclopedia Ii - Lockheed Hudson - Specifications Mk I
Lockheed Hudson - General Characteristics. Crew: six Length: 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) Wingspan: 65 ft 6 in (19.96 m) Height: 11 ft 10 in (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pide: Encyclopedia Ii - Pide - The Pvde
The origins of PIDE can be traced to 1933, the year of the inauguration of the Estado Novo. Under direct orders from Salazar himself, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vhf Omnidirectional Range: Encyclopedia Ii - Vhf Omnidirectional Range - Using The Vor
A typical mechanical VOR display consists of a compass dial (usually called a compass card) surrounding a vertical needle and a To/From i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ilyushin Il-18: Encyclopedia Ii - Ilyushin Il-18 - Specifications
Ilyushin Il-18 - General characteristics. Crew: 4/5 Capacity: 60–86 Length: 37.42 m ( 122 ft 9 in ) Wingspan: 36.9 m ( 117 ft 10 in)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - De Havilland Heron: Encyclopedia Ii - De Havilland Heron - Specifications Heron 2d
De Havilland Heron - General Characteristics. Crew: two pilots Capacity: 14 passengers Length: 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m) Wingspan: 71 ft 6 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 367-80: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 367-80 - Specifications Boeing 367-80
Boeing 367-80 - General characteristics. Crew: Length: 128 ft 0 in (39.02 m) Wingspan: 130 ft 0 in (39.63 m) Height: ft in ( m) Wing a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 2707: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 2707 - National Committment
On June 5, 1963 President John F. Kennedy committed the government to subsidizing the development of a commercial airliner to compete wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 787: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 787 - Background
When 767 sales began to weaken in the face of competition from the Airbus A330-200 in the late 1990s, Boeing began to consider replacemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bae 146: Encyclopedia Ii - Bae 146 - History
Hawker Siddeley Aviation carried out the original design in 1973 using the designation HS146, but soon abandoned the project as a result ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 717: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 717 - Troubled Start
The MD-95—the aircraft that would eventually become the 717—was announced in 1991, initially as the MD-87-105, a re-shortened version...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Dc-8: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Dc-8 - Development
In 1952, Douglas remained the most successful of the commercial aircraft manufacturers. They had almost 300 orders on hand for the piston...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consolidated R2y: Encyclopedia Ii - Consolidated R2y - Development And Service
The R2Y-1, as the single prototype was known in U.S. Navy service, used the high-aspect wing and tricycle landing gear of the Liberator. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Airways: Encyclopedia Ii - British Airways - History
The airline's origins go back to the birth of civil aviation and the pioneering days after the First World War. On 25 August 1919 its for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mcdonnell Douglas Dc-10: Encyclopedia Ii - Mcdonnell Douglas Dc-10 - History
The DC-10 was McDonnell Douglas's first commercial airliner, after the 1967 merger between McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and Douglas Air...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 787: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 787 - Background
When 767 sales began to weaken in the face of competition from the Airbus A330-200 in the late 1990s, Boeing began to consider replacemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 747: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 747 - History
Boeing 747 - Development. The 747 was born from the explosion of air travel in the 1960s. The era of commercial jet transportation, led...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawker-siddeley Nimrod: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawker-siddeley Nimrod - Development
Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod - MR1. Nimrod development began in 1964 as a project to replace the elderly Avro Shackleton. Like many other suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avro: Encyclopedia Ii - Avro - Post-war Developments
The civilian Lancastrian and maritime reconnaissance Shackleton were derived from the successful Lancaster design. The Tudor was a pressu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawker Siddeley Trident: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawker Siddeley Trident - History
In July 1956 BEA offered a contract for a new medium-haul aircraft to replace their Vickers Viscount on their longer European routes with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airbus: Encyclopedia Ii - Airbus - Competition With Boeing
In 2003, for the first time in its 33-year history, Airbus delivered more jet-powered airliners than Boeing. Boeing states that the Boein...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air Florida Flight 90: Encyclopedia Ii - Air Florida Flight 90 - The Only Rescue Helicopter Arrives
News cameramen watched helplessly from the bridge, being only able to record the disaster for the rest of the world to see. Suddenly hope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heinkel He 111: Encyclopedia Ii - Heinkel He 111 - Early Production
Ten He 111A-0 models based on the V3 were built, but they proved to be underpowered and were eventually sold to China. In early 1936, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sikorsky Ilya Muromets: Encyclopedia Ii - Sikorsky Ilya Muromets - Development
The Ilya Muromets (Sikorsky S-22) was designed and constructed by Igor Sikorsky at the Russo-Baltic Carriage Factory (RBVZ) in Riga in 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fokker F100: Encyclopedia Ii - Fokker F100 - History
The F100 design was announced in 1983 as an updated replacement for Fokker's popular, but outdated, F28 Fellowship design. The most notic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airbus A380: Encyclopedia Ii - Airbus A380 - Design
The new Airbus will initially be sold in two versions: the A380-800, carrying 555 passengers in a three-class configuration or up to 800 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airbus Beluga: Encyclopedia Ii - Airbus Beluga - History
Several major aircraft manufacturers are multinational, and it is not unusual for them to have plants in widely separated locations. Airb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Dulles International Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Dulles International Airport - Terminals
The signature Dulles main terminal houses ticketing, baggage claim, the Z gates, and other support facilities. From here passengers can t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Embraer Emb 120 Brasilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Embraer Emb 120 Brasilia - Specifications
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia - General characteristics EMB 120. Wingspan: 19.78 m Length: 20.07 m Height: 2.28 m Wing area: 39.4 m² Power...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eads: Encyclopedia Ii - Eads - Eads Divisions
EADS - Airbus Division. Airbus S.A.S. is 80% owned by EADS, with BAE Systems owning the remaining 20% (October 2005). Airbus headquarte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airbus A350: Encyclopedia Ii - Airbus A350 - History
When Boeing announced their 7E7 Dreamliner project (now known as the 787), they claimed lower operating costs of this airplane would make...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tupolev Tu-144: Encyclopedia Ii - Tupolev Tu-144 - Development
The development of the Tu-144 is said to be closely related to industrial espionage against the French company Aérospatiale, which was d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tupolev Tu-104: Encyclopedia Ii - Tupolev Tu-104 - Specifications Tu-104b
Tupolev Tu-104 - General characteristics. Crew: 7 Capacity: 50-100 Length: 40.05 m (131 ft 5 in) Wingspan: 34.54 m (113 ft 4 in) Heigh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tupolev Tu-144: Encyclopedia Ii - Tupolev Tu-144 - Development
The development of the Tu-144 is said to be closely related to industrial espionage against the French company Aérospatiale, which was d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950s - Events And Trends
The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tupolev Tu-134: Encyclopedia Ii - Tupolev Tu-134 - Specifications
Tupolev Tu-134 - Performance. Maximum speed: km/h ( mph) Cruising speed: 750 km/h (670 mph) Maximum speed: 900 km/h (560 mph) Combat r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tourist Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tourist Guy - The Real Tourist
The first one who claimed to be the tourist was the Brazilian businessman José Roberto Penteado (see pic [1]). When Penteado started to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eads: Encyclopedia Ii - Eads - Eads Divisions
EADS - Airbus Division. Airbus S.A.S. is 80% owned by EADS, with BAE Systems owning the remaining 20% (October 2005). Airbus headquarte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tupolev Tu-154: Encyclopedia Ii - Tupolev Tu-154 - Specifications
Tupolev Tu-154 - Tu-154. Crew: 3 or 4 Capacity: 158-164 Length: 47.60 m (154 ft 2 in) Wingspan: 37.55 m (123 ft 3 in) Height: 11.40 m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Dulles International Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Dulles International Airport - Terminals
The signature Dulles main terminal houses ticketing, baggage claim, the Z gates, and other support facilities. From here passengers can t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Delta Force Film: Encyclopedia Ii - The Delta Force Film - Plot Synopsis
A group of Palestinian terrorists hijack an American airliner bound for New York City. Taking all passengers and crew hostage and diverti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tupolev Tu-204: Encyclopedia Ii - Tupolev Tu-204 - Variants
Tupolev Tu-204 - Tu-204/204C. The Tu-204 is the basic passenger airline model, and the Tu-204C is the basic freight or cargo model. Tu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Airways: Encyclopedia Ii - British Airways - History
The airline's origins go back to the birth of civil aviation and the pioneering days after the First World War. On 25 August 1919 its for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vickers Vanguard: Encyclopedia Ii - Vickers Vanguard - History
Originally designed to a BEA requirement for a 100-seat aircraft to replace their Viscounts. The original Type 870 design was then modifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vickers Viking: Encyclopedia Ii - Vickers Viking - Specifications Viking Iv
Vickers Viking - General Characteristics. Crew: one, pilot Capacity: 2 passengers Length: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m) Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vickers Viscount: Encyclopedia Ii - Vickers Viscount - History
The original design resulted from the Brabazon Committee's Type IIB design, calling for a smaller medium-range turboprop-powered pressuri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airbus A380: Encyclopedia Ii - Airbus A380 - Design
The new Airbus will initially be sold in two versions: the A380-800, carrying 555 passengers in a three-class configuration or up to 800 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air France: Encyclopedia Ii - Air France - History
Founded on August 30, 1933 through the merger of Air Orient, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale, Société Générale de Transport Aérien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ball Lightning: Encyclopedia Ii - Ball Lightning - Reports
Ball lightning discharges were once thought to be extremely rare occurrences, but recent research shows that a few percent of the US popu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Augusta Ca-31: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Augusta Ca-31 - Asiatic Fleet
Steaming via the "Great Circle" route (the Northern Pacific) from Seattle to Shanghai, Augusta moored in the Whangpoo River, at Shanghai,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 747: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 747 - History
Boeing 747 - Development. The 747 was born from the explosion of air travel in the 1960s. The era of commercial jet transportation, led...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing - History
Boeing - Before 1950s. The company was founded in Seattle by William E. Boeing on July 15, 1916, together with George Conrad Westervelt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vickers Vc-10: Encyclopedia Ii - Vickers Vc-10 - History
Vickers Armstrong had been working in-house in the early 1950s on a project known as Type 1000, essentially a civilian version of their V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawker-siddeley Nimrod: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawker-siddeley Nimrod - Development
Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod - MR1. Nimrod development began in 1964 as a project to replace the elderly Avro Shackleton. Like many other suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - De Havilland Comet: Encyclopedia Ii - De Havilland Comet - History
Design work began in 1946 under Ronald Bishop and the intention was to have a commercial aircraft by 1952. The DH 106 Comet first flew on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Byck: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Byck - The Assassination Attempt
In early 1974, Byck made his decision to assassinate Nixon. He chose to do so by hijacking an airliner and crashing it into the White Hou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luminiferous Aether: Encyclopedia Ii - Luminiferous Aether - The History Of Light And Aether
See also timeline of luminiferous aether. Isaac Newton had assumed that light was made up of numerous small particles, in order to explai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lockheed L-1011: Encyclopedia Ii - Lockheed L-1011 - Trivia
The TriStar's internal Lockheed model number is actually L-093. The ageing L-1011 was still in use by some airlines at the start of the 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jay Jay The Jet Plane: Encyclopedia Ii - Jay Jay The Jet Plane - Cast
Note: Relationship words for the aeroplane characters refer to being in loco parentis for purposes of upbringing and education, not to b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reliability Engineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Reliability Engineering - Reliability Requirements
For any system, one of the first tasks of reliability engineering is to adequately specify the reliability requirements. Reliability requ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - January 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - January 2004 - Events
Ongoing events 2004 Canadian Federal Election Conservative leadership race 2004 Taiwan Presidential Election 2004 U.S. Presidential El...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - January 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - January 2005 - Events
January 2005 - January 31 2005. Arab-Israeli Conflict: A ten-year-old Palestinian girl dies after being shot in the head as she played...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Augusta Ca-31: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Augusta Ca-31 - Normandy
In June, Augusta took part in the Normandy invasion, standing out of Plymouth on 5 June with Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, USA, and hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reliability Engineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Reliability Engineering - Software Reliability
Software reliability is a special aspect of reliability engineering. System reliability, by definition, includes all parts of the system,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vickers Vc-10: Encyclopedia Ii - Vickers Vc-10 - Specifications Model 1101
Vickers VC-10 - General Characteristics. Crew: 3 + 3 stewards Capacity: 151 passengers Length: 158 ft 8 in (48.36 m) Wingspan: 146 ft ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Militancy Against Israel Before 2000: Encyclopedia Ii - Militancy Against Israel Before 2000 - 1955
Mar 24, 1955 - Terrorists threw hand grenades and opened fire on a crowd at a wedding in the farming community of Patish, in the Negev. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Militancy Against Israel Before 2000: Encyclopedia Ii - Militancy Against Israel Before 2000 - 1953
June 11, 1953 - Terrorists attacked a young couple in their home in Kfar Hess, and shot them to death. June 9, 1953 - Terrorists attacked...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 787: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 787 - Japanese And Other Foreign Program Partners
It also underscores the importance of Japanese industrial participation (35 % workshare with Boeing itself holding 35 %) with most of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Augusta Ca-31: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Augusta Ca-31 - Morocco
Arriving off Fedhala, French Morocco, on 7 November, Augusta went into general quarters at 2200. During the predawn hours of 8 November, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 787: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 787 - Current Sales Information February/ March 2006
Currently, Boeing is in talks with several international carriers. Singapore Airlines and Emirates Airlines have shown interest, and have...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Dc-8: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Dc-8 - Specifications
Douglas DC-8 - General characteristics DC-8-32. Crew: three Capacity: 176 passengers, economy or 124 passengers, mixed Length: 150 ft ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Militancy Against Israel Before 2000: Encyclopedia Ii - Militancy Against Israel Before 2000 - 1956
Oct 9, 1956 - Two workers were killed in an orchard of the youth village, Neve Hadassah, in the Sharon region. Nov 8, 1956 - Terrorists o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Augusta Ca-31: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Augusta Ca-31 - Atlantic Fleet
Departing Mare Island on 11 April 1941, Augusta, her configuration altered and wearing a new paint job, sailed for San Pedro, remaining t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing 787: Encyclopedia Ii - Boeing 787 - Commercial Launch
On April 26, 2004, the Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) became the launch customer for the 787, then still-known as the 7E7, ann...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Dc-8: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Dc-8 - Background
At the time the world's first jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet, was introduced in 1949, Douglas held a commanding position in the air...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consolidated R2y: Encyclopedia Ii - Consolidated R2y - Specifications R2y-1
... See also:Consolidated R2Y, Consolidated R2Y - Development and service, Consolidated R2Y - Specifications R2Y-1, Consolidated R2Y - ...   » Read the article