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- New: Fairchild C-82 Packet, C-119 Flying Boxcar, C-123 Provider 27 nov 2024
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The Italian-French built ATR twin engined prop has been the
most successful in its class together with the DHC-8 series. It has been in
production since 1984 and still selling after almost 1000 has been sold,
after a few slow years when Regional jets were popular
photo: PH-XLK, ATR-42 Alsace Exel, Amsterdam 11.06.2004, Aart Langevoort |
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Airbus, the major European aircraft manufacturers
from France, Germany, the UK and some others joint together in 1970. In the
beginning it was slow selling and heavily subsidized, but Airbus developed
a full family, now including the biggest airliner A-380, and matches Boeing
in sales
photo: VP-BWM, A-320 Aeroflot, Duesseldorf 31.07.2004 Aart Langevoort |
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The multiple UK aircraft manufacturers Hawker
Siddely, Avro, De Havilland, Vickers, Handley Page and later BAC and BAe
have built many revolutionairy airliners, like the first jet (Comet), the
first turboprop (Viscount) and the first supersonic jet (Concorde) in
commercial service.
photo: C-GRNX BAe-146 Air Canada Jazz, YOW 24.06.2004,
Micha L�ck |
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The UK built BAC 1-11 first flew in 1964 and was one of the few
UK types selling well nicely. Due to noise regulations it more or less
disappeared from the skies by 2002.
photo:
TG-TJK BAC 1-11-400 Tikal Jets, Guatemala, 23.05.2001, S. Verbrugge |
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Beechcraft have been an important manufacturer of small prop
engined business and commuter planes, like the legendary Beech 18. The
Beech 99 and 1900 with 15 and 19 seats have had success on the airliner
market. Beech ceased producing these, concentrating on bizjets like the
Beechjet.
photo: TC-MHS Premier I, Duesseldorf 30.07.2004 Aart Langevoort |
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Boeings role in the commercial market used to be smaller than
that of Douglas, Lockheed and others but with the entry of the 707 on the
jet market in 1957, they took a leading role developing a full jet
family.
photo: N64696 Boeing 720-022, Miami 26.02.2001 Servaas Verbrugge |
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Boeing continued to upgrade and stretch most of their
types, the 757-300 and 767-400 (pictured) being some of the less
successful family members.
photo: N76054, 767-424 Continental AL, Amsterdam 11.06.2004 A. Langevoort |
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Canadair stretched its Challenger bizjet into the first
successful regional jet. Both Canadair and Embraer have sold more then 1500
regional jets in the last 10 years, now mainly the bigger (70-100
pax) aircraft types recently.
photo: N921FJ, CRJ-900 Mesa/America West, Long Beach 4.11.2004 Micha L�ck |
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The development of the the Cessna Citation family started in
the middle of the 1960's, with the first flight of the first Model 500 in
1968. Today there are still 7 types in production.
photo:
CS-DHA Citation 550B Netjets, D?sseldorf 30.07.2004 Aart Langevoort |
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Convair
was a major manufacturer in the 1950s, building more then 1000 of the
40/50-seat Convair 240 to 440s. They failed to build a successful jet
and disappeared from the scene in the 1960s.
photo: N582HG Convair 580 Trans Air Link, remains after crash, Opa-Locka
10.12.2004 Servaas Verbrugge |
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Dornier
built small 19 and 33 seat commuter planes, but went bankrupt in 2002.
The 228 program continues, while its new types and the 328 are shelved.
photo: D-BADC Do 328 Jet, ADAC/Aerodienst, Duesseldorf 13.10.2004, A. Langevoort |
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Douglas
and McDonnell was the biggest airliner manufacturer since the 1930s but
lagged behind Boeing and later Airbus in development, and has been
taken over by Boeing in 1997.
photo: N1003T MD-82 AeroMexico, Hermosillo 3.4.2002, Servaas Verbrugge |
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Embraer of Brazil built 19 and 30 seat commuter planes, but its big breakthru came with the Regional Jet series since 1996.
photo: N393SW Emb-120 Skywest/United Express, San Francisco 17.2.2001 S. Verbrugge |
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Fokker
of the Netherlands was a major player in the 50 to 100 seats aircraft
market. Despite its bankruptcy in 1997, their aircraft enjoy a second
life on the used aircraft market.
photo: OE-LFK Fokker 70 Tyrolean, Copenhagen 09.04.2004 Aart Langevoort |
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Saab of Sweden was another victim of the regional jet revolution, they withdrew from the airliner market by 1999.
photo: YR-SBC Saab 2000 Carpatair, D?sseldorf 30.07.2004 Aart Langevoort |
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Yakovlev is a less wellknown designer in the former Soviet Union, their trijets have never been seen much outside the region.
photo: RA-42415 Yak-42 Karat, Ljubljana 27.09.2004, Pavel Barabas |
Quick links to the spreadsheets :
- Airbus - A300,A310, A319,A320,A321, A330,A340
- ATR - ATR42,ATR72
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Antonov- 22/70, 140 , 72-76, 124, 148, 158
- BAe - BAe 146, ARJ, BAC 1-11, HP-137,
J-31/J-41/ATP , BAe-125/Raytheon
- Beech
- Be 99, Be1900 Beechjet-400 , Beech King Air 200/300/350/C12
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Boeing - B707, B717, B727, B737cl, B737ng, B747, B757 , B767 ,? B777/787 , C-17 Globemaster
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Canadair -Bombardier - BD100, BD700, Challenger, CRJ100, 200,700,900, A220-CSeries , DHC-3, 4 5 , 6 , 7, 8 (Q400)
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Cessna - Citation , Caravan
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Curtiss - C-46 Commando
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Dassault - Falcon 10/100, 50,
20/200, 900, 2000, 70X
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Dornier - Do 27, 28 ,/HAL-228, -306-120 , Do 328-300 (Jet), 528, 728, 928
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Douglas (McDonnell Douglas) -DC1,2,3 , DC4, DC6, DC7, DC8, DC9, DC10,MD11,MD80,MD90,B717
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Eclipse, Cirrus and Honda - Cirrus Vision SF50 500 VLJ, HA-420 HondaJet
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Embraer - Emb-110, 120, 121,
RJ135,ERJ140,ERJ145,170
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Fairchild/Swearingen - Metro
, C-82, C119, C-123
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Fokker - F27, F50, F28,F100,F70
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Gulfstream - Jet
- IAI - Westwind 1123/1124,
Astra 1125, G.100, G.200
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Ilyushin - Il-12, 14, 18, 20,
22, 38, 62, 62M, 86, 96, 114
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Learjet - 23/24, 25, 28/29,
31, 35, 36, 40, 45, 55, 60
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Lockheed - L-1011, L-1349 , L-749/1049/1649, 188
- Mitsubishi - MU-2
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Raytheon – Mitshubishi/Hawker
300/390/400/4000series
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Rockwell – Aero Commander-Gulfstream 690/695 Turbo Commander & Fuji/Rockwell Commander 700
- Sabreliner – Sabreliner
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Tupolev - Tu134,Tu154,Tu144,Tu204,Tu214,Tu33
- Europrop - Alenia
G222, Bristol Britannia, BAe-748, Trislander, J-31,J41, ATP, Casa,
Dornier HP Herald, Nord, Piaggio, Pilatus, Saab, Shorts, Vickers
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Rare-Jets - Caravelle
SE210; Concorde; Antonov 72/125/148, BAe-146/ARJ, BAC 1-11, Convair
880/990; Dassault Mercure; DH Comet; Nimrod; Do-328Jet, HS
Trident; Kawasaki, Lockheed Tristar, Jetstar, MBB Hansajet, Mitsubishi MRJ, RRJ
Superjet, VC10; VFW-614; Yak42
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Rare-props - ATL-98,
Antonov 22/140, Boeing 307, Brabazon, Convair props, CL-44, C-46,
DHA-3, EPIC LT, GAF Nomad, Gippsland Airvan, Gr Mallard, G-159, IAI Arava, L-Constellation,
L-188 Electra, Martin Mars , M-404, YS-11, PAC-750, Quest Kodiak,
MA-60, Y-12 |
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