
Aircraft Articles: History - facts - photos:
Welcome to our collection of articles about different airplanes and aircraft. You can read and learn about various aircraft that are operated all around the world by many airlines and companies. Whether you are an experienced pilot or someone who has just taken a few flying lessons, we believe that there is something of interest in our aircraft articles for all aviation enthusiasts.
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Interested
in learning about flight simulators both real and games? This
article gives an overview on flight simulation and various types of
flight sims available for both real pilots as well as anyone else
wanting to experience simulated flight.
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The
ATR 42/72 is a twin-engine short-haul regional turboprop which was
launched in the mid 80's. Since it's maiden flight, more 900 ATR
airplanes were delivered to customers worldwide. Learn more about this
airplane by reading our article.
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This
article gives and overview as well as technical details and data
about the Beechcraft Duchess twin piston engine aircraft. To make
the article interesting we have added several photos and a video to
illustrate the textual information about the BE-76 aircraft
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An
article about one of the most popular airliners ever built. Since it's
first launch in 1968 more than 6300 Boeing 737 airplanes were built
and many remain in service world wide. This article gives a good insight
into the B-737 aircraft.
A
brief history review, general technical facts and other interesting
information about the Boeing 757 aircraft. This medium-sized
short-to-medium haul airliner was first launched in 1982 and became a
successful replacement for the Boeing 727.
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A
brand new addition to the Boeing aircraft family. The 787 Dreamliner
is a long range twin-engine aircraft that effectively utilizes
composite materials in it's construction. Read our B-787 article do
become familiar with this airplane.
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One
of the most popular flight training single engine piston airplanes
ever built. Since it's introduction in 1977, more than 7500 Cessna 152
airplanes were built and continue to serve as flight trainers, touring
and leisure flying airplanes. Read this article to learn more.
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The
Dash 8 Q400 is one of the worlds quietest regional turboprops
manufactured by Bombardier Airspace. In this airplane article you can
find a lot of interesting information on the Dash 8 aircraft as well
as some historical and technical data.
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The
Fokker 50 is a twin-engine regional turboprop airliner designed to
carry around 50 passengers at 530 km/h. Developed in mid 80's, the
F-50 was the advanced successor of the Fokker-27. Read more about this
aircraft in our article.
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The
MD-80 is a very popular medium-range jet airliner introduced in the
late 1970's. After replacing the DC-9, over 1100 MD-80 series aircraft
were built and continue to serve airlines worldwide. Read our
McDonnell Douglas airplane article to find out more.
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The
Piper 28 Cherokee is a two to four seat single piston engine aircraft
designed mainly for flight training and personal flying. It was
introduced in 1960 and since then, more than 32 000 airplanes were
delivered to customers worldwide.
More airplane articles will be available soon!
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