Archive for December, 2010
Hawker Aircraft - Jet for ExecutivesPosted at December 22nd, 2010 in HawkerHawker Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft producer that has given many fabulous products for British aviation industry. The formation of Hawker Aircraft goes back to the post World War I. After World War I the Sopwith Aviation Company got bankrupted. Harry Hawker who was test pilot at Sopwith, along with Thomas Sopwith brought assets of the bankrupted company and formed a new company H.G. Hawker Engeneering. Later in 1933 the newly formed company got its new name, Hawker Aircraft Limited. The company took advantage of the great depression and showed its strong finanacial position. They purchased Gloster Aircraft Company. Hawker Aircraft manufactures business jet aircraft. Hawker 800A aircraft is business jet plane and is also one of the longest running business jet aircraft. The Hawker 800A aircraft was a development of DH-125 [...]
Fairchild AircraftPosted at December 17th, 2010 in FairchildFairchild Dornier 328JET is a travel aircraft that is perfect to haul passengers. The particular aircraft is based on turboprop powered 328 Dornier. The design of the aircraft was the initially proposed by the Dorniuer luftfahrt Gmbh which is a German company. But before the production of the 328 could start the airliner was taken over by Fairchild Aircraft which is a US aerospace company. The new company started the production of the Dornier 328 in Germany and made sales arrangement in Texas, San Antonio and the sales was supported to both the locations in Germany as well as the US. The 328 with turboprops engine was noise and faced reliability issues. Fairchild Dornier developed a new design that used turbo fans on 328-300 models. The engine type is popularly known as Jet, thus 328JET name arrived. The newly built aircraft shared [...]
Diamond Aircraft - Light weight with more horsepowerPosted at December 15th, 2010 in DiamondThe functioning of aircrafts is very different from those of automobiles. For a car to reach high speeds there should be a bigger power plant, as bigger as possible. Invention of V8 wasn’t the only stop for bigger car engines. The latest bigger engines found on cars are the W12 and V12 engine found on world’s fastest car Buggati. For cars logic is simple get bigger engine to work and reach high speed. This is not the case with aircrafts. Aircrafts can’t be loaded with bigger displacement engines as it makes the plane heavier and which it instead of going fast slows down. This is the place where aero dynamics comes in. With bigger engines on plane, increases fuel consumption and emission. So there is a need to build something that is a perfect blend of horsepower and aerodynamics. Diamond knows best, how to make [...]- Bonanza Aircrafts - OverviewPosted at December 10th, 2010 in BonanzaBonanza H Model 35 was introduced in 1947 and is still popular as the aircraft is still in to continuous production. Over 17,000 Bonanzas have been built. After the World War II, Bonanza H Model 35 was introduced with distinctive design. The Model 35 was much more like the fighter aircrafts that were easy to manage with six cylinder engine and low wing configuration. Earlier Bonanza 35 was made out of wood and fabric with rectangular landing gear and V tail that made it most distinctive in the sky. First Bonanza flew in 1945 as a prototype and production had started in 1947. Bonanza Aircrafts are still being manufactured by Hawker Beechcraft making it the longest production run aircraft. After serving the U.S Army during World War II, Beechcraft now started manufacturing aircrafts for civil aviation. The Model 35 of Bonaza aircrafts [...]
- Beechcraft Aircrafts - Built for AdventurePosted at December 8th, 2010 in BeechcraftBeechcraft is responsible for manufacturing general aviation and military aircrafts which was founded in 1932. Beechcraft aircrafts since 2006 is a part of Raytheon. What once used an idle Cessna factory for production soon became popular and won 5 straight awards for production efficiency. Walter H Beech and wife Olive Ann Mellor Beech founded the company in Kansas in 1932. The first model to fly from the production line was the model 17 Staggerwing which flew in Nov 1932. on total 250 Straggerwings were built and out of which 270 were produced for United States Army Air Forces. Serving the World War II, Staggerwing was replaced with Bonanza with a distinctive V tail design. Bonanza is one of the best known Beechcraft aircrafts and is still into production since 1947. Bonanza also has world record of the longest production run for [...]
Antonov Aircrafts - Largest Biplane EverPosted at December 3rd, 2010 in NewsThe Antonov Aircrafts is a Russian nickname which means maize worker. Antonov An-2 was a biplane with single engine that was manufactured from 1946. Antonoy Aircrafts were used for utility purposes and was mainly used in agriculture. This Antonov Aircrafts can also be tagged as the largest biplane aircraft. The AN-2 is still today used as a parachute drop aircraft, for light utility transport, for agricultural activities and for many other activities that involves slow flying. The aircraft is used for sparing pesticides and other spraying work. The biplane flies slow and is with good field performance. The aircraft has its name in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest production run aircraft that counts 45 years. Very recent the record of An-2 was broken by Lockheed C 130 Hercules. The design of the Antonov An-2 was [...]
Agusta Aircraft - For Special Operations or Just to CommutePosted at December 1st, 2010 in AgustaThe Agusta A119 Koala is a poplar utility helicopter the servers the civil market. The helicopter is attracted to those who find a single turbo shaft engine more sensible than a twin engine. And I feel employing a single turbine powered engine is sense where you don’t need two engines. Agusta Aircrafts started working on the helicopter from 1994 the A119 came into production for civilians from 1999. Agusta Aircrafts knew well what they had to put in their heli. The proposition of sale for the Agusta A119 Koala is its cab space. The company coated that the helicopter was with 30% more space then what is found in other single engine heli. Agusta Aircrafts also targeted medical retrieval operates as their customers as the Agusta A119 Koala is with only a single engine having capacity to accommodate 2 stretcher patients along [...]