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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, Düsseldorf 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 Lück
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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, Düsseldorf 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 succesfull
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 Lück
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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, Düsseldorf 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, Düsseldorf 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 Servaas
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, Düsseldorf 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
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Airbus -
A300,A310,
A319,A320,A321,
A330,A340
- ATR -
ATR42,ATR72
- Antonov-
22/72-74/124-225
- BAe -
BAe146,AVRO,
BAC 1-11, HP-137,
J-31/J-41/ATP
- Beech -
Be
99, Be1900
,
Beechjet-400
- Boeing -
B707,
B717,
B727,
B737cl,
B737ng,
B747,
B757,
B767,
B777
- Canadair -Bombardier -BD100,
BD700, Challenger,
CRJ100,
200,700900
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DHC-5
, 6 , 7, 8 (Q400)
- Cessna - Citation
- Curtiss - C-46
Commando
- Dassault -
Falcon
10/100, 50, 20/200, 900, 2000, 70X
- Dornier -
Do/HAL-228,
-306-120 ,
Do
328-300 (Jet), 528, 728, 928
- Douglas (McDonnell Douglas) -DC4,
DC6, DC7,
DC8,
DC9,
DC10,MD11,MD80,MD90,B717
- Embraer -
Emb-110,
120, 121, RJ135,ERJ140,ERJ145,170
- Fairchild/Swearingen -
Metro
- Fokker -
F27,
F50,
F28,F100,F70
- Gulfstream -
Jet
- IAI -
Westwind
1123/1124, Astra 1125, G.100, G.200
- Ilyushin - Il-12,
14, 18, 20, 22, 38, 62, 62M, 86, 96, 114
- Learjet -
23/24,
25, 28/29, 31, 35, 36, 40, 45, 55, 60
- Lockheed -
L-1011
,
L-749/1049/1649,
188
- Raytheon -
390
Premier, Hawker/BAe-125
- Tupolev -
Tu134,Tu154,Tu144,Tu204,Tu214,Tu334
- Europrop -
Bristol
Britannia, Trislander, J-31,J41, ATP, Casa,, HP Herald, Nord,
Saab, Shorts, Vickers
- Rare-Jets -
Caravelle
SE210; Concorde; BAC 1-11, Convair 880/990; Dassault Mercure; DH
Comet; Nimrod; HS Trident;Lockheed Tristar RRJ Superjet, VC10; VFW-614; Yak42
- Rare-props -
ATL-98,
Brabazon, Convair props, CL-44, C-46, GAF Nomad, G-159, IAI Arava,
L-Constellation,, L-188, Martin Mars , M-404, YS-11, Y-12
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