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The 767-400ER, the first Boeing wide-body jet resulting from two fuselage stretches, [160] entered service with Continental Airlines in 2000. [44] The type features a 21.1-foot (6.43-metre) stretch over the 767-300, for a total length of 205.11 feet (62.5 m). [ 161 ]
Retired. 1948. (76 years ago) (1948) The Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941. One of the largest aircraft of its time, it had the range to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. For its wing, Boeing re-used the design from the earlier XB-15 bomber prototype.
First flight. 1939. In service. 1939 to 1951. Fate. Retired - scrapped. The Pacific Clipper (civil registration NC18602) was an American Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, famous for having completed an unplanned nearly around-the-world flight in December 1941 and January 1942 as the California Clipper. [1]
Since the 1990s, the high reliability of modern jet engines has meant that twin-engine jet aircraft such as the Boeing 767, Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 have largely taken over on transatlantic routes from quad-engine jets, whilst the supersonic Concorde was ultimately doomed by its high running costs, leading to its retirement in 2003. Since the ...
Lawrence Russell, 63, was stopped in Edinburgh Airport heading to a Boeing 767 which he was rostered to fly to New York on June 16 2023. Pilot who was over alcohol limit before transatlantic ...
First transatlantic passenger service on heavier-than air aircraft on 24 June 1939, Pan American inaugurated transatlantic passenger service between New York and Marseilles, France, using Boeing 314 flying boats. On 8 July 1939, a service began between New York and Southampton as well. A single fare was US$375.00 ($8,214 in 2023 dollars).
DHL Air UK (DHL Air), acquired by DHL in 1989, is based at East Midlands Airport. Since July 2000, it has operated a fleet of Boeing 757 Freighters on intra-European services and a fleet of Boeing 767 freighters, primarily on transatlantic routes. [2][3][4] DHL Aero Expreso is a subsidiary in the Central and South America Hub in Tocumen ...
The aircraft – a Boeing 787 Dreamliner – usually has a cruising speed of around 560mph. Virgin founder Richard Branson described it as flying “faster than any other commercial non-supersonic ...