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The Excalibur was designed as "clone" [1] of the Quad City Challenger II aircraft. The company took the basic Challenger design and incorporated many changes, including mounting the engine upright allowing larger propellers and the Rotax gearbox to be mounted, lengthening the tailboom and enlarging the tail vertical surface to increase stability, shortening the ailerons and replacing control ...
Data from General characteristics Crew: two Capacity: 32 passengers Length: 74 ft 11.5 in (22.847 m) Wingspan: 95 ft 0 in (28.96 m) Wing area: 1,000 sq ft (93 m 2) Empty weight: 26,424 lb (11,986 kg) Gross weight: 40,000 lb (18,144 kg) Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S4C-4-G piston engine, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each Performance See also Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and ...
Excalibur Airways Airbus A320 at Faro Airport in 1992. Excalibur Airways was formed in the spring of 1992 and was based at the East Midlands Airport. It began charter operations with three leased Airbus A320s and most of the flights were out of London Gatwick airport. In 1994, one more A320 and a Boeing 737-300 were added. Excalibur was the ...
The Sikorsky VS-44 was a large four-engined flying boat built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft. Based on the XPBS-1 patrol bomber, the VS-44 was designed primarily for the transatlantic passenger market, with a capacity of 40+ passengers. Three units were produced: Excalibur, Excambian, and Exeter, plus two XPBS-1 ...
Range: 42 km. No longer produced. A coast defence version known as "Excalibur" was developed in the United Kingdom and deployed in Gibraltar from 1985 to 1997. [11] AM38 (helicopter-launched – tested only) [12] AM39 (air-launched) – B2 Mod 2: deployed on 14 types of aircraft (combat jets, maritime patrol aircraft, helicopters).
In December 2010 the CEA-308, powered by the Jabiru 2200, set four FAI records for aircraft weighing less than 300 kg. It averaged 359 km/h; 194 kn (223 mph) for four runs over the 3-km low-altitude course [ 6 ] and 327 km/h; 176 kn (203 mph) on a 100-km circuit.
The Aurora Excalibur was an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Aurora Flight Sciences between 2005 and 2010 capable of vertical takeoff and landing . [1] The design combined ducted fans and hybrid drive. A smaller scale model with a 13-foot (4.0 m) wingspan was successfully tested on June 24, 2009. [2]
A P-51C equipped with long-range internal fuel tanks, the aircraft had been flown by Paul Mantz, winning the transcontinental Bendix Trophy air races in 1946 and 1947, and finishing second in 1948 and third in 1949. [4] Rechristening the plane "Stormy Petrel" and then "Excalibur III", Blair began setting records.