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  2. MacCready Gossamer Albatross - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft was designed and built by a team led by Paul B. MacCready, a noted American aeronautics engineer, designer, and world soaring champion. Gossamer Albatross was his second human-powered aircraft, the first being the Gossamer Condor, which had won the first Kremer prize on August 23, 1977, by completing a 1-mile (1.6 km)-long figure-eight course.

  3. Boom XB-1 - Wikipedia

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    Data from Aviation Week [needs update] General characteristics Crew: 1 (Design allows for a second seat) Length: 68 ft (21 m) Wingspan: 17 ft (5.2 m) Height: 17 ft 0 in (5.2 m) Max takeoff weight: 13,500 lb (6,123 kg) Powerplant: 3 × General Electric J85 -15 turbojet, 4,300 lbf (19 kN) thrust each Performance Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 Range: 1,000 nmi (1,200 mi, 1,900 km) See also Supersonic ...

  4. Avro Canada C102 Jetliner - Wikipedia

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    The Avro Canada C102 Jetliner was a Canadian prototype medium-range turbojet-powered jet airliner built by Avro Canada in 1949. It was beaten to the air by only 13 days by the de Havilland Comet, thereby becoming the second purpose-built jet airliner in the world, while both were preceded by the Nene Lancastrian, and the Nene Viking, both of which were conversions of piston engine airliners.

  5. Vickers VC.1 Viking - Wikipedia

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    The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited at Brooklands near Weybridge in Surrey. After the Second World War , the Viking was an important airliner with British airlines, pending the development of turboprop aircraft like the Viscount .

  6. de Havilland Comet - Wikipedia

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    The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It features an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wing roots, a pressurised cabin, and large windows. For ...

  7. Big Jet TV - Wikipedia

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    Big Jet TV is a British YouTube channel that records and livestreams aeroplanes landing at major airports. [2] It made international headlines in 2022 during Storm Eunice, as the channel livestreamed planes landing at London's Heathrow Airport in very high winds. [3] The BBC carried a report titled "Big Jet TV turns plane-watching into a ...

  8. Beechcraft Premier I - Wikipedia

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    After development delays, the aircraft entered service in 2001 but with poor runway performance, erratic lift dump and brakes, a noisy cabin and a substandard cockpit. It was upgraded as the Premier IA in 2006 for $7 million with improved brakes, avionics and cabin, and 163 were built in five years. [ 3 ]

  9. List of commercial jet airliners - Wikipedia

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    Paul Eden (2012), Civil Aircraft Recognition, ISBN 978-1847974976; Robert Jackson (2004), The Encyclopedia of Aircraft, ISBN 978-1592232574; Bill Gunston (1980), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Commercial Aircraft, ISBN 978-0896730779; Jeremy Flack (2003), Jane's Airlines and Airliners, ISBN 978-0007151745