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The Extra EA-260 is a hand-built, single-seat aerobatic aircraft derived from the Extra 230 and first flown in 1986. Designed by aerobatic pilot Walter Extra based on the layout of the Extra 230, the Extra 260 is a higher performance version of its predecessor with 60% more power and 18% increase in weight.
Witness spotted plane followed by black smoke rising from eastern Napier Peninsula. Some wreckage found in southwestern Buckingham Bay on October 17; main wreckage and pilot missing. [194] November 1, 2008: Beechcraft King Air 65-A90-1 (N87V) 3: Unknown Guyana (Near Georgetown) Lost: 3 crew. Aircraft vanished over a remote part of the Guyana ...
Data from Extra EA-400 Standard Specification, Pilots Information Manual General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 5 passengers Length: 9.57 m (31 ft 5 in) Wingspan: 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) Height: 3.09 m (10 ft 2 in) Empty weight: 1,500 kg (3,307 lb) Max takeoff weight: 1,999 kg (4,407 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Continental TSIOL-550-C Voyager 6-cyl. horizontally opposed liquid cooled turbocharged ...
The Boeing Bird of Prey is an American black project aircraft, intended to demonstrate stealth technology.It was developed by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing in the 1990s. [1] The company provided $67 million of funding for the project; [1] it was a low-cost program compared to many other programs of similar scale.
This is a cross-country airplane with many exclusive features including carbon fiber construction, pressurized cabin, high strutless wing, and seating for six. The EA-500 was introduced as an alternative version of the EA-400 with the piston engine replaced by a Rolls-Royce Model 250 -B17F/2 turboprop yielding 450 horsepower (340 kW), weighing ...
L'Oiseau Blanc ([lwazo blɑ̃]; English: The White Bird) [note 1] was a French Levasseur PL.8 biplane that disappeared in 1927 during an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City to compete for the Orteig Prize.
The Extra 300SR is a modified aircraft using a specially designed high-lift wing for the Red Bull Air Race World Series. 300L The Extra 300L is a Lycoming AEIO-540-powered two-seat aircraft, with low-mounted wing and shorter fuselage. [3] More of these two-seater variants have been produced than any other model.
The aircraft had apparently disintegrated due to thunderstorm or tornadic activity, losing its outer wing panels and all tail control surfaces, and impacted in a flat attitude with little forward motion. Aircraft wreckage was found in a 25 x 3-mile (4.8 km) path on a heading of 66 degrees true.