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Airlines commonly order aircraft with special features or options, but Boeing builds certain models specifically for a particular customer. The Boeing 707-138B was a shortened-fuselage, long-range model only sold to Qantas. The Boeing 757-200M was a single-example model built for Royal Nepal Airlines (now called Nepal Airlines). This plane ...
US ground effect aircraft, developed with Russian consultation Tupolev Tu-404: 1990s: 595.45 tons Blended wing body airliner for 1,214 passenger, 110 m wingspan [5] Sukhoi KR-860: 1990s: 639.73 tons Transport for 300 t payload or 860-1,000 passengers Double deck airliner: Boeing 747X: 1996: 465.53 tons 747-400 stretch, Airbus A3XX competitor ...
English: An overlay diagram showing five of the largest airplanes ever built, the Hughes H-4 Spruce Goose (airplane with the greatest height), the Antonov An-225 Mriya (the largest airplane), the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (the largest version of the Boeing 747 Jumbojet), the Airbus A380-800 (the largest passenger airplane), and the Scaled Composites Stratolaunch (airplane with the greatest ...
English: An overlay diagram showing four of the largest airplanes ever built against the largest airship, the LZ 129 Hindenburg: the Hughes H-4 Spruce Goose (aircraft with the greatest wingspan); the Antonov An-225 Mriya (the largest fixed-wing aircraft); the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (soon to be the largest version of the Boeing 747 Jumbojet); and the Airbus A380-800 (the largest ...
The -800 replaced directly the -400 and aging 727-200 of US airlines. It filled also the gap left by Boeing's decision to discontinue the MD-80 and MD-90 aircraft, following Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas. The 737-800 is the most widely used narrowbody aircraft and competes primarily with the Airbus A320. [73]
The Boeing 737, first launched in 1967, is the world’s most successful aircraft. More than 11,000 have been delivered. But the Max 8 version was involved in two shocking and needless tragedies.
This is a list of aircraft sorted by maximum takeoff weight. Airplanes ... Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight [34] 24300: 11,000: 2,800: 254: 2 x 15.24 NHIndustries NH90:
On Tuesday, Boeing (NYSE:BA) released its fourth-quarter commercial planes delivery results, which showed a 14% increase year-over-year. Sparking a 3.8% gain as a result adds to the plane-maker's ...