The Piper PA-24 Comanche was introduced in 1958, manufactured by Piper Aircraft as a light, civil utility aircraft. The first model featured a single Lycoming O-360-A1A engine. One of the new variants, and successors in the series was the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche, with productions beginning in 1958. The new model utilised a carburated Lycoming O-540-AIA5 engine,…
The Mitsubishi MU-2 is a high-wing, twin-engine turboprop utility and transport aircraft manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, starting to develop the aircraft in 1956. The design encorporated over-wing spoilers and full-span flaps to allow for a high cruise speed, but also a low landing speed. The MU-2 was intended and utilised in both civilian and transoprt roles, with a number…
The Mitsubishi MU-2 is a high-wing, twin-engine turboprop utility and transport aircraft manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, starting to develop the aircraft in 1956. The design encorporated over-wing spoilers and full-span flaps to allow for a high cruise speed, but also a low landing speed. The MU-2 was intended and utilised in both civilian and transoprt roles, with a number…
The NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner, designed and built by the Japanese Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. The YS-11 had the distinction of being the only post-war airliner fully developed and built in Japan. Around 1954 the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan announced a proposal for companies to innovate a short-haul airliner, for which NAMC submitted plans of the…
The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is a carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning aircraft, developed and produced by Grumman Aircraft Company in the late 1950s. The all-weather twin-turboprop E-2 model was intended as a replacement for the predecssing E-1 Tracer, for which demands were dropping rapdily at the time. The E-2 was uniquely designed for the specific role of airbourne early warning. Due to…
The Northrop Grumman Firebird (designated Model 355) is an intelligence gathering aircraft, designed and produced by Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites. The design was for a medium-altitude and long-endurance capable aircraft, with Burt Rutan partaking in the development before his retirement. The Firebird encorporates the twin-boom and pusher configurations, utilising a Lycoming TEO-540 powerplant. It was also installed with four moduls to…
The Northrop T-38 Talon is a twinjet supersonic jet training aircraft. The T-38 Talon was derived from an initial project, with the designation N-156. This development came about following a series of discussions with General Electric Aviation, who have proposed a light but powerful engine to be utilised for future aircrafts. An subsequent agreement has been made to create a…
The Piaggio P.180 Avanti is a twin turboprop, executive transport aircraft introduced in 1990. The design was developed from 1979, by Piaggio’s chief engineer, later partnering with Learjet to design a new fuselage, finalised with a high-aspect ratio wing, T-tail and fixed forewings, achieving increased total lift. The aircraft is cost-efficient, as well as being more quiet and…
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