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17Feb

By Charles YongzhengNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

Boeing 737-100: The Original 737

Today, the 737 is one of the most famous (or should I say infamous) aircraft in our skies. However, if you trace its heritage back to the beginning, you'll find that it all starts with the Boeing 737-100, from which all other 737s are derived. If you were to ask any avgeek to name a famous airliner, chances are that they'd reply "737". Although the Boeing 737-100 is not the most famous (or infamous!) 737 variant, it is the aircraft that spawned the rest of them! Chances are that if you flew on a 737 prior to 1971, it was a Boeing 737-100... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Boeing 737-100 During WWII, both sides were working to develop their own jet engines. By the war's end, only the Germans and British had working designs, the latter of ...

Dassault Falcon 2000: Dassault’s Most Successful Business Jets

13Feb

By Salomón MarcoNo Comments

Executive

Dassault Falcon 2000: Dassault’s Most Successful Business Jets

Today, Dassault is most famous for its trijet business jets. However, this has not stopped Dassault from producing twinjet business jets such as their famous Dassault Falcon 2000. As of the time of writing, Dassault has sold well over 600 copies of the Falcon 2000. This makes it not only the most successful Dassault business jet of all time, but also one of the most successful business jets of all time too! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Development In 1984, Dassault released its famous Falcon 900 trijet. The Falcon 900 was itself developed from the Falcon 50, itself a development on the Falcon 20, which was released in 1965. As a trijet, the Falcon 900 was more expensive to operate than its twinjet competitors. Operators of the Falcon 90...

10Feb

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

Boeing 737-300: The Best 737 Classic?

When the Boeing 737-300 was introduced in the mid-1980's, it was the largest development of the 737 family to that point. It would prove to be one of Boeing's most successful 737 variants, even today! Today, we often call the 737 an "Air icon". This is mostly down to the success of the 737-300. If you flew on a 737 from the mid-1980's until the mid-2000's, chances are that you flew on the 737-300. In fact, the 737-300 was so good, that it inspired the 737 Next Generation family, which in itself was instrumental for both Boeing and the 737! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Boeing 737-300 Over the course of the 1950's, jet engine technology progressed so much that long-range airliners such as the de Havilland Comet, 707, Convair 880, DC-8 a...

Hawker 800: The World’s Most Diverse Business Jet

6Feb

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

Executive

Hawker 800: The World’s Most Diverse Business Jet

Today, the Hawker 800 is one of the world's most common business jets. It is a favorite of corporations, celebrities and charter companies alike, and has been prominently featured in a number of TV shows and movies. In its nearly 30 years of production, the Hawker 800 has proven itself to be one of the most popular business jets, selling over 650 copies. This is more than the similarly sized Learjet 45, Falcon 900 and Challenger 300. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Development In May 1981, British Aerospace, were looking to strengthen their BAe 125 Domini family of business jets. In particular, sales of their famed BAe 125 Domini family had begun to slow. The introduction of newer mid and long-range business jets such as the Learjet 35 an...

All Different Types of Helicopters You Need to Know About!

3Feb

By Charles YongzhengNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

All Different Types of Helicopters You Need to Know About!

Helicopter designs have come a long way since Igor Sikorsky developed the first helicopter. In part, this has seen a number of different types of helicopters be produced, many of which would likely blow Sikorsky's mind! Last year, we covered the different types of aircraft. That article mostly covered the various different types of fixed-wing aircraft, only briefly touching on rotary wing aircraft, such as helicopters. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Military The overwhelming majority of helicopters produced in the last 80 years have been produced for the world's militaries. As such, there are a number of different types of helicopters for various different military roles. Stealth Helicopter In recent years, the concept of stealth aircraf...

30Jan

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

Opinion

15 Best Helicopters in The World!

The first helicopters were produced in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Since then, hundreds of thousands of helicopters have been produced, in hundreds of different variants, but which are the best helicopters in the world? However, as with other types of aircraft, there have been several different types of helicopters developed. Among these are luxury helicopters, military helicopters, utility helicopters, training helicopters and more! This can make classifying the "best helicopters" rather difficult. Regardless, for the purposes of this article, I will focus on a combination of luxury, military and utility helicopters. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Sikorsky S-76 What do the Queen of England, Donald Trump and Burt Reynolds all have...

F-22 vs J-20: The Future of Stealth Fighters?

27Jan

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Aircraft Compare

F-22 vs J-20: The Future of Stealth Fighters?

Both the F-22 and J-20 were introduced to be at the stealthiest aircraft for their respective countries. Since the introduction of the J-20 in 2017, people have begun to wonder which is the superior aircraft! Despite both aircraft being designed roughly a decade apart from one another, both the F-22 and J-20 are considered to be among the best fighter jets currently in the sky. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); F-22 vs J-20: What is Stealth? In recent years, the concept of stealth has gotten a bit of a bad rep. This is due to a number of different reasons, but its mostly down to a misconception as to what stealth actually is! Partly due to recent aviation-themed movies, people have got certain beliefs as to what stealth actually is. And they'r...

Sopwith Pup: Britain’s Best WWI Fighter?

23Jan

By Charles YongzhengNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

Sopwith Pup: Britain’s Best WWI Fighter?

The introduction of the Sopwith Pup into service in 1916 was an immediate game changer. Even today, over 100 years later, most historians generally consider the Pup to be one of the most important aircraft of WWI. Arguably, the Pup is one of the most important aircraft ever built! The tactics that the Pup was built around was copied by Britain's allies and enemies alike during the war. These tactics would then be used in WWII, and even partly in the Cold War and today! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Sopwith Pup On June 28 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the Archduke of Austria and his wife. This would set off a chain reaction that would lead to the largest war in modern human history (at the time). What was then-called the G...

Hawker 400: The World’s Most Developed Business Jet!

20Jan

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

Executive

Hawker 400: The World’s Most Developed Business Jet!

Today, by most accounts, the Hawker 400 is the most overdeveloped business jet in the world. A total of three different aircraft manufacturers have helped to develop the jet since the 1970's! Partly thanks to this, the Hawker has sold 951 copies over a period of 31 years. This makes the most produced business jets in history, ahead of the incredibly popular G650, Cessna Citation XLS and the Global Express family. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Development In the late 1970's, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries began to develop new jet-powered business jet as a step up from their turboprop MU-2. Mitsubishi designated this new jet as the MU-300 Diamond. Mitsubishi would build the MU-300 in the US, in order to fast track FAA approval. However, fina...

16Jan

By Alexander PaskNo Comments

History

15 Most Important WWI Aircraft

The Wright Brothers first took flight in December 2003. WWI broke out in July 1914, and would see the first uses of aircraft during war. Between 1914 and the war's end in 1918, 100,000 WWI aircraft would be produced. Due to the ever-changing nature of the war, especially in the last two years, both sides would demand new aircraft to suit this. Many of them would see combat, whilst many more wouldn't. So which were the most important? We recently covered the most important aircraft of WWII, so naturally had to cover the most important aircraft of WWI! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Sopwith Pup When aerial combat became common in early the parts of WWI, the British had Sopwith Aviation develop an all-new fighter that could outclass anythin...