Airbus A330-200 - Jet Airways

The Indian airline Jet Airways started as a domestic carrier in India, but today it also flies intercontinental services with Boeing 777-300s and Airbus A330-200s. The photograph shows an A330-200 of which the airline is building up a fleet of 17 aircraft. Jet Airways received its first A330 in 2006.The photograph shows a Jet Airways A330-200 approaching London Heathrow Airport.

Airbus A330-200 - Gulf Air

Gulf Air is an airline from the United Arab Emirates. It flies six Airbus A330-200 aircraft, which were delivered between 1999 and 2002.Gulf Air airplanes are painted in a striking new 'Golden Falcon' colour scheme as seen on the picture above. The picture below shows the old livery, which also was very attractive.

Boeing 747-400 - Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines belongs to the biggest Boeing 747 users. The airline has more than forty 747-400s in service and also flew earlier 747-versions like the -200 and -300.The 'Singapore Girl airline' started flying in May 1947 as Malayan Airways with an Airspeed Consul. In 1965 Singapore became an independent state and one year later the airline was renamed Malaysia-Singapore Airlines.In 1972 the operations were split up in two separate identities: Malaysia Airline System (MAS, now Malaysia Airlines) and Singapore Airlines. SIA is among the most profitable airlines in the world.Singapore Airlines names the Boeing 747-400 in its fleet 'Megatop'. The earlier 747-300s were named 'Big Top'. The 'Megatop' on the picture is approaching Frankfurt Rhein/Main Airport.

During the late 1980s Boeing developed the 747-400, with the same fuselage length and extended upper deck as the 747-300, but with a larger wingspan, winglets, a highly modernised digital flight deck, higher weights and a lower fuel consumption thanks to improved engines. The 747-400 made its maiden flight on 29 April 1988. It is also available in a 'short-bulge' cargo version (747-400F)and as a combi (747-400M). The 747-400D (Domestic) for short-range flights doesn't have winglets. The 747-400ER is an improved extended range version, of which also a freighter variant exists, the 747-400ERF.Boeing sold more than 1300 aircraft of all 747 versions. 724 aircraft were so-called 'Classics' (747-100, 747-200, 747-300 and 747SP). Today a growing number of passenger aircraft is being converted to freighters. Some Boeing 747 aircraft are used for special purposes, like two 747-200s designated 'Air Force One' as the U.S. presidential aircraft and four 747-200s designated E-4 as airborne emergency command and control posts for the US Air Force. One 747 was modified to ferry space shuttles between California and Florida and one modified 747SP is flying as an astronomical observatory with an infrared telescope on board

Boeing 747 'Jumbo Jet'

The Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet was the largest passenger aircraft in operational service in the world for almost forty years, until in October 2007 the Airbus A380 took over this position. The 747 was the first widebody aircraft to fly and being much larger than its predecessors like the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 meant a revolution in air transport. The history of the 747 started halfway the 1960s. Boeing lost the competition for the development of a large airlifter for the US Air Force in 1965 to Lockheed's C-5A Galaxy and sought ways to apply the experience gathered on this project to a big airliner. In March 1966 the Boeing board of directors decided to go ahead with the 747 programme and one month later Pan American World Airways announced the purchase of 25 aircraft. Many airlines followed, not always because had enough passengers to fill the aircraft, but often because their managements feared that the Jumbo Jet would make the DC-8 and 707 look obsolete in the eyes of the travelling public. The first designs of the intended 747 looked much like a military transport. The drawings showed a high-wing and room for up to 800 passengers on two decks. Boeing concluded, however, that such an aircraft would be too big for the aviation world of the 1970s. The engineers took a clean sheet of paper and designed a smaller aircraft for up to 500 passengers and a low, relatively small wing for fast and efficient cruising and a sophisticated system of flaps for low speed and good handling characteristics. These high-lift devices were even a step beyond the already very advanced systems used on the 727. The 747 is the first civil aircraft fitted with high-bypass turbofan engines, which are more powerful and economical than earlier jet engines and less noisy.

RAF Typhoon F1

RAF Typhoon F1The Typhoon is an agile, single seat, multi-role aircraft specially optimised for high altitude supersonic air combat while retaining considerable ground attack capabilities. It is built by a four-nation consortium consisting of companies from the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. The Typhoon F1 entered service with the RAF in 2003 gradually replacing the existing Panavia Tornado F3, the aircraft pictured above is from 29 Squadron, the RAF's Typhoon OCU (operational conversion unit).RAF Typhoon F1 Specifications
Crew: Single Pilot
Engines: Two Eurojet EJ200 turbofans
Length: 47ft 7in (14.50m)
Wingspan: 34ft 5in (10.50m)
Top Speed: 1,321mph (2,125km/h) at 36,090ft (11,000m)
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