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Avro Lancaster
The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber designed and built by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF).
- Role: Heavy bomber
- Manufacturer: Avro
- First flight: 9 January 1941
- Introduction: February 1942
- Retired: 1963 (Canada)
- Status: Retired
- Number built: 7,377
Operators
- Argentina
- Australia
- Canada
- Egypt
- France
- Poland
- Soviet Union
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
Specifications (Lancaster B.1)
General characteristics
- Crew: 7: pilot, flight engineer, navigator, bomb aimer/nose gunner, wireless operator, mid-upper and rear gunners
- Length: 69 ft 4 in (21.11 m)
- Wingspan: 102 ft 0 in (31.09 m)
- Height: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
- Wing area: 1,297 sq ft (120.5 m²)
- Empty weight: 36,457 lb (16,571 kg)
- Loaded weight: 68,000 lb (30,909 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 72,000 lb (32,727 kg) with 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) bomb
- Powerplant: 4 × Rolls-Royce Merlin XX liquid-cooled V12 engines, 1,280 hp (954 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 282 mph (246 knots, 454 km/h) at 63,000 lb (29,000 kg) and 13,000 lb (5,900 kg) altitude
- Cruise speed: 200 mph (174 knots, 322 km/h)
- Range: 2,530 mi (2,200 nmi, 4,073 km)
- Service ceiling: 21,400 ft (6,500 m) at 63,000 lb (29,000 kg)
- Rate of climb: 720 ft/min (3.7 m/s) at 63,000 lb (29,000 kg) and 9,200 ft (2,800 m) altitude
Armament
- Guns: 2 Browning .303 Mark II machine guns in nose turret, 2 Browning .303 Mark II machine guns in upper turret, and 4 Browning .303 Mark II machine guns in the rear turret.
- Bombs: Maximum normal bomb load of 14,000 lb (6,350 kg) or 22,000 lb (9,979 kg) Grand Slam with modifications to bomb bay.
Airbus A380
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by Airbus. It is the world’s largest passenger airliner.
- Role: Wide-body, double-deck jet airliner
- National origin: European Multi-national
- Manufacturer: EADS/Airbus
- Production line: Toulouse, France
- First flight: 27 April 2005 F-WWOW
- Introduction: 25 October 2007 with Singapore Airlines
- Status: In service
- Produced: 2005–present
- Number built: 154 as of 28 February 2015
Operators
- Singapore Airlines
- Emirates
- Qantas
- Air France
- Lufthansa
- Korean Air
- China Southern Airlines
- Malaysia Airlines
- Thai Airways International
- British Airways
- Asiana Airlines
- Qatar Airways
- Etihad Airways
Specifications
General characteristics
- Cockpit crew: two
- Seating capacity: 644 (2-class) 853 (1-class)
- Length overall: 72.73 m (238 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 79.75 m (261 ft 8 in)
- Height: 24.45 m (80 ft 3 in)
- Wheelbase: 31.88 m (104 ft 7 in)
- Wheel track: 12.46 m (40 ft 11 in) 14.34 m (47 ft 1 in) total width
- Outside fuselage width: 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in)
- Exterior fuselage height: 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in)
- Maximum cabin width: 6.54 m (21 ft 5 in) main deck, 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) upper deck
- Cabin length: 49.9 m (163 ft 9 in) main deck, 44.93 m (147 ft 5 in) upper deck
- Wing area: 845 m2 (9,100 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 7.5
- Wing sweep: 33.5°
- Maximum taxi/ramp weight: 577,000 kg (1,272,000 lb)
- Maximum take-off weight: 575,000 kg (1,268,000 lb)
- Maximum landing weight: 394,000 kg (869,000 lb)
- Maximum zero fuel weight: 369,000 kg (814,000 lb)
- Typical operating empty weight: 276,800 kg (610,200 lb)
- Maximum structural payload: 89,200 kg (196,700 lb)
- Maximum cargo volume: 184 m3 (6,500 cu ft)
- Maximum fuel capacity: 323,546 l (85,472 US gal)
- Engines (4 ×): GP7270 (A380-861), Trent 970/B (A380-841), Trent 972/B (A380-842)
Performance
- Maximum operating speed: Mach 0.89 (945 km/h, 587 mph, 510 knots)
- Maximum design speed: Mach 0.96 (at cruise altitude: 1020 km/h, 634 mph, 551 knots)
- Cruise speed: Mach 0.85
- Take off run at MTOW/SL ISA: 2,950 m (9,680 ft)
- Landing speed: 130-135 kn (240–250 km/h)
- Range at design load: 15,700 km (8,500 nmi, 9,755 mi)
- Service ceiling: 13,136 m (43,097 ft)
Hawker Sea Fury
The Hawker Sea Fury was a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, and also one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built.
- Role: Naval fighter-bomber
- Manufacturer: Hawker
- First flight: 1 September 1944 (Fury), 21 February 1945 (Sea Fury)
- Introduction: October 1945 (FAA), 1947 (RCN)
- Retired: 1953 (FAA), 1955 (RNVR), 1956 (RCN), 1957 (MLD), 1968 Burmese Air Force
- Produced: 1945–55
- Number built: 864
- Developed from: Hawker Tempest
Military operators
- Australia
- Burma
- Canada
- Cuba
- Egypt
- Germany
- Iraq
- Netherlands
- Pakistan
- United Kindom
Specifications (FB 11)
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 34 ft 8 in (10.56 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 43⁄4 in (11.69 m)
- Height: 15 ft 101⁄2 in (4.84 m)
- Wing area: 280 ft2 (26.01 m2)
- Empty weight: 9,240 lb (4,191 kg)
- Loaded weight: 12,350 lb (5,602 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 14,650 lb (6,645 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Centaurus 18 18-cylinder twin-row radial engine, 2,480 hp (1,850 kW) (take-off)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 460 mph (400 knots, 740 km/h) at 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
- Range: 700 mi (609 nmi, 1,126 km) with internal fuel; 1,040 mi (904 nmi, 1,674 km) with two drop tanks
- Service ceiling: 35,800 ft (10,910 m)
- Rate of climb: 4,320 ft/min (21.9 m/s)
Armament
- Guns: 4 × 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano Mk V cannon
- Rockets: 12× 3 in (76.2 mm) rockets or
- Bombs: 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs
BAE Systems Hawk
The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft. A derivative of the Hawk was selected by the United States Navy as their new trainer aircraft. Designated the McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk. The most famous users of the Hawk are the Red Arrows aerobatic team, who adopted the plane in 1979.
- Role: Advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft
- Manufacturer: BAE Systems
- National origin: United Kingdom
- First flight: 21 August 1974
- Introduction: 1976
- Produced: 1974–present
- Number built: 1,000+
- Status: In service
Military operators
- Royal Australian Air Force – 33 Hawk 127
- Royal Bahraini Air Force – 6 Hawk 129
- Royal Canadian Air Force – 16 Hawk 115
- Finnish Air Force – 75 Hawks (50 Mk.51, 7 Mk.51A, 18 Mk.66
- Indian Air Force – 66 Hawk 132 (total 106 ordered for IAF)
- Indian Navy – 8 Hawk 132 (total 17 ordered)
- Indonesian Air Force – 38 Hawk 53/109/209
- Kuwait Air Force – 10 Hawk 64
- Royal Malaysian Air Force – 19 Hawk 108/208
- Royal Air Force of Oman – 15 Hawk 103/203
- Royal Saudi Air Force – 45 Hawk 65
- South African Air Force – 24 Hawk 120
- Royal Air Force – 81 Hawk T1/28 Hawk T2
- Royal Navy – 17 Hawk T1
- United Arab Emirates Air Force – 36 Hawk 61/63/102
Former operators
- Kenya Air Force – 7 Hawk 52, out of service and retired as of 2012
- Republic of Korea Air Force introduced 20 T-59 (Hawk 67) in September 1992. Retired from service in 2013
- Swiss Air Force: 20 Hawk Mk. 66 were bought in 1992 but decommissioned in 2002, of which 18 were sold to Finland in June 2007
- Air Force of Zimbabwe – 12 Hawk 60 retired as of 2011 because of lack of spares and lack of BAE support
Specifications (Hawk 128)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2: student, instructor
- Length: 12.43 m (40 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 9.94 m (32 ft 7 in)
- Height: 3.98 m (13 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 16.70 m2 (179.64 ft2)
- Empty weight: 4,480 kg (9,880 lb)
- Useful load: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 9,100 kg (20,000 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Rolls-Royce Adour Mk. 951 turbofan with FADEC, 29 kN (6,500 lbf) 29 kN
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.84 (1,028 km/h, 638 mph) at altitude
- Range: 2,520 km (1,360 nmi, 1,565 mi)
- Service ceiling: 13,565 m (44,500 ft)
- Rate of climb: 47 m/s (9,300 ft/min)
- Thrust/weight: 0.65
Armament
- Note: all armament is optional.
- 1× 30 mm ADEN cannon, in centreline pod
- Up to 6,800 lb (3,085 kg) of weapons on five hardpoints, including:
- 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or ASRAAM on wing pylons and wingtip rails
- 1,500 lb (680 kg), limited to one centreline and two wing pylons (Hawk T1)