An airliner can take a comparatively long time to reach its cruising speed of, say, 400mph, and its passengers will experience acceleration only to a mild degree. The space capsule, however, must be hurled through the atmosphere to reach its final speed of 18,000 mph as quickly as ...
In 1987, studies began for a much more ambitious stretched configuration, leading to the formal launch of the Canadair Regional Jet program in the spring of 1989. The Canadair name was retained despite the fact that Bombardier had bought out the company. The first of three development machines ...
The Tupolev Tu-144, or Konkordski as it was dubbed, was a supersonic jet developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s. It was the first commercial airliner to fly at supersonic speeds, flying 2 months before Concorde. It had a maximum cruising speed of 1,510 mph (2,430 km/h). Howe...
On 1 December 2005, the A380 achieved its maximum design speed of Mach 0.96, over its design cruise speed of Mach 0.85, in a shallow dive, completing the opening of the flight envelope. In 2006, the A380 flew its first high-altitude test at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa. It ...
Lo: 200mph Aircraft Max Listed Speed (311mph). Graph Average of300MPH. Showcasing Aircraft Era Crossover (if any) 476 Entrycompared againstIlyushin IL-2(military) andCessna 172(civilian) total production. MACH Regime (Sonic) Sub Trans ...
a new flight deck and the latest in-flight entertainment systems. And, the 747 continues to be the world's fastest subsonic jetliner, cruising at Mach .855 -- or 85.5 percent ofthe speed of sound. Along with the popularBoeing 777, the 747 is a key element of the Boeing long-range mar...
An airliner can take a comparatively long time to reach its cruising speed of, say, 400mph, and its passengers will experience acceleration only to a mild degree. The space capsule, however, must be hurled through the atmosphere to reach its final speed of 18,000 mph as quickly as ...