Who Likes Aircraft ?
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If you like business jets, it doesn't get much nicer than Bombardier's Global 7500.
There isn't much out there to compete with its range, it has already managed city-to-city flights of over 9,400 land miles (8,225 nautical miles) and holds over 75 speed records as the twin GE Passport engines give it a high speed cruise of 0.9 Mach.
The Swiss Air Force just took delivery of one for government and military personnel transport.
With a cabin eight feed wide and over fifty-four feet long, there is plenty of room for nineteen passengers.
There isn't much out there to compete with its range, it has already managed city-to-city flights of over 9,400 land miles (8,225 nautical miles) and holds over 75 speed records as the twin GE Passport engines give it a high speed cruise of 0.9 Mach.
The Swiss Air Force just took delivery of one for government and military personnel transport.
With a cabin eight feed wide and over fifty-four feet long, there is plenty of room for nineteen passengers.
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The first operational jet for the U.S. Army Air Force was the P-80 Shooting Star, but that wasn't the first jet that they had. Before that, there was the Bell P-59 Airacomet.
First flying in October 1942, orders for 100 aircraft were received. Due to very little knowledge in the USA at the time regarding jet propulsion, General Electric built copies of Frank Whittle's turbojet for this airplane, plans and working engines coming from England.
However, even with two jets, the resulting tests showed disappointing speeds of only 413 mph. Worse yet, the aircraft wasn't a stable gun platform at speed, and had poor engine response and reliability.
Therefore, the orders were cut back to 50 aircraft, and it entered service with the Air Force not as a fighter, but as a trainer to familiarize pilots with the next jet fighters that were on the planning stages.
Today, there are still six examples surviving in museums.
First flying in October 1942, orders for 100 aircraft were received. Due to very little knowledge in the USA at the time regarding jet propulsion, General Electric built copies of Frank Whittle's turbojet for this airplane, plans and working engines coming from England.
However, even with two jets, the resulting tests showed disappointing speeds of only 413 mph. Worse yet, the aircraft wasn't a stable gun platform at speed, and had poor engine response and reliability.
Therefore, the orders were cut back to 50 aircraft, and it entered service with the Air Force not as a fighter, but as a trainer to familiarize pilots with the next jet fighters that were on the planning stages.
Today, there are still six examples surviving in museums.
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The Planes of Fame has a P-59 they are slowly restoring to flight.
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Boom Technology has successfully gone supersonic on Tuesday, the first private company to do so. The XB-1 1/3 scale demonstrator is a prelude to building a larger supersonic passenger aircraft.
Cruising over the Mojave Desert, the three engined plane went Mach 1.122 on a 34 minute flight.
Cruising over the Mojave Desert, the three engined plane went Mach 1.122 on a 34 minute flight.
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