UH-1 Iroquois

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UH-1 Iroquois Airplane Models is a military helicopter powered by a single, turboshaft  engine, with a two-bladed main rotor and tail rotor. The helicopter was developed by Bell Helicopter to meet the United States Army’s requirement for a medical evacuation and utility helicopter in 1952, and first flew on 20 October 1956. Ordered into production in March 1960, the UH-1 Models was the first turbine-powered helicopter to enter production for the United States military, and more than 16,000 have been produced worldwide.

The first combat operation of the UH-1 was in the service of the U.S. Army during the Vietanam war. The original designation of HU-1 led to the helicopter’s nickname of Huey. In September 1962, the designation was changed to UH-1, but Huey remained in common use, as well as being chosen as the official name by the United States Marine Corps. Approximately 7,000 UH-1 aircraft saw service in Vietnam.

UH-1D-iriquois

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Design:

The UH-1 Aircraft Models has a metal fuselage of semi-monocoque  construction with tubular landing skids and two rotor blades on the main rotor. Early UH-1 models featured a single Lyncoming T53 turboshaft engine in versions with power ratings from 700 shp (522 kW) to 1,400 shp (1,040 kW). Later UH-1 and related models would feature twin engines and four-blade rotors.

All aircraft in the UH-1 family have similar construction. The UH-1H is the most-produced version, and is representative of all types. The main structure consists of two longitudinal main beams that run under the passenger cabin to the nose and back to the tail boom attachment point. The main beams are separated by transverse bulkheads and provide the supporting structure for the cabin, landing gear, under-floor fuel tanks, transmission, engine and tail boom. The main beams are joined at the lift beam, a short aluminum girder structure that is attached to the transmission via a lift link on the top and the cargo hook on the bottom and is located at the aircraft’s centre of gravity. The lift beams were changed to steel later in the UH-1H’s life, due to cracking on high-time airframes. The semi-monocoque tail boom attaches to the fuselage with four bolts.

General characteristics:

Crew: 1-4

Capacity: 3,880 lb including 14 troops, or 6 stretchers, or  equivalent cargo

Emirates Airline B777-300er

Emirates Airplane Models 

is an major airline in the Middle East, and a subsidiary of The Emirates Group. It is the national airline of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and operates around 2200 passenger flights per week, from its hub at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3, to 96 Destination in 59 countries across 6 continents. The company also operates four of some of the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight from Dubai to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and, Houston all on the Boeing 700-200LR. Emirates is a subsidiary of the Emirates Group, which has over 40,000 employees, and is wholly-owned by the Government of Dubai directly under the Investment Corporation of Dubai. Cargo activities are undertaken by the Emirates Group’s Emirates sky cargo division.

Emirates Airline B777-300ER

These Airplane Model are finely handcrafted, and hand painted by our artists – to scale and museum quality. 18” inches in length.

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B777-300ER:

The 777-300ER Models (“ER” for Extended Range) is the B-market version of the -300. It features raked and extended wingtips, a new main landing gear, reinforced nose gear, and extra fuel tanks. The -300ER also has a strengthened fuselage, wings, empennage, and engine attachments. The standard GE90-115B turbofans are the world’s most powerful jet engines in service, with a maximum thrust of 115,300 lbf (513 kN). The maximum range is 7,930 nautical miles (14,690 km), made possible due to a higher MTOW along with the increased fuel capacity. The -300ER Airplane Models can fly approximately 34 percent farther than the -300 with a full load of passengers and cargo. Following flight testing, the implementation of engine, wing, and weight modifications produced an added 1.4 percent reduction in fuel consumption.

Specifications:

Cockpit crew:   2

Seating capacity:

3 class 364/358/354

2 class 451

Virgin Atlantic A340-600

Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited

 (operating as Virgin Atlantic) is a British airline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group (51%) and Singapore Airlines (49%). It is headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex, England, near London Gatwick Airport.

It operates between the United Kingdom and North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia from main bases at Gatwick and London Heathrow Airport. The company holds a CAA Type A Operating Licence to carry passengers, cargo, and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats. In the year to February 2009, Virgin Atlantic carried 5.77 million passengers and made an annual profit of 68.4 million Euro on turnover of £2,580 million.

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“Dirty tricks” controversy

The decision to abolish the London Air Traffic Distribution Rules and to let Virgin Atlantic Models operate at Heathrow in competition with British Airways became the trigger for BA’s so-called “dirty tricks” campaign against Virgin. In 1993 BA’s PR director, David Burnside, published an article in “BA News”, British Airways’ internal magazine, which argued that Branson’s protests against British Airways were a publicity stunt. Branson sued British Airways for libel, using the services of George Carman QC. BA settled out of court when its lawyers found the lengths to which the company went to try to kill off Virgin. BA had a legal bill of up to £3m, damages to Branson of £500,000 and a further £110,000 to his airline.

In the 1990s, Virgin Atlantic jets were painted with “No-Way BA/AA” in opposition to the attempted merger between British Airways and American Airlines. In 1997, following British Airways’ announcement that it was to remove the Union Flag from its tailfins in favour of World Images, Virgin introduced a union flag design on the winglets of its aircraft and changed the red dress on the Scarlet Lady on the nose of aircraft to the union flag with the tag line “Britain’s Flag Carrier”. This was a tongue-in-cheek challenge to BA’s traditional role as the UK’s flag carrier.

Relations with British Airways models improved with the arrival of Rod Eddington as BA CEO though rivalry continued. Eddington replaced Robert Ayling, involved in the dirty tricks affair, who was dismissed by Lord Marshall, the long-serving BA chairman and Ayling’s mentor, on behalf of BA’s main institutional shareholders after BA had its first net loss since privatisation during Ayling’s time during its 1999/2000 Financial year.

In June 2006, a tip-off from Virgin Atlantic led US and UK competition authorities to investigate alleged price-fixing between Virgin Atlantic and British Airways. In August 2007, BA was fined £271 million by the UK’s Office of Fair Trading and the US Department of Justice though this was upheld on account of a guilty plea. Virgin Atlantic was not fined as it was given immunity for reporting the cartel to regulators.

About the A340-600:

The Airbus A340 models is a long-range four-engined wide-body commercial passenger airliner manufactured by Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It seats between 261 and 380 passengers, and has a range between 6,700 and 9,000 NM(12400 to 16600 km). It is similar in design to the twin-engined A330. Initial A340 versions share the fuselage and wing of the A330 while later models are longer and have larger wings.

Specification:

Length – 75.3m (247ft)

Wing span – 63.4m

Range – 7200nm or 14 hours

Number of seats – 311 seats – 56 more than an A340-300

Crew – 15 cabin crew and between 2 and 4 pilots

Max Take off Weight- 368,000kg

Cargo capacity – 20,000kg 
Engines – 4 Rolls Royce Trent engines

Airbus A330-200 from Etihad Airways at Ringway/Manchester Intl Airport

This is nice.... A very beautiful Airplane models.. I love it when this airline lands in Chicago, Illinois. I love the colors of this airplane models. And the seal crest on the tail is really nice.

The ANTONOV AN-225

These Airplane Model are finely handcrafted, and hand painted by our artists – to scale and museum quality. 17’ inches in length.

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The reduction of the ground structures on Baikonur and the beginning of making heavy launchers have increased the air load transports. The plane VM-T “Atlant” can transport loads of 50 t, but the future projects envisaged to carry loads of 200 t. Antonov studied the way of building a transport plane of greater capacity by making modifications on the An-124 airplane models model, it created the An-225 airplane models. The An-225 Mriya (“Мрiя” means Dream in Ukrainian) has a load capacity of 250 t (initialy 225 t), is 84 m long, 88.4 m of scale and 18.1 m in height. It made its first flight on December 21, 1988 (breaking 106 world records) and transported Bourane (60 t) to Le Bourget (France) in 1989.

It is until now the largest working plane in the world, there is only one specimen of it and it is used by Antonov Airline for exceptional transport mission. Mriya now has the Ukrainian flag painted on its drift and is recorded under the name UR-82060. Moreover, it has undergoes some modifications such as the addition of new safety systems, navigation and communication. According to the manufacturer the fuselage was reinforced to support heavier payloads. Lastly, it was equipped with a new cockpit and a new passengers cabin. Those improvements cost more than 20 million dollars in 2000.

Construction of a second An-225 airplane models had also begun during the 1980s but was stopped in 1994. Despite the numerous rumors about the continuation of the assembly of the second plane this one has never been finished. Even if it is the biggest fret plane in the world the Mriya is not really profitable, it’s used only when the load is too voluminous to be put in a An-124. Nobody asked yet to Antonov Airlines to buy this plane. In fact it’s more economic to use 2 Russlan (An-124) than the Mriya. But the Mriya is a technological showcase for this company and each move of it come with articles in the local press.

The An-225 should have been later used as a launcher for the MAKS shuttle and the english HOTOL shuttle.

The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

These Airplane Model are finely handcrafted, and hand painted by our artists – to scale and museum quality. 10” inches in length and 18″ width.

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The B-2 airplane models is a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber capable of penetrating sophisticated and dense air-defence shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000ft, with a range of more than 6,000nm unrefuelled and over 10,000nm with one refuelling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours.

Its distinctive profile comes from the unique ‘flying wing’ construction. The leading edges of the wings are angled at 33° and the trailing edge has a double-W shape. It is manufactured at the Northrop Grumman facilities in Pico Rivera and Palmdale in California.

21 B-2s Airplane models have been delivered to Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, the first in December 1993. In the first three years of service, the operational B-2s achieved a sortie reliability rate of 90%. An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2s armed with precision weaponry can do the job of 75 conventional aircraft.

A new transportable hangar system has been developed which allows the B-2 to be deployed to forward locations overseas.The hangars are 126ft long, 250ft wide and 55ft high. The first of these hangars has been erected on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

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Boeing 787 model airplanes  will roll out with two next generation Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.The Trent 1000 is on track for certification and has started its last required test. It has successfully completed the fan blade containment and all bird ingestion tests. Development testing has validated the full range of thrust capability required by the 787 model airplanes family. Other testing has involved high temperature running and cyclic endurance equivalent to thousands of normal in-service hours. Key certification requirements met are the 150-hour engine type test and the FAA 1,000 cycle initial maintenance interval test.

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I was comparing the A380 airplane modes with the 747, you cant compare it with a 777 airplane models. The triple seven is my favourite aicraft, but I have to admit that the A380 can offer more in comfort and technology, once its newer. It doesnt mean that the 777 inst improving, but Airbus airplane models have a tradition for being more economic, cheaper and more modern than boeings (FBW, avionics etc).

The AH-1 Supercobra

These Airplane Models are finely handcrafted, and hand painted by our artists – to scale and museum quality. 18” inches in length.

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The AH-1W Super Cobra is a two-place, twin-engine, day/night marginal weather Marine Corps attack helicopter that provides en route escort for assault helicopters and their embarked forces. It had been the only western attack helicopter with a proven air-to-air and anti-radar missile capability. The primary mission of the AH-1W airplane models is as an armed tactical helicopter capable of helo close air support, low altitude and high speed flight, target search and acquisition, reconnaissance by fire, multiple weapons fire support, troop helicopter support, and point target attack of threatening armor. The AH-1W provides fire support and fire support coordination to the landing force during amphibious assaults and subsequent operations ashore.

The AH-1W is a two-place, tandem-seat, twin-engine helicopter capable of land- or sea-based operations. The rear seat pilot is primarily responsible for maneuvering the aircraft. The front pilot controls the aircraft’s weapons systems, but also has a full set aircraft controls. The AH-1W distinguished itself with its more powerful T700-GE-401 fully marinized engines and advanced electronic weapons capability. The AH-1W has significantly improved power available in high altitude, hot environment, and single engine performance. The Super Cobra is armed with a 20mm turret gun, and is qualified to carry TOW, HELLFIRE, Sidewinder, Sidearm missiles, and 5 inch or 2.75 inch rockets. The HELLFIRE Missile System increased ordnance delivery and firepower capabilities. The AH-1W Super Cobra provides full night-fighting capability with the AN/AWS-1(V) Night Targeting System (NTS)The AN/AWS-1(V)1 NTS further enhanced the AH-1W’s warfighting capability by adding FLIR sensor, CCD TV sensor, Laser Designator/Rangefinder, Automatic Target Tracking and FLIR, and CCD TV video recording.

The B-52 Stratofortress

Theses Airplane Models are finely handcrafted, and hand painted by our artists – to scale and museum quality. 17’ inches in length.

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The B-52H BUFF  airplane models [Big Ugly Fat Fellow] is the primary nuclear roled bomber in the USAF inventory. It provides the only Air Launch Cruise Missile carriage in the USAF. The B-52H also provides theater CINCs with a long range strike capability. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50,000 feet (15,166.6 meters). It can carry nuclear or conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability.

The airplane models flexibility was evident during the Vietnam War and, again, in Operation Desert Storm. B-52s struck wide-area troop concentrations, fixed installations and bunkers, and decimated the morale of Iraq’s Republican Guard. The Gulf War involved the longest strike mission in the history of aerial warfare when B-52s took off from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., launched conventional air launched cruise missiles and returned to Barksdale — a 35-hour, non-stop combat mission. A total of 744 B-52s were built with the last, a B-52H, delivered in October 1962. Only the H model is still in the Air Force inventory and all are assigned to Air Combat Command. The first of 102 B-52H’s was delivered to Strategic Air Command in May 1961. The H Airplane models can carry up to 20 air launched cruise missiles. In addition, it can carry the conventional cruise missile which was launched from B-52G models during Desert Storm.

Barksdale AFB, LA and Minot AFB, ND serves as B-52 Main Operating Bases (MOB). Training missions are flown from both MOBs. Barksdale AFB and Minot AFB normally supports 57 and 36 aircraft respectively on-station.

Bird Strike

This incident was video recorded by Simon Lowe. 233 people where on board on this airplane models bound for Lanzarote. The number 2 engine sucks in one bird (a crow or corvid) as this airplane models rotates off the runway.

These are the sort of Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers who should be brought into The Publics Eye and should be recongised for their constant outstanding professionalism,calmness,courage and bravery for not only staying calm whilst talking to one another but for them to land this airplane models safely and keeping passengers reassured and getting them to stay calm.

A380 has 4 engines but only 2 have reverse thrust

I was watching this video of the Singapore A380 today, and noticed that while this airplane models has 4 engines, only 2 have an active reverse thrust during landing - see the video:

It is further confirmed by Airbus that the A380 Airplane Model was designed to have only two thrust reversers and an advanced braking system.

Agusta A129CBT Mangusta

This Airplane Models is 16” inches in length and finely handcrafted, and hand painted by our artists – to scale and museum quality

 

The Agusta Mangusta is an attack helicopter originally designed and produced by Agusta in Italy. It was the first attack helicopter to be designed and produced wholly in Western Europe.

The Agusta Mangusta was developed to provide an anti-tank attack helicopter for the Italian Army. Design of the A129 began in 1978. The first of five A129 prototypes was first flown on 15 September 1983, and the fifth prototype first flew in March 1986.

In 1986, the governments of Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding to investigate an improved version of the A129, called the Joint European Helicopter Tonal. (“Tonal” was derived from the name of an Aztec deity.) The Tonal was to have more powerful engines, a new rotor system, retractable landing gear, improved sensors and more powerful armament. However, the project collapsed in 1990 when Britain and the Netherlands decided to obtain the Ah-64 Apache instead. Spain has since acquired the European Tiger. An export version, the A129 Airplane models International (A129I), is a lower-cost helicopter with added firepower and upgraded avionics. In September 2007, the A129I was redesignated the AW129.