All aircraft civil and military from around the world, very interesting if you're into that sort of thing.
http://www.aviastar.org/index2.html
http://www.aviastar.org/index2.html
Just checked three of my fave US aircraft manufacturers - Great Lakes, Pitts and Vans. Pitts only shows one model and there are more than that, Great Lakes shows three and there are more than that, Vans isn't even listed. So the US data is not complete. The USA completely eclipses the world when it comes to aviation so the figures are bum.
Concorde was a world leader in that no other aircraft could cross the atlantic as fast with only the fuel that it took off with. That includes all the fancy military ones.
Just checked three of my fave US aircraft manufacturers - Great Lakes, Pitts and Vans. Pitts only shows one model and there are more than that, Great Lakes shows three and there are more than that, Vans isn't even listed. So the US data is not complete. The USA completely eclipses the world when it comes to aviation so the figures are bum.
Concorde was a world leader in that no other aircraft could cross the atlantic as fast with only the fuel that it took off with. That includes all the fancy military ones.
I would love to agree with you on the prowess of the Concorde, however while i was still serving back in the 70's the Blackbird did, if memory serves me, USA to Heathrow in something ridiculous like 2hr 10mins, it had to land into the wind which meant he had to come in from the east, due to his speed he was over Amsterdam as he swung round, it was rumoured they could do mach 4.5 and could outrun the Red Top missiles that we used on the Lightning which was capable of mach 2.1 (governed by the airframe, it had to come out of reheat and throttle back) and the missiles would burn for 4secs. then glide at the aircraft speed plus mach 1.
Its a comforting thought though that the U.S. military bought two A/C types from us, the Canberra, they stuck bigger engines on it to use as we did for photographic reconisance, and of course the Harrier, they requested a supersonic version also but the government of the day said no!!
All aircraft civil and military from around the world, very interesting if you're into that sort of thing.
http://www.aviastar.org/index2.html[/QUOTE]
Excellent site. Thank you.
All aircraft civil and military from around the world, very interesting if you're into that sort of thing.
http://www.aviastar.org/index2.html[/QUOTE]
Excellent site. Thank you.
Sorry. Double post.