Aircraft encyclopedia: Civil

Aircraft models with their history, specifications and variants.

Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
Jan Heistermann - Flugzeug-Fotos.de (CC BY), vía commons
Airliner · 1960
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 was the regional turboprop with which Avro set out to replace the Douglas DC-3 on feeder routes around the world. It flew on 24 June 1960, and a ruggedness aimed at unprepared strips kept it working long after…
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland (CC BY SA), vía commons
VISIT YOUR LOCAL AIR MUSEUM (HawkeyeUK) (CC BY SA), vía commons
Swissair (CC BY SA), vía commons
Swissair (CC BY SA), vía commons
David Dixon (CC BY SA), vía commons
Airliner · 1962
Hawker Siddeley Trident
The Hawker Siddeley Trident is a British short/medium-haul trijet airliner that first flew on 9 January 1962 and entered service with British European Airways on 1 April 1964. A total of 117 were built, and the last examples were retired…
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