Turbojet engine pods on the McDonnell 119 utility jet transport will be somewhat smaller on the production model, which will be powered by P&W JT12 engines. The prototype 119, in the flight-test phase,was powered by four Westinghouse J34s. The aircraft was a contender in the U.S. Air Force UCX competition.
President Coolidge Decorating Col. Lindbergh With the Distinguished Flying Cross
In an editorial in this issue, Aviation Week wrote about Col. Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, calling it the "greatest stimulus that aviation has received since the War."
Lindbergh said he "only blazed the trail." He showed the world it could be done but much hard work and experimentation would be needed before regular transatlantic air service could become an actuality.
The first production Boeing 707-120 jet transport was designed to carry 124 first-class or 150 tourist-class passengers. The maximum payload was 42,700 lb.
The target date for the first flight of the Douglas DC-8 turbojet transport was May 15, 1958. This issue includes the first of a two-part series on the economics, performance and design of the aircraft.
The flight and ground testing of Convair 880 turbojet transport was well underway in 1959; the aircraft attained a speed of Mach 0.8 at 30,000 ft. on its fourth flight.
General Electric's Sud Aviation Caravelle made its first flight in January 1961, powered by two GE CJ-805-23C aft-fan engines rated at 16,100 lb. each, which would power the production Caravelle VII.
The first development JT8D-1 turbofan is pictured positioned in a test cell at the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Div. of the United Aircraft plant in East Hartford, Connecticut.
The first of 12 Rolls-Royce RB.211 advanced technology bypass turbofan engines for the Lockheed L-1011 airbus started test runs on a stand at Derby, England, in September 1968.
On rollout day in October 1968, a crowd surged around the No.1 Boeing 747 giant jet—freshly decorated in red, white and blue livery that replaced the company's traditional yellow and brown—after it emerged from the final assembly facility in Seattle, Washington.
Spectators lined the fence to watch the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic transport prototype 001 take off from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on its first flight, March 2, 1969.
Brazilia's Embraer is nearing certification of its family of regional jets. Editor-in-Chief David M. North performed an evaluation flight of the Embraer 170.
Two versions of CFM's Leap engine—the Leap 1A for the Airbus A320neo (foreground) and the -1B for Boeing's 737 MAX—fly beneath the wings of two Boeing 747 flying testbeds over the Mojave Desert, California.
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