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An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft whose primary function is the transportation of paying passengers. Such aircraft are usually operated by an airline which owns or leases the aircraft. An airliner of Air Jamaica, the Airbus A340-300 (6Y-JMM), landing at London (Heathrow) Airport. ...
An airliner of Air Jamaica, the Airbus A340-300 (6Y-JMM), landing at London (Heathrow) Airport. ...
A South African Airways A340-600 jet. ...
Air Jamaica is an airline based in Kingston, Jamaica. ...
An Air France Boeing 777, a modern passenger jet. ...
A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ...
A lease or tenancy is an interest in personal property or real property given by a lessor to another person (usually called the lessee or tenant) for a fixed period of time, and the lessee obtains exclusive possession of the property in return for paying the lessor a fixed or...
The official definition of an airliner varies from country to country, but the common definition is an aircraft with seating for 20 or more passengers and/or an empty weight above 22,680 kg (50,000 lb.), with two or more engines. Airbus A380 An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...
Types of airliners
Wide-body jets The largest airliners are wide-body jets. In the aviation industry, these aircraft are frequently called twin-aisle aircraft because they generally have two separate aisles running from the front to the back of the passenger cabin. Aircraft in this category include the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet, Boeing 767, Boeing 777, Airbus A300/A310, A330/A340 A350,A380,DC-10, MD-11, and Ilyushin Il-86/96. These aircraft are commonly used for long flights between airline hubs with many passengers. The Boeing 747, commonly called a Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable of all jet airliners and is the largest airliner currently in service. ...
British Airways Boeing 767-300 The Boeing 767 is a commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ...
The Boeing 777 is a family of long-range wide-body twin-engine airliners built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ...
The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range widebody aircraft. ...
The Airbus A310 is a medium- to long-range widebody airliner developed from the Airbus A300 and manufactured by Airbus SAS. Perhaps the greatest attribute of the A310 is that of range. ...
The Airbus A330 is a large-capacity medium-to-long-range commercial passenger airliner manufactured by Airbus. ...
A South African Airways A340-600 jet. ...
A350 may refer to: The Airbus A350, a development of the A330 to compete with Boeings 787 The A350 road in southwest England. ...
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engined airliner manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. It first flew on 27 April 2005 from Toulouse in France. ...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engined long-range airliner, with two engines mounted on underwing pylons and a third engine at the base of the vertical stabilizer. ...
Varig MD-11 The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is a Widebody Trijet powered by three engines. ...
Il-86 of Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise at St. ...
Il-96 in the new livery of Aeroflot The Ilyushin Il-96 is a four-engined long-range Russian widebody airliner. ...
Narrow-body jets A smaller, more common class of airliners are the narrow-body or single aisle aircraft. Examples include the Boeing 717, 737, 757, DC-9, MD80 series, and Airbus A320 family. Older airliners like the Boeing 727, DC-8, Fokker 70/100, VC10, Tupolev, and Yakovlev jets also fit into this category. These smaller airliners are generally used for medium distance flights with fewer passengers than the than their wide-body counter-parts. 717 in new Boeing Colors AirTran Airways 717 at BWI The twinjet Boeing 717 is Boeing Commercial Airplanes smallest commercial airliner intended for the 100-seat market. ...
The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium range - narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. ...
American Airlines Boeing 757 Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-232 at LAX in August 2003. ...
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (initially known as the Douglas DC-9) is a family of twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliners, first manufactured in 1965 and subsequently, in greatly modified form, under a succession of different names. ...
The Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engined jet airliner, first manufactured in 1965 and, in much modified form and under a succession of different names, still in production today as the Boeing 717. ...
The Airbus A320 is a short-to-medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus. ...
The Boeing 727 is a large, single-aisle (narrow-body) commercial jet airliner carrying as many as 189 passengers. ...
The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined jet airliner, manufactured between 1959 and 1972. ...
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Fokker F100 of British Midland The Fokker F100 is a small twin-engine regional jet airliner and feederliner from the Fokker company. ...
The VC-10 airliner was designed and built by Vickers in the 1960s. ...
Tupolev (Russian: Туполев) is a Russian aerospace and defence company. ...
This page is about the aircraft design bureau and manufacturer. ...
Regional airliners Regional airliners typically seat fewer than 100 passengers and may be powered by turbofans or turboprops. These airliners, though smaller than aircraft operated by major airlines, frequently serve customers who expect service similar to that offered by crew on larger aircraft. Therefore, most regional airliners are equipped with lavatories and have a flight attendant to look after the in-flight needs of the passengers. Typical aircraft in this category are the Bombardier CRJ series and "Q" (DASH-8) series, Embraer ERJ 145 family, ATR 42/72 and Saab 340/2000. Airlines and their partners sometimes use these for short flights between small hubs, or for bringing passengers to hub cities where they may board larger aircraft. Flybe Bombardier Q400 Régional ERJ 145 operating for Air France A regional airliner is a small airliner designed to fly between 35 and 100 passengers from point to point as efficiently as possible. ...
CFM56-3 turbofan, lower half, side view. ...
A Turboprop or turboshaft engine is a type of gas turbine. ...
Boeing 747 toilet A toilet is a plumbing fixture and a disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes; urine, fecal matter, vomit and menses. ...
Flight attendants, formerly called sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses and stewards are responsible for the wellbeing of airline passengers. ...
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A DeHavilland DHC-8-102 belonging to Air Inuit at Cornwall Ontario, May 2005 The de Havilland Canada DHC-8, popularly the Dash 8, is a series of twin-turboprop airliners designed by de Havilland Canada in the early 1980s. ...
The Embraer ERJ 145 is a twin-turbofan, 50 seat regional jet aircraft produced by Embraer of Brazil. ...
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The ATR 72 is a twin-turboprop short-haul regional airliner built in France by the ATR company (Avions de Transport gional). ...
Saab 340A of Aurigny Air Services. ...
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Commuter aircraft Passenger aircraft with 19 or fewer passenger seats are called commuter aircraft or air taxis, depending on their size, engines, and seating configurations. The Beechcraft 1900, for example, has only 19 seats and thus, depending on local and national regulations, it may not qualify as an airliner and may not be subject to the regulations applied to larger aircraft. Members of this class of aircraft normally lack such amenities as lavatories and galleys and typically do not carry a flight attendant. Other aircraft in this category are the Fairchild Metro, Jetstream 31/41, and Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante. The Cessna Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, is sometimes used as a small airliner, although many countries stipulate a minimum requirement of two engines for aircraft to be used as airliners. Twin piston-engined aircraft like the Cessna, Piper, Britten-Norman, and Beechcraft, are also in use as commuter aircraft. Air Taxi is just that, an aircraft that takes you from one point to another, just as a taxi would on the ground, except they travel through the air. ...
A Sunwest Airlines Beech 1900D at Vancouver International Airport. ...
A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...
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The Handley Page HP.137 Jetstream was a small twin turboprop airliner, with a pressurised fuselage, designed to meet the requirements of the United States feederliner and regional airline market. ...
Eastern Airways BAe Jetstream 41 The Jetstream 41 is a turboprop-powered feederliner and regional airliner, originally designed by British Aerospace as a stretched version of the popular Handley Page Jetstream. ...
EMB110 Bandeirante The EMBRAER EMB 110 Bandeirante is a general purpose 15-21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft suitable for military and civil duties. ...
The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single turboprop short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft built in the USA by Cessna. ...
Cessna Aircraft Company, located in Wichita, Kansas, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, from small two-seat, single-engine airplanes to business jets. ...
Species , black/white/green pepper , betel , ant piper , Malias piper , cubeb , long pepper , kava , long pepper Piper is an economically and ecologically important genus of the family Piperaceae that includes a fascinating array of species for studying natural history, natural products chemistry, community ecology, and evolutionary biology. ...
Britten-Norman (officially the Britten-Norman Group or BNG) is a British aircraft manufacturer owned by members of the Zawawi family from the Sultanate of Oman, making it one of the UKs two remaining independent commercial aircraft producers, the other being Slingsby Aviation of Kirkbymoorside in Yorkshire. ...
The Beech Aircraft Corporation, purchased by Raytheon Aircraft on February 8, 1980, and often called Beechcraft after the name they give their aircraft, is a manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft, ranging from light single engine aircraft to business jets and light military transports. ...
Engines Until the beginning of the jet age, piston engines were common on propliners like the Douglas DC-3. Now nearly all modern airliners are powered by turbine engines, either turbofans or turboprops. Gas turbine engines operate efficiently at much higher altitudes, are far more reliable than piston engines, and produce less vibration and noise. The jet age is a common description of an historical period beginning with the introduction of airliners powered by turbojets and turbofans for scheduled passenger service. ...
Components of a typical, four stroke cycle, DOHC piston engine. ...
A propliner is a large, propeller-powered airliner. ...
The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing, propeller-driven aircraft which revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s, and is generally regarded as one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made (also see Boeing 707 and Boeing 747). ...
This machine has a single-stage radial compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ...
CFM56-3 turbofan, lower half, side view. ...
A schematic diagram showing the operation of a turboprop engine. ...
Airliner variants Some variants of airliners have been developed for carrying freight or for luxury use corporate use. Many airliners have also been modified for government use as "VIP" transports and for military functions such as airborne tankers (for example, the Vickers VC-10, Lockheed L1011, Boeing 707), air ambulance (USAF/USN McDonnell-Douglas C-9), reconnaissance (Embraer ERJ 145, Saab 340, Boeing 737), as well as for troop-carrying roles. Business jet (slang, Bizjet) is a term for a jet aircraft, usually of modest size, designed for transporting small groups of business people for commercial reasons at a time convenient to their business needs. ...
The VC-10 airliner was designed and built by Vickers (part of the British Aircraft Corporation) in the 1960s. ...
The Lockheed SR-71, remarkably advanced for its time and unsurpassed in many areas of performance The Lockheed U-2 first flew in 1955 providing much needed intelligence on Soviet bloc countries Lockheed Corporation was an aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form...
Orbital Sciences Stargazer Lockheed L-1011 aircraft which was modified in Cambridge, UK, by Marshall Aerospace The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was the third widebody passenger jet airliner to reach the marketplace, following the Boeing 747 jumbo jet and the Douglas DC-10. ...
The Boeing 707 is a four engined commercial passenger jet aircraft developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ...
Seal of the Air Force. ...
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. ...
The C-9 can refer to several aircraft: The C-9 Nightingale The C-9 Skytrain II This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Embraer, the Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. is a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer. ...
The Embraer ERJ 145 is a twin-engined regional jet plane with 50 seats. ...
Saab 340A of Aurigny Air Services. ...
The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium range - narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. ...
Manufacturers Historically, a few manufacturers have dominated the market for large airliners. These include: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1029, 529 KB) Front view of a Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 757 landing at London Heathrow Airport, England. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1029, 529 KB) Front view of a Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 757 landing at London Heathrow Airport, England. ...
Turkmenistan Airlines is the national airline of Turkmenistan. ...
American Airlines Boeing 757 Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-232 at LAX in August 2003. ...
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer. ...
The Douglas Aircraft Company was founded by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. ...
DC-10, retired from American Airlines fleet at gate McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. ...
The Lockheed SR-71 was remarkably advanced for its time and remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ...
Civil airliner - Air India Boeing 747-400 Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-Military aviation, both private and commercial. ...
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Tupolev (Russian: Туполев) is a Russian aerospace and defence company. ...
Ilyushin (Russian: Илью́шин) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Il), founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. ...
Private Antonov AN-2 in the UK Antonov, aka Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/Technical Complex (Antonov ASTC) (Ukrainian: ) is a Ukraine-based (since 1952) aircraft manufacturing and services company (design office prefix An) with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction. ...
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Airbus S.A.S. is a commercial aircraft manufacturer based in Toulouse, France. ...
Embraer, the Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. is a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer. ...
Bombardier Inc. ...
de Havilland Canada was an innovative aircraft manufacturer with facilities based in Toronto, Ontario. ...
The Italian-French based aircraft manufacturer Avions de Transport Régional (ATR) was formed in 1981, from the consortium formed by Aérospatiale of France (now EADS) and Aeritalia ( now Alenia Aeronautica), of Italy companies. ...
Fokker 100 of British Midland Airways For the physicist and musician, see Adriaan Fokker. ...
Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy - Queen Beatrix - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War - Declared July 26, 1581 - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...
Notable disputes The large (100 seat or greater) airliner market is dominated by two companies: Airbus, a Western European aviation conglomerate, and Boeing, based in the United States. With the emergence of Airbus as a competitor to Boeing, both companies, backed by their respective governments (the European Union and European governments on one side, the US government on the other side), have recently been engaged in various trade disputes. Each side accuses the other of being unfairly subsidized by their respective governments. Owing to its origin as a combination of state-owned aviation enterprises, Airbus receives a significant portion of its operating budget directly from various European governments, ostensibly as loans, but without the obligation to repay them. On the other hand, Boeing gets research and development funding from NASA and the US Department of Defense, various tax breaks (which all similar US companies receive), and a large volume of military orders, all of which Airbus views as indirect subsidies. In economics, a subsidy is generally a monetary grant given by government to lower the price faced by producers or consumers of a good, generally because it is considered to be in the public interest. ...
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The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...
In addition to their main headquarters in Europe and the United States, both Airbus and Boeing use subcontractors from many countries. For example, Boeing has long had major components built by companies in Japan with various subsystems coming from Europe and Asia. Airbus aircraft are often equipped with engines, auxiliary power units, and electronic systems built in the US. Thus, while both companies may try to present themselves as strictly national entities, the airliners they build are composed of components manufactured across the globe.
Famous airliners Below are some famous airliners: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1228, 134 KB) Qantas Boeing 747-400 (VH-OJL) landing at London Heathrow Airport, England. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1228, 134 KB) Qantas Boeing 747-400 (VH-OJL) landing at London Heathrow Airport, England. ...
Qantas (pronounced ) is the name and callsign of the worlds second oldest continuously running independent airline behind KLM. Qantas is an acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service. ...
The Boeing 747, commonly called a Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable of all jet airliners and is the largest airliner currently in service. ...
The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing, propeller-driven aircraft which revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s, and is generally regarded as one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made (also see Boeing 707 and Boeing 747). ...
President Dwight Eisenhower flew in two Constellations, named Columbine II and Columbine III. The Lockheed Constellation, affectionately known as the “Connieâ€, was a four-engine propeller-driven airliner built by Lockheed between 1943 and 1958 at its Burbank, California, USA, facility. ...
The 1950s were the decade that traditionally speaking, spanned the years 1950 through 1959. ...
The de Havilland Comet of Britain was the worlds first commercial jet airliner. ...
The Boeing 707 is a four engined commercial passenger jet aircraft developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ...
The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined jet airliner, manufactured between 1959 and 1972. ...
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST), along with the Tupolev Tu-144, was one of only two models of supersonic passenger airliners to have seen commercial service so far. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
British Airways (LSE: BAY, NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ...
Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before its merger with KLM, it was the national airline of France, employing 71,654 people (as of January 2005). ...
The Boeing 747, commonly called a Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable of all jet airliners and is the largest airliner currently in service. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engined airliner manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. It first flew on 27 April 2005 from Toulouse in France. ...
Singapore Airlines Limited (Abbreviated: SIA; Chinese: æ–°åŠ å¡èˆªç©ºå…¬å¸; Pinyin: XÄ«njÄ«apÅ HángkÅng GÅngsÄ«; abbreviated 新航) (IATA: SQ, ICAO: SIA, and Callsign: Singapore) SGX: S55 is the national airline of Singapore, and the worlds second-biggest carrier by market value. ...
Airliner recycling As airliners are very expensive, most are leased out for long periods of time (typically from 20 to 40 years) and very few go back into service after a long lease is up because evolving aerospace technology leaves older airliners unable to compete against newer machines that can be operated at a lower cost. Many end-of-service airliners end up in the Mojave desert, at the Mojave Spaceport (also known as "The Airplane Boneyard"). From this, the term "Mojave" has come to refer to the temporary storage of aircraft e.g. during decreased demand for air travel and between short-term leases. Another location to retire airliners is Marana, Arizona. Luxair Embraer ERJ-145 (LX-LGX) landing at London (Heathrow) Airport in August 2004. ...
Luxair Embraer ERJ-145 (LX-LGX) landing at London (Heathrow) Airport in August 2004. ...
Luxair (Luxair Société Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aérienne SA) is the national airline of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ...
The Embraer ERJ 145 is a twin-engined regional jet plane with 50 seats. ...
Looking across from Emigrant Pass towards the Kingston Range in the eastern Mojave. ...
Mojave Airport, storage location for commercial airliners. ...
Marana is a town located in Pima County, Arizona. ...
While eventually almost every airliner will be reduced to scrap (the exceptions end up as museum pieces or flown by collector groups) they may pass through many owners before they are finally retired. A well-maintained airliner can operate safely for decades, depending on how often it is flown, its operating environment, and whether damage and wear and tear is properly repaired.
What may end an airliner's working life is a lack of spare parts, as the original manufacturer may no longer provide or support them. Corrosion is another issue that becomes more expensive to deal with as time goes on. Eventually, these factors and advances in aircraft technology lead to older airliners becoming too expensive and inefficient to operate.
Cabin configurations An airliner may have several classes of seating: first class, business class, and/or economy class (which may be referred to as coach class, and sometimes has a separate "premium" section with more legroom and amenities). The seats in more expensive classes are wider, more comfortable, and have more amenities such as free In-flight Entertainment systems and "lie flat" seats for more comfortable sleeping on long flights. Generally, the more expensive the class, the better the beverage and meal service. Image File history File links Flight-interior. ...
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Qatar Airways (القطرية) is an airline based in Doha, Qatar. ...
Airbus S.A.S. is a leading aircraft manufacturer based in Toulouse, France. ...
The Airbus A380 manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. is a double-decker, four engined airliner capable of flying 800 passengers in a high density format or 555 passengers in a typical three-class configuration. ...
The Red Arrows in formation at Farnborough The Farnborough International Exhibition and Flying Display is an international trade fair for the aerospace business which is held biannually in England. ...
First class travel is a particularly high quality travel class offered by passenger airlines, railways and shipping companies. ...
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Domestic flights generally have a two-class configuration, usually first or business class and coach class, although many airlines have switched to all-economy seating. International flights generally have either a two-class configuration or a three-class configuration, depending on the airline, route and aircraft type. Many airliners offer movies or audio/video on demand (this is standard in first and business class on many international flights and may be available on economy).
Seats The types of seats that are provided and how much legroom is given to each passenger are decisions made by the individual airlines, not the aircraft manufacturers. Seats are mounted in "tracks" on the floor of the cabin and can be moved back and forth by the maintenance staff or even removed altogether. Naturally the airline tries to maximize the number of seats available in every aircraft to carry the largest possible (and therefore most profitable) number of passengers.
Passengers seated in an exit row (the row of seats adjacent to an emergency exit) enjoy substantially more legroom than those seated in the remainder of the cabin, while the seats directly in front of the exit row may have less legroom and may not even recline (for evacuation safety reasons). Emergency Exit, by Manlio Santanelli, is a play written originally in Italian. ...
The seats are designed to withstand strong forces so as not to break or come loose from their floor tracks during turbulence or accidents. The backs of seats are often equipped with a fold-down tray for eating, writing, or as a place to set up a portable computer, or a music or video player. Seats without another row of seats in front of them have a tray that is either folded into the armrest or that clips into brackets on the underside of the armrests. With increasing frequency, seatbacks now feature small color LCD screens for videos, television and games. Controls for this display as well as an outlet to plug in audio headsets are normally found in the armrest of each seat. In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is a flow regime characterized by chaotic, stochastic property changes. ...
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Overhead bins The overhead bins are used for stowing carry-on baggage and other items. While the airliner manufacturer will normally supply a standard product, airlines may choose to have bins of differing size, shape, or color installed. Over time, these bins evolved out of what were originally overhead shelves used for little more than coat and briefcase storage. As concerns about falling debris during turbulence or in accidents increased, enclosed bins became the norm. Bins have increased in size in order to accommodate the more numerous and larger carry-on baggage many passengers bring onto the aircraft. Many new bin designs include a handrail, useful when moving through the cabin when the airliner is in motion.
Passenger service units Above the passenger seats are what are generically known as Passenger Service Units (PSU). This typically contains a reading light, "gasper" air vent, and a flight attendant call button. The units frequently have small "Fasten Seat Belt" and "No Smoking" illuminated signage installed and may also contain a speaker for the cabin public address system.
The PSU will also normally contain the drop-down oxygen masks which are activated if there is a sudden drop in cabin pressure. These are supplied with oxygen by means of a chemical oxygen generator. By using a chemical reaction rather than a connection to an oxygen tank, these devices supply breathing oxygen for long enough for the airliner to descend to thicker, more breathable air. Oxygen generators do generate considerable heat in the process. Because of this, the oxygen generators are thermally shielded and are only allowed in commercial airliners when properly installed - they are never loaded as freight on passenger-carrying flights. A chemical oxygen generator is a device that releases oxygen created by a chemical reaction. ...
Baggage holds Airliners must have space on board to store baggage that will not safely fit in the passenger cabin. Designed to hold baggage as well as freight , these compartments are usually called "cargo bins", "holds", or occasionally "pits".
These compartments can be accessed through doors on the outside of the aircraft. Despite what is seen in many action movies, access doors between passenger cabins and baggage holds are rare in modern airliners.
Depending on the aircraft, baggage holds are normally pressurized just like the passenger cabin although they may not be heated. While lighting is normally installed for use by the loading crew, typically the compartment is unlit when the door is closed.
Baggage holds on modern airliners are equipped with fire detection equipment and larger aircraft have automated or remotely activated fire-fighting devices installed.
Narrow-body airliners Most "narrow-body" airliners with more than 100 seats have space below the cabin floor, while smaller aircraft often have a special compartment separate from the passenger area but on the same level.
Baggage is normally stacked within the bin by hand, sorted by destination category. Netting that fits across the width of the bin is secured to limit movement of the bags. Airliners often carry items of freight and mail. These may be loaded separately from the baggage or mixed in if they are bound for the same destination. For securing bulky items "hold down" rings are provided to tie items into place. Cargo is a term used to denotes goods or produce being transported generally for commercial gain, usually on a ship, plane, train or lorry. ...
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Wide-body airliners "Wide-body", or "jumbo jets", frequently have a compartment like the ones described above, typically called a "bulk bin". It is normally used for late arriving luggage or bags which may have been checked at the gate.
However, most baggage and loose freight items are loaded into containers called Unit Load Devices (ULDs), often referred to as "cans". ULDs come in a variety of sizes and shapes, but the most common model is the LD-3. This particular container has approximately the same height as the cargo compartment and fits across half of its width. ULD Type AKH Unit Load Devices, or ULDs, are pallets and containers used to load luggage, freight, and mail on wide-body aircraft. ...
ULDs are loaded with baggage and are transported to the aircraft on dolly carts and loaded into the baggage hold by a loader designed for the task. By means of belts, rollers and drive wheels, an operator can maneuver the ULD from the dolly cart, up to the aircraft baggage hold door, and into the aircraft. Inside the hold, the floor is also equipped with drive wheels and rollers that an operator inside can use to move the ULD properly into place. Locks in the floor are used to hold the ULD in place during flight. Belt can refer to the following objects: Look up belt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Genera Coracias Eurystomus The Rollers are an Old World family of near passerine birds. ...
A drive wheel is a wheel in an automotive vehicle that receives power from the power train. ...
For consolidated freight loads, like a pallet of boxes or an item too oddly shaped to fit into a container, flat metal pallets that resemble large baking sheets that are compatible with the loading equipment are used.
See also A Tarom Boeing 737-300 and a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 taxi side by side at London Heathrow Airport. ...
A non-comprehensive list of modern civilian aircraft with descriptions. ...
Aircraft spotting or Plane spotting is a hobby involving the enjoyment, observation and photography of aircraft: gliders, powered aircraft, large balloons, airships, helicopters, and microlights. ...
Air safety is a broad term encompassing the theory, investigation and categorisation of flight failures, and the prevention of such failures through appropriate regulation, as well as through education and training. ...
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