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The A-57 was equipped with a lift jet (similar to VTOL aircraft today) facing downward to assist its take-off from the surface of the ocean. It was intended to refuel from submarines out at sea. The bomber had a long, slender delta wing called the Bartini Wing. A 1500 mph speed was planned.
Robert Bartini was born on 14 May 1897, in Fiume, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Rijeka, Croatia), the son of an unmarried 17-year-old girl of noble origins. [2] Bartini's biological father, Lajos Orosdy [3] (de Orosd et Bö), in Italian: Lodovico Oros de Bartini, [4] was a baron of the Austro-Hungarian nobility and the ...
After Bartini's death in 1974, the project slowed and eventually drew to a close, [2] the aircraft having conducted 107 flights, with a total flight time of 103 hours. The only remaining VVA-14, No. 1972, was retired and sent to the Soviet Central Air Force Museum in 1987.
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Boeing's quality issues and Airbus' supply chain problems have created a global jet shortage. American Airlines cut routes amid delayed 787s, while Ryanair lowered its capacity outlook for 2025.
The Stal-8 was a fighter developed from the preceding Stal-6 experimental aircraft. The Curtiss Conqueror steam-cooled V-12 engine was replaced by an M-100A (licence-built Hispano-Suiza 12YBR), this also was closely cowled and defined the maximum sectional area of the fuselage, which transitioned smoothly from nose to tail except for the cockpit which was enlarged to improve the view of the pilot.