When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Mainline (air travel) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_(air_travel)

    Mainline carriers typically operate between hub airports within their network and on international or long-haul services, using narrow-body and wide-body aircraft. This is in contrast to regional airlines , providing feeder services to hub airports operating smaller turboprop or regional jet aircraft, or low-cost carrier subsidiaries serving ...

  3. Main line (railway) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_line_(railway)

    British main lines railway diagram. The main line, or mainline in American English, of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system [1] [2] [3] from which branch lines, yards, sidings, and spurs are connected.

  4. Douglas DC-6 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-6

    The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, Douglas reworked it after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range commercial transport market.

  5. United Airlines fleet - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_fleet

    Operated on a transcontinental route between New York City and San Francisco. [52] Laird Swallow J-5: Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Single seat biplane used to carry US Air Mail (CAM 5) by predecessor Varney Air Lines. [53] Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: 6 1986 1989 Boeing 747-100 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30: Former Pan Am fleet. [citation ...

  6. Boeing 307 Stratoliner - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_307_Stratoliner

    The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner (or Strato-Clipper in Pan American service, or C-75 in USAAF service) is an American stressed-skin four-engine low-wing tailwheel monoplane airliner derived from the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, which entered commercial service in July 1940.

  7. Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_377_Stratocruiser

    Data from Airliners of the World General characteristics Crew: 4 flight crew (captain, first officer, flight engineer, navigator) + cabin crew Capacity: Up to 100 passengers on main deck plus 14 in lower deck lounge; typical seating for 63 or 84 passengers or 28 berthed and five seated passengers. Length: 110 ft 4 in (33.63 m) Wingspan: 141 ft 3 in (43.05 m) Height: 38 ft 3 in (11.66 m) Wing ...

  8. Honeywell auxiliary power unit - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_auxiliary_power_unit

    A Honeywell GTCP36-150(CX) auxiliary power unit mounted in the tail of a Cessna Model 750 Citation X. Honeywell auxiliary power units are a series of gas turbine auxiliary power units (APU) made by Honeywell Aerospace.

  9. Boeing 727 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_727

    This allows six-abreast seating (three per side) and a single aisle when 18-inch (46 cm) wide coach-class seats are installed. An unusual feature of the fuselage is the 10-inch (25 cm) difference between the lower lobe forward and aft of the wing as the higher fuselage height of the center section was simply retained towards the rear.