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| == Notable Airliners == | | == Notable Airliners == |
− | – the first modern airliner, with all-metal construction and retractable landing gear | + | [[wikipedia:Douglas_DC-4E|(DC-4E)]]– the first airliner with a pressurized cabin |
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− | – the first airliner with a pressurized cabin | + | [[wikipedia:Vickers_Viscount|Metropolitan Stargazer]] – the first turboprop airliner |
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− | – the first turboprop airliner | + | [[wikipedia:Vickers_VC.1_Viking|Sapphire Seminal]] – the first turbojet airliner |
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− | – the first turbojet airliner | + | [[wikipedia:Avro_Ashton|(Ashton)]]– the first quadjet airliner |
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− | – the first quadjet airliner | + | [[wikipedia:Sud_Aviation_Caravelle|(Caravelle)]] – the first jetliner with rear podded engines |
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− | – the first jetliner with rear podded engines | + | [[wikipedia:Hawker_Siddley_Trident|(Trident)]] – the first trijet airliner |
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− | – the first trijet airliner | + | [[wikipedia:Convair_880|Blue Aerospace BAe-71]] – the first turbofan airliner |
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− | Blue Aerospace BAe-71 – the first turbofan airliner
| + | [[wikipedia:Tupolev_Tu-144|(Tu-144)]] – the first operational supersonic transport |
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− | – the first operational supersonic transport | + | [[wikipedia:Boeing_747|Horizon H4C]] – the first wide-body airliner |
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− | Horizon H4C – the first wide-body airliner | + | [[wikipedia:Boeing_2707|Horizon Velocitas]] – the first and only swing-wing airliner |
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− | Horizon Velocitas – the first and only swing-wing airliner
| + | [[wikipedia:Lockheed_L1011|Blue Aerospace BAe-93]] – the first and only trijet wide-body |
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− | Blue Aerospace BAe-93 – the first and only trijet wide-body
| + | [[wikipedia:McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10#Proposed_variants|(DC-10 Twin)]] – the first twinjet wide-body |
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− | – the first twinjet wide-body | + | [[wikipedia:Airbus_A320|(A320)]] – the first airliner with fly-by-wire flight controls |
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− | – the first airliner with fly-by-wire flight controls | + | [[wikipedia:Sukhoi_KR-860|(KR-860)]] – the first ultra-wide-body airliner |
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− | – the first ultra-wide-body airliner | + | [[wikipedia:Boeing 777X Airplane|Horizon H6I]] – the largest twinjet airliner |
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− | Horizon H6I – the largest twinjet airliner
| + | [[wikipedia:Boeing 787|Horizon H6S]] – the first composite-fuselage airliner |
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− | Horizon H6S – the first composite-fuselage airliner | |
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| Blue Aerospace BAe-2100 – the first blended wing body airliner | | Blue Aerospace BAe-2100 – the first blended wing body airliner |