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de Havilland D.H106 Comet 4C United Arab Airlines

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Auto Credit Based on Annedzsrue's de Havilland D.H106 Comet 4B BEA airtours 1969

Good morning everyone, today the about returned, about United Arab Airlines: Following the formation of the United Arab Republic by Egypt and Syria on 1 February 1958, Misrair was renamed United Arab Airlines (UAA) in March that year.

A Cairo–Athens–Rome–Zürich service was launched on 7 July; Syrian Airways merged into UAA on 23 December, with the latter absorbing both the routes and the equipment of the Syrian carrier By March 1960, the airline had 579 employees. At that time, the fleet comprised one Beech D18S, four DC-3s, six Vikings and six Viscounts. 505? One of the Viscounts crashed into the Mediterranean on 10 April, killing 17 passengers and a crew of three.

With registration SU-ALC, the first of three Comet 4Cs was delivered on 9 June. 588? Operations using two of these aircraft started on 16 July the same year. 588? By October 1960, Misrair had Comets deployed on the Cairo–Belgrade–Prague, Cairo–Rome–London, Cairo–Jeddah and Cairo–Khartoum runs, 588? DC-3s on the Cairo–Alexandria–Mersa Matruh, Cairo–Assiut–Luxor, Cairo–Luxor–Aswan and Cairo–Port Said–Alexandria services, and Viscounts were used for the non-stop flights that linked Cairo and Alexandria. 589? An order for two more Comets was placed in November 1960.

Syria's association with UAA ended in October 1961, when Syrian Arab Airways was established by the Syrian government in Damascus; the route network and fleet that had been taken over by UAA were returned to the new company. A United Arab Airlines.

Two more Comets, the fourth and fifth ones, were ordered in early 1961. Three ex-SAS DC-6s were purchased in April 1961. The Cairo–Lagos run was extended to Accra on 12 June and flights to Moscow commenced on 21 June. A contract with Boeing for the purchase of Boeing 707-320B with delivery dates between November 1961 and April 1964 was signed. And more.

Controls
-AG3- Pushback
-AG4- Emergency Slides
-AG5- Autopilot

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General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.547
  • Wing Loading 35.7lbs/ft2 (174.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2,440.8ft2 (226.8m2)
  • Drag Points 25984

Parts

  • Number of Parts 621
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 2,873