| This notwithstanding, Novikov succeeded to preserve the long-range aviation and re-equip it with strategic turboprop and jet bombers of the day. |
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| This type of powerplant was ideal for lower performance aircraft that could substitute their piston engines for the turboprop. |
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| His program was an aircraft hangar, filled with almost every variety of primitive aircraft, from a turboprop trainer to a hang glider. |
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| The turboprop aircraft, which has a 50-tonne payload capacity, is the only one of its kind in operation. |
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| Suddenly above the steady vibrating thrum of the C130 cargo plane's four giant Rolls-Royce turboprop engines, a sound rings out. |
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| In a turboprop aircraft, putting the props in the beta position creates an extraordinary speed brake. |
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| Even the shared-ownership turboprop fleet is expected to increase by some 60 aircraft in the next five years. |
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| Established in 1939, Pilatus Aircraft is the world's leading manufacturer of single-engine turboprop aircraft. |
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| It was a twin-engine turboprop attack aircraft built for counterinsurgency work. |
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| But Clive Irving points to some troubling instances in which other turboprop planes failed in icy weather. |
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| For this reason, a customer would hardly ever choose a turboprop instead of a jet plane or vice versa for a particular purpose. |
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| Once the vehicle is aloft, the proprotors are slowly tilted forward to make it fly like a turboprop aircraft. |
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| Hijackers forced a turboprop aircraft on a commercial flight to land on a road near Neiva, a town close to the rebels' sanctuary. |
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| The situation will become even more critical because Air Canada plans to retire some of its aging turboprop aircraft in the next few years. |
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| Of turboprop accidents, 23 were hull losses and 8 were accidents in which aircraft were substantially damaged. |
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| The company received certification in 1994 for an unpressurized version of the Jetcruzer 450 turboprop single, but the airplane never went into production. |
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| There's nothing wrong with the turboprop, which is what the Hercules is, I guess, if you're looking for speed and range. |
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| There are no new aircraft, especially of the turboprop nature, that are being designed and built to land on gravel strips. |
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| This unsafe condition is not unique to the King Air 350 and exists on numerous other turboprop aircraft. |
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| We flew on a turboprop military plane and landed on the carrier. |
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| Constructional arrangement and operation of turbojet, turbofan, turboshaft, turboprop. |
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| The American-built Osprey is notable mainly because it takes off like a helicopter and flies like a turboprop plane. |
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| The agency received a call to locate a specific Piper turboprop aircraft. |
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| The first service operated by the Vickers Viscount turboprop commenced on 20 February 1963 on the route from Cardiff via Bristol to Dublin. |
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| In the United States, the company makes engines for regional and corporate jets, helicopters, and turboprop aircraft. |
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| The Skylander, a twin turboprop aircraft capable of transporting 19 passengers or 2.7 metric tons of freight, is without equal on the market in terms of payload, range and modularity. |
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| Aircraft systems designers at Alenia Aeronautica needed a rugged tablet computer to host a portable maintenance unit for the Alenia C-27J twin-engine military cargo turboprop aircraft. |
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| The MRO related activities conducted at Raunheim include amongst other things MRO for APU's, ground units, turboprop engines and turbofan engines. |
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| A manned turboprop can bomb a target for a third of the cost of using a drone, according to Pat Sullivan, the head of government sales at Cessna. Technology Quarterly Does it really stack up? |
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| The Beech 1900D aircraft accelerates quickly after take-off and climbs at a faster rate than several other equivalent passenger turboprop aircraft. |
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| The second tier of service involves local and regional flights within the north using smaller turboprop aircraft, most of which are also configured to carry both passengers and cargo. |
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| With over 650 aircraft in service worldwide, the Bombardier-manufactured Dash 8 turboprop airliner is one of the most widely-operated regional aircraft in service today. |
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| In addition, in concertation with UNMIL, the Mission's executive jet will be replaced by a regional turboprop aircraft with more seating capacity and reduced utilization costs. |
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| Like turboprop engines, propfans generate most of their thrust from the propeller and not the exhaust jet. |
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| The distinction is seen by some as slim, as in some cases aircraft companies make both turboprop and turboshaft engines based on the same design. |
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| It was believed that turbojet or turboprop engines could power all aircraft, from the largest to smallest designs. |
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| The Type II process was complicated by the proposition of Vickers that there should be a move to the newly developed turboprop power. |
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| It has been further developed as the CT7 turboprop engine for regional transports. |
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| I trace my roots back to the Chautauqua airline in New York in 1973, which flew two 15-passenger turboprop planes between three cities. |
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| The Kodiak is a 10-place single engine turboprop utility airplane, designed for STOL use and float capability. |
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| The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made twin-engine turboprop, operated by UTair was reportedly flying from Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut. |
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| The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made twin-engine turboprop, operated by UTair was flying from Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut with 39 passengers and four crew. |
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| The Piper Seneca turboprop was flying from the eastern region of Papua to Tual city in the Maluku Islands when it was caught in a storm around midday. |
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| It is important to note that all modern jets and turboprop aircraft, including the 737, are built to withstand a safe nose or belly landing without landing gears down. |
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| Because gas turbines optimally spin at high speed, a turboprop features a gearbox to lower the speed of the shaft so that the propeller tips don't reach supersonic speeds. |
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| Three new regional jet flights, operated by Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines, will replace service currently operated with ATR-72 turboprop aircraft. |
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| Fairey Aviation set about the development of a more powerful model, the Turbo Islander, equipped with a pair of Lycoming LTP101 turboprop engines. |
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