Harrier Jump Jet II Plus configuration) was delivered in December 2003, ending the Harrier production line. The Harrier Jump Jet, capable of taking off vertically, can only do so at less than its maximum loaded weight. In most cases, a short take off is performed, using forward speed to achieve aerodynamic lift, which uses fuel more economically than a vertical take off. On aircraft carriers, a ski-jump ramp is employed at the bow of the carrier to assist the aircraft in becoming airborne. Landings are typically performed very differently. Although a conventional landing is possible, the range of speeds at which this can
Business jet of the long range Global Express family and of the Bombardier CRJ regional airliners. The 1000th Challenger has entered service in 2015. On 30 May 1979 took off the clean-sheet MTOW Cessna Citation III powered by two TFE731, basis of the larger Citation X. The Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond made its first flight on 29 August 1978. The MTOW jet was powered by two JT15D. 950 have been produced, it was renamed Beechjet 400 then Hawker 400. The 1980s only saw the introduction of derivatives and no major new design. Also there was an advent of fractional ownership in the late