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A310-203 Lufthansa(D-AICD)

878 aviationVietNam  2 days ago

Goofy ahh livery😭

Me after spending 2 days making this damn Livery:
ahh

just kidding

About Airbus A310:

The Airbus A310 is a wide-body aircraft, designed and manufactured by Airbus Industrie GIE, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers. Airbus had identified a demand for an aircraft smaller than the A300, the first twin-jet wide-body. On 7 July 1978, the A310 (initially the A300B10) was launched with orders from Swissair and Lufthansa. On 3 April 1982, the first prototype conducted its maiden flight, and the A310 received its type certificate on 11 March 1983.

Keeping the same eight-abreast cross-section, the A310 is 6.95 m (22.8 ft) shorter than the initial A300 variants, and has a smaller wing, down from 260 to 219 m2 (2,800 to 2,360 sq ft). The A310 introduced a two-crew glass cockpit, later adopted for the A300-600 with a common type rating. It was powered by the same General Electric CF6-80 or Pratt & Whitney JT9D then PW4000 turbofan jet engines. It can seat 220 passengers in two classes, or 240 in all-economy, and has a flying range up to 5,150 nautical miles (9,540 km; 5,930 mi). It has overwing exits between the two main front and rear door pairs.

In April 1983, the aircraft entered revenue service with Swissair, and competed with the Boeing 767-200, introduced six months before. Its longer range and ETOPS regulations allowed it to be operated on transatlantic flights. Until the last delivery in June 1998, 255 aircraft were produced, as it was succeeded by the larger Airbus A330-200. It was available as a cargo aircraft version, and was also developed into a military variant, the A310 MRTT multi-role transport, then tanker.

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Pakistan International Airlines A310-300

About A310-200 Series:

The first A310, the 162nd Airbus off the production line, made its maiden flight on 3 April 1982 powered by the earlier Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4D1 engines. The -200 entered service with Swissair and Lufthansa a year later. Late series -200 also featured wing fences identical to those of the -300. The first three A310s were initially fitted with outboard ailerons; they were later removed once testing showed them to be unnecessary.Production of the A310-200 ended in 1988.

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Swissair A310-200.Launch operator for the A310 family

About German national airline Lufthansa

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Deutsche Lufthansa AG (German pronunciation: [???????????]), trading as the Lufthansa Group, is a German aviation group. Its major and founding subsidiary airline Lufthansa German Airlines, branded as Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. It ranks second in Europe by passengers carried, as well as largest in Europe and fourth largest in the world by revenue.[10][11] Lufthansa Airlines is also one of the five founding members of Star Alliance, which is the world's largest airline alliance, formed in 1997.Lufthansa was founded in 1953 and commenced operations in April 1955.

Besides operating flights under its own brand Lufthansa Airlines, the Lufthansa Group also owns several other airlines, including Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Discover Airlines, Eurowings, ITA Airways and Swiss International Air Lines. The group also owns several aviation-related companies, including Global Load Control, Lufthansa Consulting, Lufthansa Flight Training, Lufthansa Systems and Lufthansa Technik.

The company was founded as Aktiengesellschaft für Luftverkehrsbedarf (often shortened to Luftag) on 6 January 1953 by staff of the former Deutsche Luft Hansa, Germany's national airline founded in 1926. While Deutsche Luft Hansa played a significant role in the development of commercial aviation in Germany, it was liquidated in 1951 due to its association with the Nazi regime during World War II. Luftag adopted the branding of the former flag carrier by acquiring the Luft Hansa name and logo in 1954.

Lufthansa's corporate headquarters are in Cologne.The main operations base, called Lufthansa Aviation Center, is located at Frankfurt Airport, the airline's primary hub.It also maintains a secondary hub at Munich Airport, along with its Flight Operations Centre.

About D-AICD

D-AICD was an Airbus A310-203 and was delivered to Lufthansa on 27 March 1983. It was powered by two GE CF6-80A3 engines and was named "Detmold". After more than 12 years of service with Lufthansa, D-AICD was sold to FedEx on 12 May 1995 and re-registered as N404FE and converted to a freighter and was scrapped in December 2011 after nearly 29 years of service.
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D-AICD at Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF)

Control:

Ag1 - Arm speed brake (lower gear down required)
Ag2-4 - Strobe/landing/cabin lights
Ag5 - Left front door open (does not move)
AG6 - Pushback
AG8 - Engine, navigation/taxi/signal lights

Off 8 cuts power to all lights
optional: all 4 front doors cannot opened (they don't work)

Landing approach speed
: 115 knots
VTOL (flaps): 100%
Roll: 25%
Gear: down
AG1: Enabled (eliminates bounce landing)

Flight speed:
Flight speed: Mach 0.78 (450 knots) - TAS
Maximum operating speed: Mach 0.82 (470 knots) - TAS
optional:
Not more than 250 knots below 10,000ft - IAS as per regulations

Credit

@GalacticaAsia for A310-300[GE]
@Blaine114 for the crane logo on the A320-200 Lufthansa

Ich wünsche Ihnen einen angenehmen Flug

(means "have a nice flight" in german)

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 144.0ft (43.9m)
  • Length 153.1ft (46.7m)
  • Height 53.9ft (16.4m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 86,763lbs (39,355kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.319
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.034
  • Wing Loading 26.2lbs/ft2 (127.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 3,311.1ft2 (307.6m2)
  • Drag Points 9592

Parts

  • Number of Parts 464
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 3,052
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    tags: @SimlpeVietnam

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    Please upvote to motivate me to produce more quality planes.

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    @aviationVietNam okie

    yesterday
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    @CaptainBrayden It will probably take me 4-5 days to complete it.

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    @aviationVietNam ok ty

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    @CaptainBrayden well, maybe this is a bit beyond my ability and actually the cyprus airway paint is quite complicated, but i will try

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    @aviationVietNam i dare you to try Cyprus a220 reg:5B-DEB

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