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ATR-72 CSA

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CSA Czech Airlines a.s. (Czech: CSA Ceské aerolinie, a.s.) is the national airline of the Czech Republic. Its head office on the grounds of Václav Havel Airport Prague in Ruzyne, Prague. CSA was the second airline in the world to initiate successful jet airliner services (in 1957 using the Tu-104) and simultaneously the first airline to fly regular jet-only routes (between Prague and Moscow).Today, it operates scheduled, charter and cargo services.

The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airlinermanufactured by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. It was developed as a stretched variant of the ATR 42, and entered service in 1989. It has been typically employed as a regional airliner, although other roles have been performed by the type such as corporate transport, cargo aircraft and maritime patrol aircraft. Successive models of the ATR 72 have been introduced, a single aircraft can seat up to 78 passengers in a single-class configuration.

Take off speed ~200
Cockpit view - camera 1

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 48.3ft (14.7m)
  • Length 48.4ft (14.8m)
  • Height 14.4ft (4.4m)
  • Empty Weight 7,860lbs (3,565kg)
  • Loaded Weight 17,051lbs (7,734kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.351
  • Wing Loading 61.5lbs/ft2 (300.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 277.2ft2 (25.8m2)
  • Drag Points 5408

Parts

  • Number of Parts 231
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 958