Jet Engines
This company is typically known for manufacturing large appliances (e.g., refrigerators, dishwashers), but, indeed, they are also known for their jet engines.
What is General Electric (GE)?
This first Boeing aircraft launched their series of 7x7 jetliners.
What is the (Boeing) 707?
It is known as the only supersonic jetliner to actually be somewhat economically viable when compared to any rivals out there.
What is the Concorde?
The largest low-cost carrier in the world.
What is Southwest (Airlines)?
The three most common classes found in jetliners today are first, ________, and economy.
What is business?
This British company is better known for their manufacturing of high-end automobiles, but they are indeed a manufacturer of jet engines as well.
What is Rolls-Royce?
Known by its distinctive "hump," this aircraft is also known as "Queen of the Skies."
What is the (Boeing) 747?
A very popular narrow body aircraft that was controversial in the 1980s when its fly-by-wire system locked controls for the pilots and crashed as a result.
What is the (Airbus) A320?
Northwest Airlines, among others, merged with this airline that is still in operations today.
What is Delta (Air Lines)?
On many long-range wide-body jetliners, first class is arranged in a "herringbone layout" with this standard arrangement in seats per row.
What is 1X2X1?
One option for powerplants on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and the only option for Boeing's 747-8.
What is the (General Electric) GEnx?
This aircraft looks similar to the first ever American jetliner, but it's just a rival to it.
What is the (Douglas) DC-8?
The joint British-French project was not the first ever supersonic jetliner to ever take to the skies. This aircraft, manufactured in the former USSR, was.
What is the (Tupolev) Tu-144?
This airline is actually an acronym in which three of its letters represents two distinct sub-jurisdictions of that country.
What is QANTAS?
This jetliner has its economy seats arranged in a 3X3X3 layout or 2X4X2 layout, although only one example of the latter arrangement exists today on just one airline.
What is the (Boeing) 787 (Dreamliner)?
The European option for a powerplant on the Airbus A380.
What is the (Rolls-Royce) Trent 900?
Before supersonic jetliners were in vogue, this aircraft sought to have an edge over its competitors by focusing on speed.
What is the Convair 880?
This aircraft was built in response to its predecessor's lack of range, and is pretty much identical to its predecessor except for its fuselage length.
What is the (Airbus) A310?
This airline does not spell part of its name in the traditional U.S. sense, but is still a legitimate spelling for where this airline is based.
What is Aer Lingus?
For economy class, both the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 can arrange their seats per row using this layout.
What is 3X4X3?
This jet engine manufacturer headquartered in Connecticut is indeed Boeing's first supplier of jet engines for their jetliners.
What is Pratt and Whitney (P&W)?
Behind the "Queen of the Skies," this is the second ever wide-body jet to be produced in the U.S.
What is the (McDonnell Douglas) DC-10?
This aircraft, built by the Soviets, was the first ever wide-body jetliner ever assembled in the USSR.
What is the (Ilyushin) Il-86?
At one point, this airline was the official airline of Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL.
What is Eastern (Air Lines)?
In the late 1950s, Pan Am bought rival aircraft because the first jetliner that them and Boeing developed was, in Pan Am's mind, insufficient with regard to this seating arrangement in economy class on the Boeing.
What is 3X2 (or what is 2X3)?