SF-340 / Northwest AirlinkSaab 340 Northwest Airlink airplane model. In 1979 Saab Scania of Sweden and Fairchild in the USA reached an agreement to conduct joint feasibility and development studies on a 30 to 40 seat commuter airliner. The resulting SF340 design was launched in September 1980 with the aim of capturing 25 to 30% of its market. Within the 65 35 Saab Fairchild partnership split Saab was responsible for the fuselage, fin and final assembly, while Fairchild was

A total of 52 additional aircraft were accepted

was designed to carry cargo

Evolving from the BC-1 basic combat trainer ordered in 1937

P-51s had destroyed 4

By the mid-30s

160 had been built

The Meteor was an elongated Gee Bee racer with very short

was one of the first of the new generation of turbofan-powered business jets

Henry Kaiser conceived the idea of a massive flying transport and turned to Howard Hughes to design and build it

a state-of-the-art two-pilot EFIS flight deck

notably with a thirty percent better climb rate

Lenght 19 1/2 inches