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emergency. There are some possible drawbacks, as the restrictions executed by joint development, the punishments that would be suffered by both civil and military airplanes, and the difficulty in discovering an organizational structure that authorizes their compromise. Some features appropriate to a military aircraft would have to be rejected, because they are not suitable for a civil freighter. Moreover, each airplane would have to carry some weight which it would not carry if it were independently designed. This additional weight lessens the payload and the profitability of the commercial version. This could either be compensated by a transfer payment at acquisition, or an operating penalty compensation payment. Most important, it is not clear that there will be an adequate market for the civil version or that it will be cost competitive with derivatives of passenger aircraft.
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carriers stating that they could consistently earn a profit if they had such an aircraft. To help resolve this disagreement, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected two contractors, Douglas Aircraft Co. and Lockheed-Georgia Co., to independently evaluate the possibility of producing such a freighter by 1990. This was done as part of the Cargo/Logistics Airlift Systems Study (CLASS). At comparable payloads, dedicated cargo aircraft was said to provide a 20 percent reduction in trip cost and a 15 percent decrease in aircraft price compared to other cargo aircraft. These findings, however, are extremely sensitive to assumptions about fuel and labor costs and, most particularly, to growth in demand for air cargo services. Further, it ignores the competitive situation brought about by the lower capital costs of future derivative air cargo aircraft.
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increase in online shopping through retailers like Amazon and eBay. Since most of these items are made all over the world, air cargo is used to get it from point A to point B as fast as possible. Air cargo significantly adds to the world trade value, Air cargo transports over US$ 6 trillion worth of goods, accounting for approximately 35% of world trade by value. This helps producers keep the costs of goods down, allows consumers to be able to purchase more items, and allows stores to remain with goods on the shelf.
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results, with the potential of significantly lowering operating costs and fuel usage. Such a high overhead raises the price of the airplane and its direct operating cost (because of depreciation and insurance costs) and increases the financial risks to investors, especially since it would be competing with derivatives which have much smaller development costs per unit and which themselves have incorporated some of the cost-reducing technology.
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A dedicated commercial air freighter is an airplane which has been designed from the beginning as a freighter, with no restrictions caused by either passenger or military requirements. Over the years, there has been a dispute concerning the cost effectiveness of such an airplane, with some cargo
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The main advantage of the dedicated air freighter is that it can be designed specifically for air freight demand, providing the type of loading and unloading, flooring, fuselage configuration, and pressurization which are optimized for its mission. Moreover, it can make full use of NASA's ACEE
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Cargo aircraft has had many uses throughout the years, but the current importance of cargo aircraft is not highly talked about. Cargo planes today can carry almost everything ranging from perishables and supplies to fully built cars and livestock. The most use of cargo aircraft comes from the
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was announced, the maker originally accepted orders for the freighter version A380F, offering the second largest payload capacity of any cargo aircraft, exceeded only by the An-225. An aerospace consultant has estimated that the A380F would have 7% better payload and better range than the
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Not only is air cargo important in the delivery and shipping aspect, it is also highly important in the job industry. Air cargo companies around the United States employ over 250,000 workers, U.S. cargo airlines employed 268,730 workers in August 2023, 34% of the industry total.
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was originally designed to the same specification as the C-5, but later modified as a design that could be offered as either passenger or all-freight versions. The "bump" on the top of the fuselage allows the crew area to be clear of the
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not been designed specifically for air cargo, loading and unloading is not optimized; the aircraft may be pressurized more than necessary, and there may be unnecessary apparatus for passenger safety.
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to allow the cargo area to sit near the ground, numerous wheels to allow it to land at unprepared locations, and a high-mounted tail to allow cargo to be driven directly into and off the aircraft.
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Nearly all commercial cargo aircraft presently in the fleet are derivatives or transformations of passenger aircraft. However, there are three other methods to the development of cargo aircraft.
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as early as 1911. Although the earliest aircraft were not designed primarily as cargo carriers, by the mid-1920s aircraft manufacturers were designing and building dedicated cargo aircraft.
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fuselage. Interconnecting 1.5โ15.2-metre-long (5โ50 ft) long aluminum containers carry the flight loads, aiming to lower overseas airfreight costs by 60%, and plan to convert
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during the early 1920s, the need was recognized for a freighter aircraft to transport troops and material quickly to pacify tribal revolts in the newly occupied territories of the
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which was easier to move about in when landed. The C-47s were quickly removed from service, and from then on flat-decks were a requirement of all new cargo designs.
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November 2020 Emirates started offering an A380 mini-freighter, which allows for 50 tons of cargo in the belly of the plane.
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Aircraft designed for cargo flight usually have features that distinguish them from conventional passenger aircraft: a wide/tall fuselage cross-section, a
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freighter conversions, but only a few were built. Most other forces used freighter versions of airliners in the cargo role as well, most notably the
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December 2017 with a
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2356:"Available Aircraft Feedstock Limiting Cargo Conversions"
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Congress: Office of Technology Assessment.
1974:"Flying in Cargo Class: The Anatomy of an Air Freighter"
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between decks, LCF Conversions wants to convert A330/
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2225:"Emirates SkyCargo introduces A380 'mini-freighter'"
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Aircraft configured specifically to transport cargo
2440:"Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Head Toward Flight Tests"
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2459:"The Week In Technology, March 19โ23, 2018"
2333:Impact of Advanced Air Transport Technology
2035:Airlift A History of Military Air Transport
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1403:Comparison of cargo aircraft capabilities
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2423:Aircraft Value News (November 26, 2018).
127:Learn how and when to remove this message
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2197:Ramanujan, Sukanya (11 November 2020).
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2098:. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books.
2075:Andrews and Morgan 1988, pp. 158โ159.
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2147:"Hi Fly converts A380 for cargo use"
1182:de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
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2532:"Hifly Cargo - Airbus A380, 9H-MIP"
2303:Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2054:Johnson, Brian & Cozens, H. I.
2037:Shrewsbury Airlife Publishing 1986
674:Joint civil-military cargo aircraft
381:-equipped, late WW II era American
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661:Dedicated civilian cargo aircraft
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522:Derivatives of non-cargo aircraft
2145:McWhirter, Alex (10 July 2020).
2084:Andrews and Morgan 1988, p. 157.
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2457:Graham Warwick (Mar 19, 2018).
2354:Ben Hargreaves (Sep 27, 2018).
2120:"A380 Freighter Specifications"
2056:Bombers The Weapon of Total War
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598:. Voyageur Aviation located in
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2567:History of the Airmail Service
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2438:Graham Warwick (Feb 2, 2018).
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2249:Nelson, Kristi (2021-02-01).
2011:. May 8, 2019. Archived from
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2326:"Future Air Cargo Aircraft"
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1375:Experimental cargo aircraft
1366:Military transport aircraft
1303:Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
1197:Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
1113:Aero Spacelines Super Guppy
761:Chinese Academy of Sciences
693:Chinese Academy of Sciences
576:Israel Aerospace Industries
452:military transport aircraft
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2251:"The History of Air Cargo"
1988:"World Air Cargo Forecast"
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786:Boeing Cargo Air Vehicle
770:Chinese package carrier
683:Unpiloted cargo aircraft
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1828:3900 km (2105 nmi)
1333:Lockheed C-130 Hercules
1238:Military cargo aircraft
1058:McDonnell Douglas MD-11
1053:McDonnell Douglas DC-10
797:Carpinteria, California
615:McDonnell Douglas MD-11
568:McDonnell Douglas MD-80
534:converted freighter of
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249:Lockheed C-130 Hercules
2562:Airlift Cargo Aircraft
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2389:"Converting the A340"
2094:Kay, Anthony (2004).
1364:Further information:
1313:Handley Page Hastings
1280:Antonov An-124 Ruslan
1192:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
1171:Cessna 408 SkyCourier
1017:British Aerospace ATP
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882:(Transatlantic mail)
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815:H with the help of
776:Tengoen Technologies
695:flying an unpiloted
514:Cargo aircraft types
310:who flew nearly 500
269:Antonov An-225 Mriya
145:Volga-Dnepr Airlines
61:improve this article
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1328:Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
1226:vertical stabilizer
1043:Handley Page Herald
927:Converted airliners
817:Wagner Aeronautical
459:Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
383:Budd RB-1 Conestoga
349:German design, the
176:fixed-wing aircraft
2151:Business Traveller
1976:. 4 February 2015.
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1250:Airbus A400M Atlas
1160:CASA C-212 Aviocar
1096:Oversize transport
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1746:Boeing 767
1679:Boeing 757
1656:Boeing 737
1392:LTV XC-142
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995:Boeing 777
990:Boeing 767
985:Boeing 757
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