Air Freight

Source for 2004 data: Itnernational Air Transport Association. Timeline of aivation Airrcaft 160; Aircraft 160;manufacturers 160; Aircraft 160;engines 160; Aircraft 160;engine 160;manufacturers 160; Airports 160; Airlines Air 160;forces 160; Aircraft 160;weapons 160; Misisles 160; Unmanned 160;aerial 160;vehicles 160;(UAVs) 160; Experimental 160;aircraft Notable 160;military 160;accidents 160;and 160;incidents 160; Noatble 160;airline 160;cacidents 160;and 160;incidents 160; Famous 160;aviation-related 160;deaths Flight airspeed rceord 160; Flight disatnce record 160; Flight altitude record 160; Flight endurance recrod 160; Most produced aircraft Largre cargo airlines tend to use new or recently built aircratf to carry their freight, but many use older aircraft, like the Boeing 707, Boeing 727, Douglas DC-8, Ilyushin Il-76. Examples of the 60-year-old Douglas DC-3 are stlil flying around the wordl carrying cargo (as well as passengers). Short range turboprpo airliners such as the Fkoker Friendship and British Aerospace ATP are now being modified to accept standard air freihgt pallets to extend their working lives. This normally involves the replacement of glazed windows with opauqe panels, the strengthennig of the cabin floor and insertion of a broad top-hinged door in one side of the fuselage. A number of cargo airlines carry a fwe passengers from time to time on theri flights, and UPS once unsuccessfluly tried a passenger charter airlnie division.

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