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Table 3.6 System of airplanes heavier than air
Use of plane Weight class Takeoff and

landing
facilities

Operational range Wing

assembly
order

Wing
assembly
number

Propulsion
type

Number
of jet
engines

Traffic According to the guideline of the

international and national organizations
of the civil aviation

Land Short (\1,000 km, i.e.,

540 nmi),

High One Four stroke

engine with
propeller

One

Journey Water Middle (from 1,000 to

3,000 km, i.e., from 540
to 1,620 nmi)

Shoulder One and a

half

Jet engine Two

Business Amphibious

airplane

Long ([3,000 km, i.e.,
1,620 nmi)

Middle Double,

three

Three

Armed forces Low Multi Four

Sport and
acrobatic
formation

Multi