Caravelle

E196165

jet airliner short- to medium-range airliner

The Caravelle is a French short- to medium-range jet airliner introduced in the 1950s, notable for being one of the first successful jet-powered passenger aircraft and for its distinctive rear-mounted engines.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Caravelle canonical	2
Caravelle series	1
Sud Aviation Caravelle	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jet airliner ⓘ short- to medium-range airliner ⓘ
aircraftCategory	narrow-body airliner ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration	twinjet ⓘ
aircraftFamily	Caravelle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Caravelle series
aircraftRole	civil transport ⓘ passenger airliner ⓘ
construction	all-metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
crew	2 pilots ⓘ
designFeature	T-tail ⓘ circular fuselage cross-section ⓘ clean low-wing design ⓘ
developedBy	France ⓘ
developedInDecade	1950s ⓘ
engineConfiguration	rear-mounted ⓘ
engineType	turbofan ⓘ turbojet ⓘ
enteredServiceWith	Air France ⓘ
firstFlight	1955-05-27 ⓘ
firstOperator	Air France ⓘ
fuselagePosition	low-wing ⓘ
introduced	1959 ⓘ
landingGear	tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer	SNCASE ⓘ Aérospatiale ⓘ surface form: Sud Aviation
notableFeature	distinctive rear-mounted engines ⓘ one of the first successful jet-powered passenger aircraft ⓘ
numberOfEngines	2 ⓘ
operationalEra	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ
originatedAs	French government requirement for a medium-range airliner ⓘ
pressurization	pressurized cabin ⓘ
primaryUser	Air France ⓘ Scandinavian Airlines ⓘ surface form: Scandinavian Airlines System
propulsionBy	Pratt & Whitney JT8D ⓘ surface form: Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon engines
status	retired from commercial service ⓘ
successor	Airbus A300 ⓘ surface form: Airbus A300 (by French industry lineage)
tailConfiguration	T-tail ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity	80 ⓘ 90 ⓘ
usedBy	Asian airlines ⓘ European airlines ⓘ South American airlines ⓘ
usedFor	medium-haul routes ⓘ short-haul routes ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aérospatiale → majorProduct → Caravelle ⓘ

Rolls-Royce Avon engine → usedIn → Caravelle ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon

this entity surface form: Sud Aviation Caravelle

Caravelle → aircraftFamily → Caravelle self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Sud Aviation Caravelle

this entity surface form: Caravelle series

Jat Airways → operatedAircraftType → Caravelle ⓘ