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Baen Avionics is an aircraft design and production company based in Faneria active in both the military procurement and civilian flight spheres. Founded in 1927 as a military aircraft producer, Baen designs, builds, and sells civilian and military craft direct-to-consumer, to airline companies, and directly to the Fhainnin government and approved foreign states. | Baen Avionics is an aircraft design and production company based in Faneria and active in both the military procurement and civilian flight spheres. Founded in 1927 as a military aircraft producer, Baen designs, builds, and sells civilian and military craft direct-to-consumer, to airline companies, and directly to the Fhainnin government and approved foreign states. Due to its recent predominance in the Fhainnin military market, expansion into air transit through Baen Air International, its continued production of luxury supersonic transport and cargo aircraft, and its large helicopter sector, Baen Avionics with its subsidiaries included is the fourth largest aircraft company in the world by income; it additionally controls a large section of the world rotor aircraft market. | ||
Baen is known for it proclivity towards experimental aircraft designs such as delta wing, variable sweep wing, and flying wing aircraft, particularly in its role as a military supplier. It currently supplies several larger sweep-wing aircraft to the Fhainnin government as well as heavy strike drones, though it has shied away from variable-geometry airframes since the 1980s due to the cumulative additional maintenance associated with a large fleet of sweep-wing craft. The state-owned company [[Ginearált Aeirbreach]] is the other major supplier of Fhainnin military aircraft, and the two companies have competed bitterly for contracts since the production of Baen's modern line of delta-wing air superiority fighters soundly defeated GA's interceptor jet program. | |||
== Baen Air International == | == Baen Air International == | ||
In addition to production, Baen Avionics owns Baen International, a subsidiary consumer air travel company that operates in the northern hemisphere and select regions in the southern hemisphere, namely [[Sarpedon]]. | In addition to production, Baen Avionics owns Baen International, a subsidiary consumer air travel company that operates in the northern hemisphere and select regions in the southern hemisphere, namely [[Sarpedon]]. | ||
=Products= | =Products= | ||
===Number Series=== | ===Number Series=== | ||
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== Prewar and Wartime Aircraft == | == Prewar and Wartime Aircraft == | ||
===BA-1.103 Oalkbaet=== | ===BA-1.103 Oalkbaet=== | ||
[[File:Morane-Saulnier MS.227.jpg|left|thumb|(Morane-Saulnier MS.227)]] | [[File:Morane-Saulnier MS.227.jpg|left|thumb|200px|(Morane-Saulnier MS.227)]] | ||
The Oalkbet, named for a township Baen visited in [[Hendalarsk]], was the first aircraft commissioned by the Fhainnin military from BA. While proving difficult to maintain, it was easily adaptable into a floatplane variant and was accepted by the Navy as a result. The frame featured an experimental engine which proved tempermental. | |||
===BA-1.107=== | ===BA-1.107=== | ||
[[File:Mraz-Bibi-1254.jpg|left|thumb]] | [[File:Mraz-Bibi-1254.jpg|left|thumb|200px]] | ||
===BA-2.105 'Dart'=== | ===BA-2.105 'Dart'=== | ||
[[File:PZL.38 Wilk 2.jpg|left|thumb|(PZL.38 Wilk)]] | [[File:PZL.38 Wilk 2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|(PZL.38 Wilk)]] | ||
===BA-2.118 'Gallop'=== | ===BA-2.118 'Gallop'=== | ||
[[File:BeaufortIIa.jpg|left|thumb|(Bristol Beaufort)]] | [[File:BeaufortIIa.jpg|left|thumb|200px|(Bristol Beaufort)]] | ||
===BA-1.122=== | ===BA-1.122=== | ||
[[File:Payen b.jpg|left|thumb|(Payen 22/101)]] | [[File:Payen b.jpg|left|thumb|200px|(Payen 22/101)]] | ||
===BA-5.413=== | ===BA-5.413=== | ||
[[File:Payen PA-112.jpg|left|thumb|(Payen 112)]] | [[File:Payen PA-112.jpg|left|thumb|200px|(Payen 112)]] | ||
===BA-4.129=== | ===BA-4.129=== | ||
[[File:XB35-11 300.jpg|left|thumb|(Northrop YB-35)]] | [[File:XB35-11 300.jpg|left|thumb|200px|(Northrop YB-35)]] | ||
== Postwar Aircraft == | == Postwar Aircraft == | ||
[[File:Hirsch 100 Musee du Bourget P1020204.JPG|left|thumb|(Hirsch H.100)]] | [[File:Hirsch 100 Musee du Bourget P1020204.JPG|left|thumb|200px|(Hirsch H.100)]] | ||
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[[File:Mirage 2000C in-flight 2 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|(Mirage 2000)]] | [[File:Mirage 2000C in-flight 2 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|200px|(Mirage 2000)]] | ||
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==Modern Aircraft== | ==Modern Aircraft== | ||
<s>BA-300s were introduced with the advent of jet and later {{Wp|turbofan}} engines, and similarly feature fixed-wing aircraft. The BA-300s were envisioned as large passenger planes and continue to persist as Baen's main line of civilian transit craft, and additionally have found roles in military transport and cargo flight roles. Currently, the {{wp|Ilyushin Il-76|BA-331}} and {{wp|Tupolev Tu-154|BA-337}} are the most commonly used 300-series craft, with plans to expand the range with the expected BA-345 Globemaster.</s> | |||
The {{wp|Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21|BA-403}} was an experimental supersonic delta-wing civilian aircraft which failed to attract international attention due to its high requirements for maintenance and avante-garde design theory. Later models such as the {{wp|Tupolev Tu-144|BA-412}} serve a niche role for business transit, organ transport, and other high-cost, high-speed transport applications. | |||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
[[Category:Companies of Faneria]] | [[Category:Companies of Faneria]] | ||