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Ra-62
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Role Narrow-body jet airliner
National origin Cacerta
Design group Ranier Aircraft
First flight 24 March 1962
Introduction 11 January 1964
Status In service
Primary user Royal Cacertian Air Carriers
Gyliair
Produced 1963-Present

The Ranier Ra-62 is a Cacertian long-range narrow-body jetliner designed by Ranier Aircraft and first flown in March 1962. With a capacity of almost 200 passengers, the Ra-62 was one of Tyran’s pioneering long-range aircraft designs and was the first of its type to be operated by Cacerta. The Ra-62 entered service with the Royal Cacertian Air Carriers on 11 January 1964 making its first passenger flight from Fumicino to Mişeyáke. In 1965, the Ra-62 achieved the fastest crossing of the Bara Sea by a subsonic jet airliner.

Gyliair began purchasing and operating Ra-62s in 1966 as the largest narrow-body aircraft in their fleet at the time. The Ra-62s went on to be the standard long-range airliner for both RCAC and Gyliair for several decades until being retired from Cacertian service in 2002. They continue to be operated by Gyliair into the present day with manufacturing being transferred to Gylias’ Miyashita Industries in 1995, although Ranier Aircraft still continues to provide mechanical and technical support.

The spiritual successors of the Ra-62s in the RCAC fleet are the wide-body Ra-86 and Ra-96.

Development

Design

Operational History

Operators

Civil Operators

Current

Former

Government Operators

Current

Specifications

General Characteristics

  • Crew: 5 (captain, first officer, fight engineer, navigator, radio officer); 4 - 8 cabin crew
  • Capacity: 168 - 186 passengers
  • Length: 53.12 m (174 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 43.2 m (141 ft 9 in)
  • Height: 12.35 m (40 ft 6 in)
  • Wing Area: 279.55 m² (3,009.1 ft²)
  • Gross Weight: 71,600 kg (157,851 lbs)
  • Max Takeoff Weight: 165,000 kg (363,763 lbs)
  • Fuel Capacity: 105,000 l (23,200 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × EDA-1962 Afterburning Turbojet

Performance

  • Maximum Speed: Mach 0.72 (900 km/h, 559 mph) at altitude
  • Range: 10,000 km (6,200 mi, 5,400 nmi)
  • Service Ceiling: 12,000 m (39,000 ft) at maximum cruising height
  • Rate of Climb: 18 m/s (3,500 ft/min)