Medium vs Heavy
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Medium vs Heavy
Good day. Apart from wake turbulence categories, what is the dividing line between medium lift transport aircraft and heavy lift transport aircraft?
2 Engines-medium; 4-engines-heavy....appx.
Now you are scoring it on `noise`!..2 Allisons would be enough.
prOOne,...from a distance,maybe!
if you rate it on noise,then the B-36 has it...
if you rate it on noise,then the B-36 has it...
Another distinction, perhaps more purpose-based, is strategic versus tactical airlift. The boundaries, of course, are not inviolable, but take for example the strategic airlifts, C-5's, C-17 and the venerable C-141, versus tactical airlifts like the C-130, C-123, C-7 and many others. Distance, capacity, speed distinguish these.