Javelin Sojourner

Javelin Sojourner

Javelin J-1050 Sojourner.
Type	Wide-body airliner
Place of origin	Nouvelle Alexandrie
Designed	Javelin Industries Kerularios & Company
Manufacturer	Javelin Industries
Crew	2 pilots
Seating	349 passengers (3-class)
Length	76.5 m
Height	19.7 m
Wingspan	71.8 m
Wing area	517 m2
Empty weight	145,000 kg
Fuel weight	159,000 kg
Max takeoff weight	344,000 kg
Powerplant	2x turbofans, 490 kN each
Max speed	Mach 0.87
Cruise speed	Mach 0.84
Range	17,560 km
Service ceiling	13,100 m
Wing loading	665 kg/m2

The Javelin J-1050 Sojourner is a widebody airliner designed by Javelin Industries. It is large, subsonic, and designed to have a long service range to cover long international flights around Micras.

The J-1050 is available in two versions. One version is the base passenger version that can handle 407 passengers in a 3-class layout. The other version is a freighter version, the J-1050F which can transport up to 102 metric tons of cargo.

Beginning in 1704 AN the J-1050F began to be delivered to air forces of the Benacian Union and Hurmu as part of orders placed under the Osman-Spiik Accord of 1703 AN. In military service the cargo transport variant has received the Raspur Pact designation of C-12 Sojourner. Forty C-12 were delivered between 1704 AN and 1716 AN, with the New Alexandrian government placing an order for a further forty in 1716 AN in an effort to maintain the manufacturing capabilities and assembly line for future use.

Indeed, the hand of the Community of Goldfield came to be suspected in the sudden decision of a number of airlines and cargo haulage companies in the member states of that bloc to place orders with Javelin Industries for the Sojourner during the course of 1716 AN. Although certainly airframes such as the Floret were nearing the end of their service lives, the push for a standardised airframe, rumoured to be funded by disguised subsidies made available via loans from the Honourable Company, indicated a desire by certain parties to build up a potentially dual-use fleet of long-range air transports. In any event, the aviation industry of Nouvelle Alexandrie, along with its associated supply chains stretching out across Constancia, Western Natopia, and the Benacian Union, was the immediate beneficiary, with order books that would take the better part of a decade to fulfil.

Operators

Civil

•  Javelin Industries:
  • 1x J-1050F(X) modified testbed for airborne trials of the Basilisk Beam directed-energy countermeasure suite (flown 1699 AN–1703 AN, retired)
•  Greater Elwynnese Airlines: 130x J-1050 ordered, 1716 AN
•  Łoïdnos: 260x J-1050 ordered, 1716 AN
•  Air Constancia: 74x J-1050 ordered, 1716 AN
•  ESB Logistics: 290x J-1050F ordered 1716 AN
•  Havâpeymâye Shahrokh: 54x J-1050F ordered 1716 AN
•  Imperial Constancian Airways Corporation: 250x J-1050 & 4x J-1050F ordered, 1716 AN
•  Hurmu Air Service: 80x J-1050 ordered, 1716 AN
•  Air Alduria: 88x J-1050 ordered, 1716 AN
•  AirImperial: 3x J-1050 in service, 21 J-1050 ordered, 1716 AN

Military

•  Benacian Union Defence Force: 24x J-1050F / C-12, delivered 1704 AN – 1716 AN
•  Hurmu Peace Corps: 16x J-1050F / C-12, delivered 1704 AN – 1716 AN
•  Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie: 40x J-1050F / C-12 ordered 1716 AN
•  Imperial Constancian Air Force: 20x J-1050F / C-12 ordered 1716 AN; 5 J-1050V ordered 1717 AN