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x Bell P-59A Bell P-59A Fighter aircraft Bell Aircraft  
The Bell P-59 Airacomet was the first American jet fighter aircraft, designed and built during World War II. The United States Army Air Forces was not impressed by its performance and cancelled the contract when fewer than half of the aircraft...
x P-80 Shooting Star P80 Fighter aircraft Lockheed Corporation Clarence Johnson
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces, and saw extensive combat in Korea with the United States Air Force as the F-80. As one of the world's first successful turbojet...
x Nakajima Kikka Kikka Kamikaze Nakajima Aircraft Company Kazuo Ohno
The Nakajima Kikka (中島 橘花, "Orange Blossom") was Japan's first jet-powered aircraft. It was developed late in World War II and the first prototype had only flown once before the end of the conflict. It also called as Kōkoku Nigō Heiki (皇国二号兵器, ...
Bomber Kenichi Matsumura
Attack aircraft
Ground attack aircraft
x Sukhoi Su-9 (1946) Sukhoi Su-9 (1946) Fighter aircraft Sukhoi  
The Sukhoi Su-9, or Samolyet K (Russian: Aircraft K), was an early jet fighter aircraft built in the Soviet Union shortly after World War II. The Su-9 also served as the basis for the Su-11 (Samolyet LK) and Su-13 (Samolyet TK). While it bore a...
x Curtiss P-40 Curtiss P-40E Warhawk 2 USAF Fighter aircraft Curtiss-Wright  
The Curtiss P-40 was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by the air forces of 28 nations, including those of most Allied powers during World War II, and remained...
x Heinkel He 177 Heinkel He 177 Heavy bomber Heinkel  
The Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) was a long-range bomber of the Luftwaffe. This troubled aircraft was the only heavy bomber built in large numbers by Germany during World War II. Luftwaffe aircrew nicknamed it the Luftwaffenfeuerzeug (Luftwaffe's...
Arado Flugzeugwerke
x Dornier Do 217   Bomber Dornier Flugzeugwerke  
The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by German Luftwaffe during World War II as a more powerful version of the Dornier Do 17, known as the Fliegender Bleistift (German: "flying pencil"). Designed in 1937 and 1938, its design was refined and...
Night-fighter
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x Focke-Wulf Ta 183 El cuervo Huckebein Fighter aircraft Focke-Wulf Hans Multhopp
The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein was a jet-powered fighter aircraft, designed during World War II as the successor to the Messerschmitt Me 262 and other day fighters in Luftwaffe service. It was developed only to the extent of wind tunnel models when...
Kurt Tank
x Messerschmitt Bf 108 A Messerschmitt BF, the type of aircraft that Erich Hoenmanns flew. Communications Messerschmitt Willy Messerschmitt
The Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun was a German single-engine sports and touring aircraft developed by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (Bavarian Aircraft Works). The Bf 108 was of all-metal construction. The Bf 109 fighter used many of the same design...
x Messerschmitt Bf 109 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Fighter aircraft Messerschmitt Willy Messerschmitt
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era, including such features as an all-metal monocoque construction, a closed...
x Messerschmitt Bf 110 Messerschmitt Bf 110 Night Fighter Messerschmitt Willy Messerschmitt
The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often (erroneously) called Me 110, was a twin-engine heavy fighter (Zerstörer - German for "Destroyer") in the service of the Luftwaffe during World War II. Hermann Göring was a proponent of the Bf 110, and nicknamed it his...
Fighter-bomber
Ground attack aircraft
x Messerschmitt Me 163 Messerschmitt Me 163 Interceptor Messerschmitt Alexander Lippisch
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, designed by Alexander Martin Lippisch, was a German rocket-powered fighter aircraft. As of 2009, it remains the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft to have ever been operational. Its design was revolutionary, and the...
x Messerschmitt Me 210 Messerschmitt Me 210 Heavy fighter Messerschmitt  
The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a German heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft of World War II. The Me 210 was designed to replace the Bf 110 in heavy fighter role, design started before the opening of World War II. The first examples of the Me 210...
x Messerschmitt Me 410 /wikipedia/images/en_id/303038 Multirole fighter-bomber Messerschmitt  
The Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse ("Hornet") was a German heavy fighter and Schnellbomber used by Luftwaffe during World War II developed from the badly flawed Me 210. Essentially a straightforward modification of that type, the Me 210 had garnered...
x Messerschmitt Me 264 Messerschmitt Me 264 Long-range bomber Messerschmitt  
The Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika was a long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft developed during World War II for the German Luftwaffe. It was intended to support U-boat operations far into the Atlantic, serving both as a scout to direct the...
x Eclipse 500 The Eclipse 500, certified 2006-09-30 Very Light Jet Eclipse Aviation  
The Eclipse Aviation 500 is a small six-seat business jet aircraft that was manufactured by Eclipse Aviation. The Eclipse 500 became the first of a new class of Very Light Jets (VLJ) when the first jet was delivered in late 2006. The aircraft is...
x Rutan Long-EZ NOAA-Long-EZ     Burt Rutan
The Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ is a homebuilt aircraft with a canard layout designed by Burt Rutan's Rutan Aircraft Factory. It is derived from the VariEze, which was first offered to homebuilders in 1976. The prototype (N79RA) of the Long-EZ first flew...
x Rutan VariEze Rutan VariEze     Burt Rutan
The Rutan VariEze is a composite, canard aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. It is a fairly high-performance homebuilt, hundreds of which have been constructed. The design later evolved into the Long-EZ and other, larger cabin canard aircraft. The...
x Rutan Quickie Rutan quickie q2   Quickie Aircraft Burt Rutan
The Quickie is a light single seat homebuilt aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. One of the dozens of unconventional aircraft penned by Rutan for the general aviation market, the original Quickie is Model 54 in Rutan’s design series. The Q2 is a two...
x Rutan Defiant Rutan Defiant N57KS.     Burt Rutan
The Rutan Model 40 Defiant is a four-seat, twin-engine aircraft with the engines in a push-pull configuration. It was designed by well-known aerospace engineer Burt Rutan for the Rutan Aircraft Factory. The prototype Defiant, N78RA, first flew on 30...
x Rutan VariViggen Variviggen Light aircraft Scaled Composites Burt Rutan
The Rutan VariViggen is an airplane designed by Burt Rutan. He named it after the Swedish fighter plane, the Saab 37 Viggen, which had partially inspired his design. The aircraft is a two-seat (tandem arrangement), wood and fiberglass canard...
x Beechcraft Starship NASA-2000Starship Executive transport Beechcraft Burt Rutan
The Beechcraft Starship is a United States turboprop-powered six- to eight-passenger seat business aircraft. The design was originated by Beechcraft in January 1980 as Preliminary Design 330 (PD 330). Burt Rutan was subsequently retained to refine...
x Airbus A380 An airplane, an example of aviation technology Airliner European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS)  
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. The largest passenger airliner in the world, the A380 made its maiden flight on 27 April 2005 from Toulouse,...
Airbus
x Embraer Phenom 300 Embraer Phenom 300 concept as of May, 2005   Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica  
The Embraer Phenom 300 is a light jet aircraft developed by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. It can carry 8 or 9 occupants with a flying range of 1,971 nautical miles. Its price is estimated at US$ 8.14 million in 2010 economic...
x Embraer R-99 Embraer R-99A Erieye AEW&C platform   Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica  
The Embraer R-99 and P-99 are military versions of the ERJ 145 civil regional jet. The R-99 series are equipped with Rolls-Royce AE 3007 turbofan engines, although they are modified to provide 20% more thrust than the civil version. The first flight...
x Tupolev Tu-154 Tupolev Tu-154 Airliner Tupolev  
The Tupolev Tu-154 (Russian: Туполев Ту-154) (NATO reporting name Careless) is a Soviet medium-range trijet airliner designed in the mid 1960s. One of the notable civilian aircraft of its era, the Tu-154 has been the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet...
Aviakor
x MH-53 Pave Low CH-53 CM2 Heavy-lift helicopter Sikorsky Aircraft  
The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a long-range combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force. The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion. The HH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant...
x Northrop M2-F3 Northrop M2-F3 Lifting body Northrop Corporation  
The Northrop M2-F3 was rebuilt from the M2-F2 at Northrop and redesignated the M2-F3 after the M2-F2 crashed at the Dryden Flight Research Center in 1967. It was modified with an additional third vertical fin - centered between the tip fins - to...
x RWD-9   Sports plane RWD RWD
The RWD 9 was a Polish sports plane of 1934, constructed by the RWD team. The aircraft was a further development of the RWD 6 - the winner of the IIIrd Challenge de Tourisme International Challenge 1932 international tourist aircraft contest. The...
x ARH-70 ARH-70 Armed Reconnaissance helicopter Bell Helicopter Textron  
The Bell ARH-70 is a four-bladed, single-engine, light military helicopter designed for the United States Army's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program. With a crew of two and optimized for urban combat, the ARH-70 was slated to replace the...
x XA-38 Grizzly A-38 Grizzly Heavy attack Beechcraft  
The Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly was a United States ground attack aircraft, fitted with a forward-firing 75 mm cannon to attack heavily armored targets. The first prototype flew on 7 May 1944 but after testing it became obvious it would not be ready...
x Dassault Étendard VI   Prototype fighter aircraft Dassault Aviation  
The Dassault Étendard VI was a French prototype fighter aircraft initially developed as part of a NATO competition to find a standard fighter to serve amongst member air forces. Dassault took advantage of the fact that the French Air Force had...
Fighter aircraft
x Canadair CF-104 Canadair CF-104 Interceptor aircraft Canadair Lockheed Corporation
The Canadair CF-104 (CF-111, CL-90) was a modified version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft built in Canada by Canadair under licence. It served with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and later the Canadian Forces...
x A-12 Avenger II A-12 Avenger Concept All-weather stealth attack aircraft McDonnell Douglas  
The A-12 Avenger II was an American aircraft program from McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics intended to be an all-weather, carrier-based stealth bomber replacement for the A-6 Intruder in the United States Navy and Marines. The A-12 project was...
General Dynamics
x Percival Provost Percival Provost Military trainer aircraft Hunting Aircraft Henry Millicer
The Percival P.56 Provost was a British ab initio trainer for the Royal Air Force in the 1950s, replacing the Percival Prentice. It was a low-wing, monoplane with a fixed, tailwheel, undercarriage. Seating was side-by-side. After a lengthy service...
x BAC Strikemaster BAC Strikemaster Attack aircraft British Aircraft Corporation  
The BAC 167 Strikemaster was a British jet-powered training and light attack aircraft. It was a development of the Hunting Jet Provost trainer, itself a jet engined version of the Percival Provost, which originally flew in 1950 with a radial piston...
Ground attack aircraft
x Dassault Mirage G   Swing-wing multirole fighter aircraft Dassault Aviation  
The Dassault Mirage G was a French design for a fast swing-wing multirole jet fighter aircraft, capable of both interception and ground attack with a nuclear missile. A single-engine prototype testing variable-geometry techniques, the basic Mirage G...
Fighter aircraft
x Douglas DC-8 /wikipedia/images/commons_id/130757 Airliner Douglas Aircraft Company  
The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined jet airliner, manufactured from 1958 to 1972. Launched later than the competing Boeing 707, the DC-8 nevertheless established Douglas in a strong position in the airliner market, and remained in production until...
McDonnell Douglas
x F-14 Tomcat An F-14 Tomcat Fighter aircraft Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation  
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing aircraft. The F-14 was the United States Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1974 to...
Northrop Grumman
x Sukhoi Su-34 Su-34 former Su-32 former Su-34 former Su-32FN Fighter aircraft Sukhoi  
The Sukhoi Su-34 (Russian: Сухой Су-34) (export designation: Su-32, NATO reporting name: Fullback) is an advanced Russian 2-seat fighter-bomber. It is intended to eventually replace the Sukhoi Su-24. A dedicated fighter bomber version of the Sukhoi...
Bomber
x ATG Javelin Javelin-takeoff Civil utility aircraft Israel Aircraft Industries  
The ATG Javelin is a small high-speed personal jet being developed by the Aviation Technology Group (ATG). Planned for FAA certification under 14 CFR part 23, the Javelin has a design resembling a fighter aircraft, an unusual concept for civilian...
Military Aviation Technology Group
x AMD Zodiac ZenairCH 601XLN601XC Light-sport aircraft Aircraft Manufacturing and Development  
The Zodiac is a Canadian all-metal, two-seat, fixed tricycle gear airplane that first flew in 1984. The original CH 600 has evolved into a complete family of light aircraft including the 601 HD, 601 HDS and the 601 UL. The aircraft have been...
x Aérospatiale Puma Aérospatiale Puma Utility helicopter    
The Aérospatiale Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter. The Puma was originally manufactured by Sud Aviation of France under the designation SA.330. The SA.330 Puma was originally developed by Sud Aviation to meet a...
x De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter DeHavilland Single Otter Harbour Air STOL utility transport    
The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and highly successful Beaver, but was...
x Fairey Spearfish Fairey Spearfish Torpedo bomber Fairey Aviation  
The Fairey Spearfish was a 1940s British torpedo bomber designed and built by Fairey Aviation for the Fleet Air Arm. It was one of the largest single-engine aircraft to ever operate from a British aircraft carrier. The Spearfish was designed by...
x Beriev Be-30   Airliner Beriev Aircraft Company  
The Beriev Be-30, NATO codename "Cuff", is a Russian regional airliner and utility transport aircraft. It was developed specifically for Aeroflot local service routes using short, grass airstrips. It was also designed to be used in the light...
x PWS-26 PWS-26 Trainer aircraft Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów  
The PWS-26 was a Polish advanced training aircraft, used from 1937 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force, constructed in the PWS (Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów - Podlasie Aircraft Factory). It was the second most numerous Polish pre-war aircraft, after the...
x Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Fighter aircraft Mikoyan  
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19) (NATO reporting name: "Farmer") is a Soviet second-generation, single-seat, twin jet-engined fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in...
x Boeing C-22 C-22B Freight aircraft Boeing  
The Boeing C-22 was a US military version of the Boeing 727. The C-22B, a 727-100, was the primary medium-range aircraft used by the Air National Guard and National Guard Bureau to airlift personnel. They operated 3 Boeing 727-100 aircraft (C-22B)....
x Sikorsky S-62 HH52 Icebreaker lg SAR Sikorsky Aircraft  
The Sikorsky S-62 was a single turbine engine, single rotor amphibious helicopter originally developed as a commercial venture by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation of Stratford, Connecticut. It was used by the United States Coast Guard as the HH-52A...
Utility helicopter
x Abramovich flyer   Early experimental aircraft Vsevolod Abramovich  
The Abramovich flyer was an early aircraft built by Russian aviator Vsevolod Mikhailovich Abramovich in 1912, based on the Wright brothers' designs he had seen while working for their German subsidiary. Differences from the Wright designs of the...
x Curtiss XP-62 Curtiss XP-62 Fighter aircraft Curtiss-Wright  
The Curtiss XP-62 was a prototype heavily armed, high-performance, single engine fighter aircraft built for the United States Army Air Corps by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The terms of the contract, in accordance with a proposal of 29 April 1941...
x PWS-24   Passenger aircraft Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów  
The PWS-24 was a Polish single-engine passenger aircraft for 4 passengers, built in PWS factory, used from 1933 to 1936 by LOT Polish Airlines. In spite of its limited capacity, it was the only series-built airliner of domestic design ever used by...
x Miles M.20 Miles M.20 Lightweight fighter Miles Aircraft  
The Miles M.20 was a Second World War fighter developed by Miles Aircraft in 1940. Designed and built as a simple and cheap alternative to the Royal Air Force's Spitfires and Hurricanes, its design was overtaken by events. During the Battle of...
x Boeing 777 Boeing 777 Airliner Boeing Commercial Airplanes Alan Mulally
The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and is commonly referred to as the "Triple Seven". The aircraft has seating for over 300 passengers and...
Wide-body aircraft
Jet airliner
x Short Belfast Transmeridian Air Cargo Short Belfast at Stansted - 1979 Heavy airfrieghter Short Brothers  
The Short Belfast is a heavy lift turboprop freighter built by Short Brothers at Belfast. Only 10 were built for the British Royal Air Force with the designation Short Belfast C.1. When they were retired by the RAF, five went into civilian service...
x Antonov An-8 Antonov An-8 Camp 10 Green Soviet AF Monino 29 Light transport Antonov  
The Antonov An-8 (NATO reporting name: "Camp") is a Russian-designed twin-turboprop-engine high-wing light military transport aircraft. In December 1951 OKB-153 initiated the design of a twin-engined assault transport aircraft, designated DT-5/8 ...
x AC-47 Spooky AC-47 Fixed-wing gunship Douglas Aircraft Company  
The Douglas AC-47 Spooky (also nicknamed "Puff, the Magic Dragon") was the first in a series of gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. It was felt that more firepower than could be provided by light and medium...
x Boeing 80 Model80 Airliner Boeing  
The Boeing 80 was an American airliner of the 1920s. A three-engined biplane, the Model 80 was built by the Boeing Airplane Company for Boeing's own airline, Boeing Air Transport, successfully carrying both airmail and passengers on scheduled...
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