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x Fighter aircraft Fighter F-5 Freedom Fighter
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs. Fighters are small, fast, and maneuverable. Many...
Messerschmitt Me 262
XP-67 Bat
P-36 Hawk
P-80 Shooting Star
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x Wide-body aircraft Airbus A380 Boeing 767
A wide-body aircraft is a large airliner with two passenger aisles, also known as a twin-aisle aircraft. The typical fuselage diameter is 5 to 6 m (16 to 20 ft). In the typical widebody economy cabin, passengers are seated seven to ten abreast,...
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Lockheed L-1011
Boeing 747
Boeing 777
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x Airliner An Airbus A340 airliner operated by Air Jamaica Boeing 767
An airliner (also called a commercial transport) is a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo. Such planes are owned by airlines. The definition of an airliner can vary from country to country. If an airliner is defined as a...
Airbus A380
Boeing 737
Dornier 328
Airspeed Ambassador
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x Bomber The original plane behind the C-108: the B-17 Flying Fortress.From the Maxwell Air Force Base website (original image) Junkers Ju 87
A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets, primarily by dropping bombs on them. Strategic bombers are primarily designed for long-range strike missions with bombs against strategic targets such as supply bases,...
Nakajima Kikka
Saab B 17
B-57 Canberra
Breguet 14
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x Dive bomber Junkers Ju 87B dive bombers Junkers Ju 87
A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy and limit the exposure to and effectiveness of anti-aircraft fire. This type of aircraft was most heavily used before and during World War II;...
BTD Destroyer
Heinkel He 50
SB2C Helldiver
Blohm + Voss Ha 137
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x Very Light Jet The Eclipse 500, certified 2006-09-30 Eclipse 500
A very light jet (VLJ), previously known as a microjet, is, by convention, a small jet aircraft approved for single-pilot operation, seating 4-8 people, with a maximum take-off weight of under 10,000 pounds (4,540 kg). They are lighter than what is...
Embraer Phenom 100
Epic Victory
PiperJet
Cirrus jet
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x Jet airliner A jet airliner, the Boeing 777 of American Airlines Boeing 747
A jet airliner is an airliner that is powered by jet engines. This term is sometimes contracted to jetliner. In contrast to today's relatively fuel-efficient, turbofan-powered air travel, first generation jet airliner travel was noisy and fuel...
Boeing 777
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Airbus A320
Airbus A330
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x Observation   Douglas O-46  
L-5 Sentinel
Aeronca L-3
OH-58 Kiowa
x Two-seat fighter   Lockheed YP-24  
x Two-seat air observation post   General Aircraft GAL.47  
x Airborne surveillance   Tupolev Tu-95  
x Racing aeroplane      
x Reconnaissance plane   Breguet 19  
x Executive transport   Beechcraft Starship  
x Fighter-bomber   P-47 Thunderbolt  
F-5 Freedom Fighter
F-84 Thunderjet
F-105 Thunderchief
Henschel Hs 124
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x High altitude fighter   Vickers Type 432  
Westland Welkin
x Aerial crane   Erickson S-64  
x Two-seat monoplane   Short Satellite  
x Light transport landplane      
x Civil passenger jet   Diamond D-Jet  
x Scout seaplane   SC Seahawk  
x Jet fighter   Supermarine Swift  
Mitsubishi F-1
Nakajima Ki-201
x VTOL strike aircraft   Hawker-Siddeley Harrier  
x STOL military transport aircraft   C-130 Hercules  
x Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses   EC-130H Compass Call  
x Turboprop   Piper Cheyenne 400LS  
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne
Cessna 208
Pilatus PC-12
Short Tucano
x Supersonic airliner   Tupolev Tu-144  
Concorde
Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies (LAPCAT)
x Training glider   General Aircraft Hotspur  
Yokosuka MXY8
x Attack aircraft   Dassault Mirage 5  
Convair XB-53
Northrop YA-9
A-1 Skyraider
BAE Sea Harrier
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x Experimental VTOL aircraft   Lunar Landing Research Vehicle  
Bell XV-15
x Strike fighter   Azarakhsh  
Dassault Étendard IV
Blackburn Firecrest
Blackburn Firebrand
Nanchang Q-5
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x Biplane Airliner   Short Scylla  
x Military helicopter   Atlas Oryx  
x Transport aircraft   Antonov An-24  
Transall C-160
Canadair CL-66
Douglas DC-7
Douglas DC-3
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x Heavy fighter   Bristol Beaufighter  
XP-58 Chain Lightning
Messerschmitt Me 210
P-38 Lightning
Fokker G.I
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x Attack helicopter prototype   Bell YAH-63  
x Concept jet fighter   Northrop Switchblade  
x Business jet   Learjet 25  
Grumman Gulfstream II
Gulfstream G400/G450
Bombardier Challenger 600
Learjet 24
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x Trainer   Bücker Bü 131  
North American BT-9
Fleet Finch
PT-22
De Havilland Express
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x Reconaissance   Yakovlev Yak-25  
x Light bomber The B-66 Destroyer, a light bomber Aero A.12
Light bomber is a relatively small and fast class of military bomber aircraft which was employed mainly before the 1950s. Such aircraft would probably not carry more than one ton of ordnance. Light bombers of World War I were single-engine aircraft...
Aero A.11
Mitsubishi G3M
Kawasaki Ki-32
Fairey Gordon
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x Light utility helicopter   UH-72A  
MD Helicopters MD 500
Eurocopter EC145
Eurocopter EC 135
Eurocopter Colibri
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x Air Dominance fighter   Sukhoi Su-37  
x Observation plane   Douglas O-38  
x Fifth-generation fighter   Sukhoi PAK FA  
Mikoyan Project 1.44
x Light twin utility helicopter   Bölkow Bo 105  
x Four engine long-range flying boat   Kawanishi H8K  
x Light helicopter   Aérospatiale Alouette II  
Cessna CH-1
x Primary trainer   Saab Safari  
Valmet PIK-23 Towmaster
Letov S-18
x Surveillance drone   Canadair CL-89  
Lockheed D-21/M-21
x Fire-fighting aircraft      
x Experimental airliner   Douglas DC-4E  
Avro Ashton
x Flying boat   Supermarine Stranraer  
PBM Mariner
Dornier Do X
AD Flying Boat
Douglas Dolphin
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x Three-seat biplane trainer      
x Missile carrier   Tupolev Tu-95  
x Strike aircraft   Blackburn Buccaneer  
x Utility aircraft modified for many applications   Beechcraft Model 18  
x Naval fighter   Hawker P.1052  
Hawker Sea Hawk
Supermarine Seafang
Supermarine Scimitar
Supermarine Attacker
x Passenger transport   De Havilland Express  
x Information operations   EC-130 Commando Solo  
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