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| x Enola Gay |
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B-29 Superfortress | May 18, 1945 |
Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot, then-Colonel (later Brigadier General) Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop...
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| x LZ 129 Hindenburg |
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Hindenburg class airship | 1936 | Mar 4, 1936 |
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope...
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| x Spruce Goose | Hughes H-4 Hercules | Nov 2, 1947 | |||
| x Spirit of St. Louis |
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Ryan NYP | 1927 | Apr 28, 1927 |
The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris for which Lindbergh won the ...
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| x Akutan Zero |
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A6M Zero |
The Akutan Zero, also known as Koga's Zero and the Aleutian Zero, was a type 0 model 21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Japanese fighter plane that crash-landed on Akutan Island, Alaska Territory, during World War II. It was captured intact by the Americans in...
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| x Aluminum Overcast |
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B-17 Flying Fortress |
Aluminum Overcast, B-17G-105-VE, s/n 44-85740, civil registration N5017N, is one of only a few surviving B-17 Flying Fortresses in existence. It is owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), and it tours the U.S.A. and Canada offering...
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| x Lady be Good |
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
Lady Be Good was an American B-24D Liberator, AAF serial number 41-24301, which flew for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Based at Soluch Field in Soluch (today Suluq and Benina International Airport, Libya) as part of the...
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| x Beautiful Betsy | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
Beautiful Betsy was the name of an American Liberator Bomber. The wreckage of the plane was discovered in what is now Kroombit Tops National Park, located in The Boyne Valley in central Queensland, Australia.
The Beautiful Betsy had suffered combat...
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| x Bataan 1 and Bataan 2 |
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Mitsubishi G4M |
Bataan 1 and Bataan 2 were two demilitarized Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber/transport aircraft that carried the first surrender delegations from Japan to Ie Shima as part of the surrender of Japan in World War II. The two planes,...
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| x Big Stink | B-29 Superfortress |
Big Stink was the name of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Victor number 90) that participated in the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was used as a camera...
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| x Bockscar |
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B-29 Superfortress |
Bockscar, sometimes called Bock's Car or Bocks Car, is the name of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, the second atomic weapon used against Japan. It was assigned...
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| x Dakota Queen |
The Dakota Queen was an aircraft based in Italy that conducted strategic bombing during World War II in the European Theater of Operations, particularly missions of the Oil Campaign. The bomber was piloted by George McGovern (later a US Senator and...
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| x Finito Benito | B-25 Mitchell |
Finito Benito comes from the North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell Medium Bomber airplane named "Finito Benito Next Hirohito." This B-25J bomber was attached to the 12th Air Force, based in Naples late in World War II.
The name Benito refers to the...
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| x Flak Bait |
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B-26 Marauder |
Flak Bait was a B-26 Marauder aircraft that holds the record within the United States Army Air Forces for number of bombing missions survived during World War II. A B-26B manufactured in Baltimore, Maryland, by Martin, this aircraft was completed in...
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| x Full House |
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B-29 Superfortress |
Full House was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44-27298, victor number 83) participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was used as a weather...
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| x G for George |
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Avro Lancaster |
G for George is an Avro Lancaster Mk.I bomber, squadron code AR-G and serial number W4783, operated by No. 460 Squadron RAAF during World War II. It is now preserved at the Australian War Memorial (AWM), Canberra Australia.
G-George flew 96 combat...
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| x Glacier Girl |
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P-38 Lightning |
Glacier Girl is a Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning World War II fighter plane, 41-7630, c/n 222-5757, that was restored to flying condition after being buried beneath the ice of the remote Greenland Ice Sheet for over 50 years.
On 15 July 1942, due to...
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| x The Great Artiste |
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B-29 Superfortress |
The Great Artiste was a U.S. Army Air Forces Silverplate B-29 bomber (B-29-40-MO 44-27353, Victor number 89), assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, that participated in the atomic bomb attacks on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki....
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| x Jabit III | B-29 Superfortress |
Jabit III (alternately spelled Jabbitt III ) was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44-27303, Victor number 71) participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite...
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| x Laggin' Dragon |
Laggin' Dragon was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29 serial 44-86347-50-MO, Victor number 95) configured to carry the atomic bomb in World War II.
Laggin' Dragon was the last of the fifteen Silverplate B-29s delivered to the 509th Composite...
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| x Liberty Belle |
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Liberty Belle was the name of several individual combat Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of World War II. The first Liberty Belle B-17 (serial number 42-30096) crashed near Wakes Colne after an accidental on-board fire on November 30, 1943; while the...
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| x Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon No. 37396 | Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon |
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon, U.S. Navy Bureau Number 37396 , civil registration N7265C, named "Hot Stuff", is located at 3867 N. Aviation Way, Mount Comfort, Indiana. The aircraft, an intact example of a World War II anti-submarine patrol bomber, was...
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| x Lonesome Polecat II |
Lonesome Polecat II was the name of a B-17 Flying Fortress that flew 21 missions over Europe as part of the 8th Air Force during the Second World War.
The aircraft serial number is 42-30255. She was based in Horham England as part of the 95th Bomb...
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| x Luke the Spook |
Luke the Spook was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29 serial 44-86346-50-MO, Victor number 94) configured to carry the atomic bomb in World War II.
Luke the Spook was one of the fifteen Silverplate B-29s delivered to the 509th Composite Group...
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| x MacRobert's Reply |
MacRobert's Reply was the name given to a famous World War II, Royal Air Force aircraft, a Short Stirling bomber, serial N6086 operated by No. 15 Squadron. The aircraft was paid for by a generous £25,000 donation from Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert,...
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| x Memphis Belle |
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Memphis Belle is the nickname of a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film, Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, and a 1990 Hollywood feature film,...
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| x My Gal Sal |
My Gal Sal was the nickname of a World War II B-17E-BO Flying Fortress whose pilot was forced to land it on the Greenland icecap. Many years later it was recovered and taken to the USA to be restored. It is one of only three intact B-17E's in...
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| x Necessary Evil |
Necessary Evil, also referred to as Plane #91, was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-45-MO 44-86291, Victor number 91) participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite...
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| x Next Objective |
Next Objective was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44-27299, Victor number 86) modified to carry the atomic bomb in World War II.
Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was one of 15 Silverplate B-29s used by the...
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| x Nine-O-Nine |
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The Nine-O-Nine, a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions, and never lost a crewman as a casualty...
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| x Old 666 |
Old 666, B-17E 41-2666 was a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber which was assigned to the 43rd Bomb Group in 1943 and was the aircraft piloted by Lt. Col. (then Captain) Jay Zeamer on the mission that would earn him and 2d Lt. Joseph Sarnoski...
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| x PK-AFV |
On 3 March 1942, PK-AFV a Douglas DC-3 airliner, operated by KNILM was shot down over Australia by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service fighter aircraft, resulting in the deaths of four passengers and the loss of diamonds worth an estimated A£150,000...
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| x Piccadilly Lilly II |
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Piccadilly Lilly II (s/n 44-83684) was the last active B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in the United States Air Force, and retired in 1959 after nine years as a DB-17P drone director. She is currently part of Edward T. Maloney's aviation collection and...
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| x The Pink Lady |
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The Pink Lady is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber. It is one of the few B-17s still in flying condition, and the only flying survivor to see action in Europe during World War II.
Rolled out of the Lockheed-Vega production facility in...
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| x Sally B |
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Sally B is the name of an airworthy 1945-built Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress. It was delivered to the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) on 19 June 1945 as 44-85784; after being converted to both a TB-17G and then an EB-17G it was struck off charge...
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| x Sentimental Journey |
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Sentimental Journey (44-83514) is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber. It is housed at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. by the Commemorative Air Force. The aircraft is regularly flown to airshows around the country.
Nose...
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| x Shoo Shoo Baby |
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Shoo Shoo Baby is the name of a B-17 Flying Fortress in World War II, preserved and on public display. A B-17G-35-BO, serial number 42-32076, and manufactured by Boeing, it was named by her crew for a song of the same name made popular by The...
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| x Some Punkins |
Some Punkins was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44-27296, Victor number 84) modified to carry the atomic bomb in World War II.
Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was one of 15 Silverplate B-29s used by the...
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| x Straight Flush |
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Straight Flush was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44-27301, Victor number 85) participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was used as a weather...
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| x Strange Cargo |
Strange Cargo was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44-27300, Victor number 73) modified to carry the atomic bomb in World War II.
Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was one of 15 Silverplate B-29s used by the...
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| x Swamp Ghost |
The Swamp Ghost (41-2446) is a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress piloted by Captain Frederick 'Fred' C. Eaton, Jr, that crashed in Papua New Guinea during the Second World War in 1942, during America's first mission there. Whilst flying over Rabaul, it...
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| x The Swoose |
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The Swoose is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress D-BO, USAAF 40-3097, that saw extensive use in the Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II and survived to become the oldest B-17 still intact. It is the only early "shark fin" B-17 known to exist. It is...
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| x T1-323 |
T1-323 was the tail number (T1 = "705 Kokutai") of the plane carrying Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on an inspection tour throughout the South Pacific when he was shot down and killed by American fighter aircraft during World War II. On 18 April...
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| x The Ruptured Duck |
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"The Ruptured Duck" was the nickname of a World War II North American Aviation B-25B Mitchell medium bomber (S/N 40-2261) piloted by Lt. Ted W. Lawson of the 95th Bombardment Squadron, USAAF. The aircraft was one of sixteen B-25B's which...
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| x Thunderbird |
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Thunderbird is the name given to a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress. She is one of the few surviving flyable B-17s, and is the largest aircraft housed at the Lone Star Flight Museum, located in Galveston, Texas.
The demonstration aircraft, originally B...
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| x Top Secret |
Top Secret was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44-27302, Victor number 72) modified to carry the atomic bomb in World War II.
Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was one of 15 Silverplate B-29s used by the...
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| x Up An' Atom |
Up An' Atom was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44-27304, Victor number 88) configured during World War II in the Silverplate project to carry an atomic bomb.
Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was built at...
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| x N900SA |
The 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust is a known drug seizure where a DC-9 aircraft with the former tail number N900SA (S/N 45775) was involved in drug smuggling and was caught with 5.5 tons of cocaine onboard after landing in Mexico on April 10, 2006. On...
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| x Bravo November |
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Bravo November is the original identification code painted on a British Royal Air Force Boeing Chinook HC2 serial number ZA718. It was one of the original 30 aircraft ordered by the RAF in 1978 and has been in service ever since. It has been...
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| x Caesar's Chariot |
Caesar's Chariot was a former United Airlines Boeing 707 passenger jet which was chartered by English rock band Led Zeppelin for their 1977 concert tour of North America.
The plane, N7224U (S/N: 18077), was rolled out from the assembly line on...
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| x G-BDXJ |
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G-BDXJ is the registration of a Boeing 747-236B aircraft purchased by British Airways in 1980, which after retirement found a new life as a film prop.
G-BDXJ is the 440th Boeing 747 and first flew on the 26 March 1980. Named City of Birmingham, it...
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| x G-BBDG |
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G-BBDG (manufacturers serial number 202, known as Delta Golf) was the third British production Concorde built for evaluation testing. Along with the French Concorde F-WTSB, the aircraft was used to enable sufficient testing to allow for the Concorde...
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| x Hawker Hurricane PZ865 |
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Hawker Hurricane PZ865 is a single-engined Second World War fighter operated by the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. It was the last of 14,533 Hurricanes produced and is now flown as an airborne memorial.
Named The Last of the Many...
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| x Kee Bird |
The Kee Bird was a United States Army Air Forces B-29-95-BW Superfortress, 45-21768, of the 46th Reconnaissance Squadron, that became marooned after making an emergency landing in northwest Greenland during a secret Cold War spying mission on 21...
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| x Lady Southern Cross |
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The Lady Southern Cross was a Lockheed Altair monoplane owned by Australian pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
In this aircraft, Kingsford Smith made the first eastward trans-Pacific flight from Australia to the United States, in October...
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| x Lethal Lady |
"Lethal Lady", also known as the Here, Hussein, Surprise!!!, is the name of the F-16C Block 25 Fighting Falcon that has the distinction of being the longest flying F-16 Fighting Falcon. It flew over 7,200 hours. It is currently not flying with any...
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| x Lituanica |
Lituanica was an Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane flown from the United States across the Atlantic Ocean by Lithuanian-American pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas in 1933. After successfully flying 6,411 km, it crashed, due to undetermined...
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| x Lucky Lady II |
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Lucky Lady II is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop, when it made the journey in 1949, assisted by refueling the plane in flight. Total time airborne was 94 hours and 1...
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| x Meckler-Allen 1912 Biplane |
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The Meckler-Allen airplane was an early biplane built by Allen Canton and John J. Meckler in 1912, for an attempt to make a transatlantic flight. At the time of its first flight it was the largest airplane in the world.
In 1912, Allen Canton and...
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| x NC-4 |
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The NC-4 was a Curtiss NC flying boat which was designed by Glenn Curtiss and his team, and manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. In May 1919, the NC-4 became the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, starting in the United...
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