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1989-2015. Longest non-stop un-refuelled flight by an airliner, from London to Sydney in 1989. Clipper Victor. Boeing 747 -121. Transport. Pan American World Airways. 1969-1977. Hijacked and flown to Cuba in 1970. One of two aircraft involved in the Tenerife airport disaster.
Some Multirole combat aircraft could appear in more than one list. This list does not include fictional aircraft or concepts that were abandoned before a prototype was built. In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with ...
The Wright Flyer was a canard biplane configuration, with a wingspan of 40 feet 4 inches (12.29 m), a camber of 1-20, a wing area of 510 square feet (47 m 2), and a length of 21 feet 1 inch (6.43 m). The right wing was 4 inches (10 cm) longer because the engine was 30 to 40 pounds (14 to 18 kg) heavier than Orville or Wilbur.
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. [3][4][5] They made the first controlled, sustained flight of an engine-powered, heavier ...
Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Vol. 2: Twin-Engined Fighters, Attack Aircraft and Bombers. Motorbooks / Midland Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781857800845. Gordon, Yefim; Khazanov, Dmitri (1998). Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War: Volume One - Single Engined Fighters. Earl Shilton, Leicester: Midland Pub. ISBN 1-85780-083-4.
This is a list of aircraft by date and usage.The date shown is the introduction of the first model of a line but not the current model. For instance, while "the most popular" aircraft, such as Boeing 737 and 747 were introduced in 1960x, their recent models were revealed in the 21st century.
Appearance. The list of aircraft of World War II includes all the aircraft used by those countries which were at war during World War from the period between their joining the conflict and the conflict ending for them. Aircraft developed but not used operationally in the war are in the prototypes section at the end.
A U.S Air Force F-35A. This is a list of fighter aircraft used by the United States. This includes those of the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, 1924–1962 Air Force, pre-1962 Navy, and undesignated military aircraft. An F-16 Fighting Falcon (left), P-51D Mustang (bottom), F-86 Sabre (top), and F-22 Raptor (right ...