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The M-55 set a total of 15 FAI world records, all of which still stand today: [8] On 21 September 1993, an M-55 piloted by Victor Vasenkov from the 8th State R&D Institute of the Air Force named after V. P. Chkalov at Akhtubinsk reached a class record altitude of 21,360 m (70,080 ft) in class C-1j (Landplanes: take-off weight 20,000 to 25,000 ...
Myasishchev M-55, a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft; M55 self propelled howitzer, an American self-propelled artillery piece; M55 machine gun trailer mount, an American quadruple .50 caliber machine gun system based on the M45 Quadmount; Zastava M55, a Yugoslav/Serbian anti-aircraft gun; Tikka M55, a Finnish rifle
M-17 "Mystic-A": high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, 1970 M-18 : supersonic bomber design, 1972; cancelled in favor of the Tupolev Tu-160 M-19 : hypersonic air and space plane; various engine and fuel types, 1974
A USAF SR-71 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including collection of imagery intelligence (including using photography), signals intelligence, as well as measurement and signature intelligence.
Designated RB-57F, the design was almost an entirely new aircraft with a three-spar wing structure of 122 feet span, powerful new Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-11 main engines and two detachable underwing J60-P-9s for boost thrust at high altitude. The aircraft carried high-altitude cameras which were able to take oblique shots at 45 degrees up to 60 ...
A Ju 86P high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, with Jumo 207 turbocharged diesel powerplants. Germany emphasized tactical reconnaissance and invested considerably in modified aircraft – primarily Ju 88s and Junkers Ju 188s – and in types such as the asymmetric Blohm & Voss BV 141 (20 built) and the twin-boom Focke-Wul Fw 189 Uhu (nearly ...
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Military aircraft. MDR-5 - 1938 reconnaissance aircraft; R-1 - 1952 flying boat; Be-1 - 1964 experimental ground effect aircraft; Be-4 - 1940 reconnaissance flying boat; Be-6 - 1949 maritime patrol flying boat; VVA-14 - 1972 ground effect aircraft; Civilian aircraft. Be-8 - 1947 passenger and liaison floatplane; Be-30 - 1967 regional airliner ...