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ITALY
(WARBIRD)
1937

• The Fiat CR.25 was an Italian twin-engine reconnaissance-bomber aircraft which served in small numbers for the Regia Aeronautica during World War II.    40 CR.25s were ordered after the operative failure of the apparently more promising Breda Ba.88 bomber. Later, it was decided to use the CR.25 as a reconnaissance plane, with a total of 10 aircraft entering service. It was used during the war by the 173^a Squadriglia Ricognizione Strategica Terrestre (Strategic Land Reconnaissance Squadron), operating from Sicily. Despite the positive reports from the pilots, and a proposal by Fiat to resume production, no further aircraft were produced. It was also used for transport of senior air force officers from Rome to Berlin.

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GERMANY
(WARBIRD)
1936

• The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (stork) was a small German liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II, and production continued in other countries into the 1950s for the private market. It remains famous to this day for its excellent STOL performance, and French-built later variants are a common fixture at air shows.

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GERMANY
(WARBIRD)
1939

• The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger, was a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s. It was used by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. The design was the last mass produced piston-engine German fighter to see action in the war. It partially replaced the Messerschmitt Bf 109 in 1941. By 1945, the Fw 190 operated effectively on all fronts. Production ran from 1941 to the end of hostilities, during which time the aircraft was continually updated with over 20,000 built. Its later versions retained qualitative parity with Allied fighter aircraft.

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FRANCE
1965

• The first powered version was the AV.221, which flew on 8 April 1965. In addition to the powerplant, the fuselage was also redesigned to accommodate a passenger side-by-side with the pilot. A simplified version of this aircraft was marketed for homebuilding as the AV.222. Options included a choice of airfoils, and either one or two mainwheels as undercarriage

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• Named after a type of stone fortress built by early South Americans, the Pucara was designed to attack lightly-armed insurgents posing a potential threat to Argentina's military government. However, against a heavily-armed British force during the 1982 Falklands conflict, it was less than effective.
  Development of the Pucara began in the mid-1960s, the first examples being delivered to the Fuerza Aere Argentina in 1976. Later that year, the aircraft flew its first missions against anti-government guerrillas. 108 were ordered in all, the last deliveries taking place in 1988. Three attack squadrons were initially equipped with the type and a limited number remained in service in 1994.

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SWITZERLAND
1939
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• The F+W C-3605 was an indigeneous multi-purpose fighter-bomber designed in 1939 by the Swiss Federal Constructions Works (EKW) and is comparable to the Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik. However, this aircraft has a twin fin layout, allowing the rear gunner to have a better visibility range. A fair few were built and, along with Morane-Saulnier M.S.406's, fought off trespassing Luftwaffe aircraft to defend Swiss neutrality.BSoon the aircraft would be relegated to training and target-towing duties.Many still fly to this very day. The aircraft was put togather using BF-109 parts.

U.S.A
WARBIRD
1972
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• The A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force to provide close air support (CAS) of ground forces by attacking tanks, armored vehicles, and other ground targets with a limited air interdiction capability. It is the first U.S. Air Force aircraft designed exclusively for close air support.

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• The C-123 Provider was an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and subsequently built by Fairchild Aircraft for the United States Air Force. In addition to its USAF service, which included later service with the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard, it also went on to serve most notably with the United States Coast Guard and various air forces in South East Asia.

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• The Fairey G.4/31 was a British single-engined, two-seat biplane contender for an Air Ministry specification for a multi-role or general purpose aircraft. Unsuccessful, only one was built.

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BRITAIN
WARBIRD
1943
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• The Fairey Barracuda became operational with the Royal Navy during the second World War, operating as a torpedo and dive bomber from aircraft carriers. It was the first all metal monoplane British torpedo bomber.
  In order to operate from small escort carriers, the aircraft were fitted with rocket assisted take off.

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BRITAIN
WARBIRD
1941
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• The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company in the late 1930s for the Royal Air Force. The Battle was powered by the same Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine that gave contemporary British fighters high performance; however, the Battle was weighed down with a three-man crew and a bomb load. Despite being a great improvement on the aircraft that preceded it, by the time it saw action it was slow, limited in range and highly vulnerable to attack. During the Battle of France in 1940, the Fairey Battle recorded the first RAF aerial victory of the Second World War. Despite this claim, it sustained heavy casualties and was pulled from the front lines in 1941.

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BELGIUM
WARBIRD
1925
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BRITAIN
WARBIRD
1943
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• Aerodrome (now London Heathrow International Airport) to RNAS Yeovilton on 4 March, 1943.It was mainly used as a carrier based anti-submarine, reconnaissance and strike aircraft, with a crew of pilot and oberver. The plane carried four 20mm guns mounted in the wings and sixteen 60lb rockets or two 1,000 lb bombs. The Firefly was regarded as a versatile aircraft, taking The aircraft went into production on 26 August 1942 and the first production aircraft was delivered from Fairey’s Great Western part not only in WWII but also in the Korean war. The Firefly ended its naval career as a target drone.

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CANADA
1936
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• The Fleet 50 Freighter was a twin-engine biplane Canadian general utility aircraft designed and built by Fleet Aircraft. This peculiar-looking aircraft had promise as a freighter and general use aircraft, but it was underpowered and only five were built.

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GERMANY
1958
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FRANCE
1948
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• The Fouga Magister (company designation CM.170) was a 1950s French two-seat jet trainer. The related CM.175 Zéphyr was a carrier-capable version for the French Navy. Although it is often lauded as the first purpose built two-seat turbojet-powered trainer aircraft, similar claims are made for the Fokker S.14 Machtrainer whose first flight, production, and service entry were all about year earlier. However, the Magister was much more successful than the Machtrainer, being produced in far greater numbers and being exported to many nations.

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GERMANY
1962
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• This Sportavia Fournier RF-4D was the first ever mass-produced motor-glider. Designed in the early 1960s by a French artist, musician, and  sculptor Rene Fournier, as his personal high-efficiency aeroplane, it was refined in stages before going into production in Germany, where around 250 were built in the late 1960s. The engine is a 1200cc Volkswagen car engine with a single magneto ignition, producing 39 horsepower (on a cool day). With the engine stopped, it has a twenty-to-one glide ratio. The fabric-covered airframe is entirely built of wood, mildly aerobatic and remarkably strong, being designed to withstand 13g, and tested to 13.8g.

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BRITAIN
WARBIRD
1949
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GERMANY
1962 
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FOURNIER RF-6B

• Designed by Rene Fournier, the four-seat RS 180 Sportsman first flew in 1973, powered by a 125hp Lycoming engine. Early production aircraft were designated RF6-180 and had the tailplane positioned on the top of the fuselage; in early 1978 the designation was changed to RS-180 and the tailplane was repositioned mid way up the fin. The Fournier RF-6B a generally similar but smaller two-seat version, first flew in 1974. intended  primarily for aerobatics and training, it has a one-piece transparent canopy and is powered by a 100hp roll's-Royce Continental engine. Cruising speed of the RS-180 is about 145mph (235km/hr) and that of the RF-6B about 120mph (190km/hr). Load factors for the RF-6B are +9g and 4.5g. production was suspended in 1981. country of origin: France/west Germany.

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BRITAIN
WARBIRD
1941
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• The Fairey Firefly was developed from the Fulmar, a WWII carrier borne fighter, and first flew in December 1941. By 1944 it was operating from HMS Indefatigable and HMS Implacable and first went into action against the German battleship Tirpitz in July same year. The Firefly made success in the Far East when armed with rockets it took part in attacks on Japanese oil refineries and were the first British aircraft to fly over Tokyo. It was powered by a 1,730hp Rolls Royce Griffon IIB that gave it a maximum speed of 316mph at 14,000 ft and had a service ceiling of 28,000ft. The Firefly carried an armament of four 20mm cannons and eight 60 lb rockets or two 1,000 lb bombs.

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U.S.A
1948 
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• The Ford Trimotor (also variously identified as the "Tri-Motor", and nicknamed "The Tin Goose") was an American three engine civil transport aircraft first produced in 1925 by Henry Ford and continued in production until June 7, 1933. Throughout its lifespan a total of 199 aircraft were produced. Although designed for the civil market, the aircraft was also used by the military and was sold all over the world. Unlike his famous Ford Model T cars, trucks and farm tractors, Ford did not make the engines for these aircraft.

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BRITAIN
WARBIRD
1938
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• The Fairey Fulmar emerged in 1938 as an adaption to Specification O.8/38 for a two-seat Naval fighter, of the PA/34 day bomber. Differences included a small reduction in wing span, folding wings, deck-arrester gear, catapult points, modified cockpit canopy, Naval equipment and use of a 1,275 hp Merlin VIII. Armament comprised eight Browning 0.303-in (7.7-mm) guns in the wings and provision for a similar Vickers K gun in the rear cockpit. One P.4/34 prototype was converted to test features of Fairey Fulmar in March 1938.

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BRITAIN
WARBIRD
1955
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• The Folland Gnat was a small, swept-wing British subsonic jet trainer and light fighter aircraft developed for the Royal Air Force, and flown extensively by the Indian Air Force. It was designed by W.E.W. Petter, and first flew in 1955. Its design was such that it could be built without specialised tools by countries that were not highly industrialised.Although never used as a fighter by the Royal Air Force (RAF), the "Gnat T.1" trainer variant was widely used. The Gnat became well known as the mount for the RAF Red Arrows aerobatic team..

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GERMANY
1912
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• The Fokker V.1 was a small sesquiplane fighter prototype built in Germany during World War I. The V did not stand for versuchs (experimental) in the case of the V.1, but rather verspannungslos, or cantilever. The airplane had a circular fuselage structure and plywood covered wings. The V.1 was powered by a 75 kW (100 hp) Oberusel rotary. The airplane was so small it was nicknamed "Floh" or flea.

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ITALY
(WARBIRD)
1934
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• The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. The CR.32 fought in North and East Africa, in Albania and in the Mediterranean theatre. The CR.32 saw service in the air forces of China, Austria, Hungary, Paraguay and Venezuela. Used extensively in Spanish Civil War, it gained a reputation as one of the outstanding fighter biplanes of all time. But then it was overtaken by more advanced monoplane designs and was obsolete by 1939.

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DUTCH
1947
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• The Fokker S.11 Instructor, a light wing trainer monoplane with either two or three seats, first went into production in 1947.  Unsatisfactory in these roles , the type was soon retired. The ten surviving Instructors were sold off in 1957, some to an Israeli flying club. One example still remains in airworthy condition in the IAF Museum

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FRANCE
1934
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GERMANY
1916
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• The M.16 was built in two versions. Both were powered by water-cooled Mercedes engines, and used the same basic configuration. This featured two wings of very similar sizes. The wings were attached to the top and bottom of the fuselage, meaning that the cockpits were level with the upper wing. The pilot’s head and shoulders thus stuck out above the wing, giving him good level and upwards visibility but poor downwards and forward visibility, blocked by the wings and by the engine.

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FRANCE
1913
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• The Maurice Farman MF.11 Shorthorn is a French reconnaissance and light bomber biplane developed during World War I by the Farman Aviation Works.

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GERMANY
1916
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• The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor was a German all-metal four-engine monoplane that entered service as an airliner. Later versions for the Luftwaffe were used as long-range reconnaissance and anti-shipping bomber aircraft as well as transport planes for troops and VIPs.

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FRANCE
1913
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GERMANY
1936
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• The G.I, given the nickname "Reaper", le faucheur in French, was designed as a private venture in 1936 by Fokker head engineer Dr. Schatzki. Intended for the role of jachtkruiser, "heavy" fighter or air cruiser, able to gain air superiority over the battlefield as well as being a bomber destroyer, the G.1 would fulfil a role seen as important at the time, by advocates of Giulio Douhet's theories on air power. The Fokker G.I utilized a twin-engined, twin-boom layout that featured a central nacelle housing two or three crew members (a pilot, radio operator/navigator/rear gunner or a bombardier) as well as a formidable armament of twin 23 mm (.91 in) Madsen cannon and a pair of 7.9 mm (.31 in) machine guns (later eight machine guns) in the nose and one in a rear turret.

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FRANCE
1924
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• The original Walter Rethel design of 1924 was a single-engined high-winged monoplane. Anthony Fokker modified the design with two additional engines to enter the inaugural Ford Reliability Tour in 1925, which it won. Consequently, the production versions F.VIIa/3m, F.VIIb/3m and F.10 all had three engines, and the aircraft became popularly known as the Fokker Trimotor

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GERMANY
1941
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• The J 22 was well-liked by its pilots and possessed good manoeuvrability and responsive controls. Forward visibility on the ground left something to be desired and if the tailwheel was left unlocked and able to swivel during take-off there was the potential to ground-loop. In mock dogfights with P-51 Mustangs (called J 26 in Swedish service) it was able to "hold its own" up to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) although, above 6,000 m (19,000 ft), without a good high altitude supercharger, it became sluggish. Because of its simple systems the J 22 was very easy to maintain and service.  With 575 km/h (360 mph) from a 795 kW (1,065 hp) engine, the press called the diminutive fighter "World's fastest in relation to the engine power" (while not absolutely true, it was in the same class as the early marks of Supermarine Spitfire and Zero).The J 22 crews promptly modified this to "World's fastest in relation to the track width" (for which the Spitfire might also have competed), because of the very narrow wheel track. The aircraft was retired in 1952.

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ITALY
1936
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GERMANY
1941
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• The F28-1000 prototype, registered PH-JHG, first flew on May 9, 1967 (exactly one month later than the famous Boeing 737). German certification was achieved on February 24, 1969. The first order was from German airline LTU, but the first revenue-earning flight was by Braathens on March 28, 1969 who operated five F28s.

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ITALY
1941
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• The Fiat CR.25 was an Italian twin-engine reconnaissance-bomber fighter aircraft which served in small numbers for the Regia Aeronautica during World War II.  40 CR.25s were ordered after the operative failure of the apparently more promising Breda Ba.88 bomber. Later, it was decided to use the CR.25 as a reconnaissance plane, with a total of 10 aircraft entering service. It was used during the war by the 173^a Squadriglia Ricognizione Strategica Terrestre (Strategic Land Reconnaissance Squadron), operating from Sicily. Despite the positive reports from the pilots, and a proposal by Fiat to resume production, no further aircraft were produced. It was also used for transport of senior air force officers from Rome to Berlin.

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GERMANY
1915
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• The prototype E.IV was accepted for testing by the German Inspektion der Fliegertruppen in September 1915. It was fitted with three forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) lMG 08 "Spandau" machine guns, mounted to fire upwards at 15°. Anthony Fokker demonstrated the E.IV at Essen but the complicated triple-synchronisation gear failed and the propeller was damaged. The removal of the left-side gun is believed to have been pioneered on Oswald Boelcke's E.IV, believed to have borne IdFlieg serial 123/15, with a simpler double-synchronisation system used on the retained center-line and right side MG 08 Spandau guns. The fitment of dual MG 08 "Spandau" forward-firing, synchronized machine guns became the standard armament for production E.IVs, and indeed for all subsequent German D-type biplane fighters. The angling of the guns was also abandoned.

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