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FRANCE
WARBIRD
1986 |
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Dassault Rafale
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U.S.A
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DAYTON WRIGH-XPS-1
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BRITAIN
1918 |
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De Havilland DH-10
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The first prototype flew on 4 March
1918, powered by two 230 hp (186 kW) Siddeley Puma engines mounted as pushers.
When evaluated by the RAF, the performance of this prototype was well below
expectation, reaching only 90 mph (145 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4,572 m) with the
required bomb load. Owing to this poor performance, the DH.10 was redesigned
with more powerful engines in a tractor installation
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U.S.A
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DRAGONFLY
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Cessna
T-37 Tweet is one of the most prominent of the trainer-attack type
aircraft.
This small, economical twin-engine
jet aircraft
flew for decades as a primary trainer for the
United States Air Force
(USAF), and in the air forces of several other nations. The
A-37 Dragonfly
variant served with distinction in the light attack role during the
Vietnam War
and continues to serve a role in the air forces of several South American nations.
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BRITAIN
1975 |
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HAWKER-SIDDELEY DOMINIE
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- The British Aerospace BAe 125
is a twin-engined mid-size corporate jet, with newer variants now marketed as
the
Hawker 800. It was known as the Hawker
Siddeley HS.125 until 1977. It is also used by the
British
Royal Air Force as a navigation trainer
(as the Hawker Siddeley Dominie T1), and was used by the
United States Air Force as a calibration
aircraft (as the C-29).
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U.S.A
WARBIRD
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DOUGLAS
DAUNTLESS 1
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DOUGLAS
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CANADA
1947 |
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DE HAVILLAND BEAVER
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U.S.A
WARBIRD
1958 |
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CONVAIR
DELTA DAGGER
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- The
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was a
US
interceptor aircraft built as part of the
backbone of the
United States Air Force's air defenses in
the late 1950s. Entering service in 1956, its main purpose was to intercept
invading
Soviet
bomber fleets.
The F-102 was the first
supersonic interceptor and first operational delta wing fighter of the USAF.
It used an internal weapons bay to carry both guided missiles and rockets.
As originally designed, it could not achieve Mach 1 supersonic flight until
redesigned with area ruling. The F-102 replaced subsonic types such as the
F-89 Scorpion, and by the 1960s, it saw
limited service in Vietnam in bomber escort and ground attack roles. It was
supplemented by
F-101 Voodoos and, later, by
F-4 Phantom IIs. Many of the F-102s were
transferred to
United States Air National Guard duty by
the mid-to-late 1960s, and the type was retired from operational service in
1976. The follow-on replacement was the Mach 2 class
F-106 Delta Dart which was an extensive
redesign of the F-102
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U.S.A
WARBIRD
1956 |
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RYAN DARKSHARK
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A MODIFIED
RYAN FIREBALL
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- The
Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an experimental
aircraft built for the
United States Navy that combined
turboprop and
turbojet propulsion. It was based on Ryan's
earlier
FR Fireball, but replaced the Fireball's
piston engine with a
General Electric T-31 turboprop engine
driving a huge 4-bladed
Hamilton Standard
propeller.The
turboprop made for much improved performance over the Fireball, but the Navy
showed little interest in it; by that time, they had abandoned the idea of
the combination fighter and were instead looking into all-jet fighters.The
United States Air Force, however, showed a
little more interest; they were at the time evaluating the
Convair XP-81 of similar concept, and asked
Ryan to modify the XF2R to use the
Westinghouse J-34 turbojet instead of the
General Electric J-31 used previously. Modifications to the
prototype created the XF2R-2, with the jet
intakes moved to the sides of the forward fuselage with
NACA ducts instead of the inlets in the
wing leading edge used before.Although the Dark Shark proved to be a capable
aircraft, it never got further than the prototype stage; all-jet aircraft
were considered superior.
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BRITAIN
1950 |
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HANDLEY PAGE DART
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- In the early 1950s,
Handley Page designed a new short-range passenger aircraft to replace
the venerable Douglas DC-3. Named
H.P.R.3 Herald, the airplane was powered by four
Alvis Leonides Major piston engines of 870 hp (650
kW) each, and its pressurized cabin could seat up to 44 passengers. The
first "Herald" prototype G-AODE flew on August 25, 1955. Although
Queensland Airlines, Australian National Airways, and Lloyd Aereo
Colombianco had initially placed 29 orders, these were later cancelled
with only the first prototype completed.
To recover the investment, Handley Page redesigned the airplane to use
Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops, they also lengthened the fuselage by 50.8cm
(20in). With the first prototype flying in 1958.
Designated H.P.R.7 Dart Herald, the new aircraft entered production in
1959. The first order being placed by
BEA.
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GERMANY
1917 |
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DREIDECKER
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- The Fokker Dr.I ("Dr"
for "Dreidecker" meaning "triplane") series is most closely associated
with Manfred von Richthofen (aka "the Red Baron") as the triplane
aircraft was his chosen mount in the final months of his life,
accounting for his last 20 kills. Designed to match the Sopwith Triplane
and appearing by October of 1917, the Dr.I was a capable aircraft made
more so by the pilots that flew her than the unique three-wing design.
In the end, the system was limited in production quantity and saw a
career spanning just the final year of the conflict, which by 1918, was
being used as a defensive system over Germany.
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CANADA
1975 |
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DEHAVILLAND
DASH-7
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- The de Havilland Canada
DHC-7, popularly known as the Dash 7, is a turboprop-powered regional
airliner with STOL capabilities. It first flew in 1975 and remained in
production until 1988 when the parent company, de Havilland Canada, was
purchased by Boeing and was later sold to Bombardier. Bombardier sold the
aircraft design (type certificate) to Viking Air in 2006.
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BRITAIN
1918 |
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Dunne Biplane
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One of the weirdest looking airplanes ever to take
flight.The Dunne biplane, constructed in England by
Short Brothers to the design of Lieut. J. W. Dunne, was
very solidly built and presented a very unusual
appearance. In the numerous flights made in 1910 at
Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, exceptional stability was
exhibited by this biplane. Since its outstanding
features were the absence of the usual elevation and
direction rudders, and the curious shape of the main
cell, it excited a great deal of interest and comment.
It was even rumored that the British army had
experimented in secret with a prototype of this machine.
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FRANCE
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Dassault-Dornier AlphaJet
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- On 10 July 1969 a project
called Alpha Jet was started by the governments of Germany and France to
cooperatively create a light aircraft for advanced jet training and for the
tactical support role. The contenders were the following: Dassault-Brequet
joined up with Dornier with the TA-501, Aérospatiale with MBB with the E-650
Eurotrainer and VFW with their own T-291 project. On 23 July 1970, the
TA-501 project from Dassault-Dornier was selected
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BRITAIN
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Dunne Monoplane
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- The Burgess-Dunne's wing span was
47 feet and length was 26 feet from nose to rear floats on the wingtips.
It was 11 feet, 6 inches high and had a single float mounted directly
under the pilot and passenger seats. Normal cruising speed ranged from
60 to 65 miles per hour.
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U.S.A
1970 |
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DOUGLAS DC-10
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- The McDonnell Douglas DC-10
is a three-engine widebody airliner, with two engines mounted on underwing
pylons and a third engine at the base of the vertical stabilizer. The DC-10
has range for medium to long haul flights. The model was a successor to the
company's DC-8 for long-range operations, and competed in the same markets
as the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, which has a similar layout to the DC-10.
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CANADA
1983 |
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DEHAVILLAND DASH-8
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- The Bombardier Dash 8 or Q Series,
previously known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 or DHC-8, is a series
of twin-engined, medium range, turboprop airliners. Introduced by de
Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984, they are now produced by Bombardier
Aerospace. Over 1,000 Dash 8s of all models have been built,]
with Bombardier forecasting a total production run of 1,192 units of all
variants through to 2016.
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FRANCE
1962 |
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Duruble RD-02 Edelweiss
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The Duruble Edelweiss is a
light utility aircraft designed in France in the early 1960s and
marketed for homebuilding. It is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with
retractable tricycle undercarriage and all-metal construction. Two- and
four-seat versions were designed. The aircraft's creator, Roland Duruble
flew the first example, a two-seater designated RD-02 in 1962.
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FRANCE
1955 |
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Druine D-61 Condor
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- The Druine D.61 Condor was a light
aircraft developed in France in the 1950s, primarily as a trainer. It
was an evolution of the Druine Turbi, but featured an extensively
revised fuselage allowing the pilot and instructor to sit side-by-side
under a full canopy. Unlike its predecessors, the Condor was not
intended for amateur construction, and therefore was able to make
refinements to the design that would not previously have been possible.
Series production was undertaken by Borea in France and Rollason
Aircraft and Engines as the Rollason Condor in the UK.
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FRANCE
1963 |
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Dassault Falcon 20
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- The Falcon 20 (Mystère 20 in
France) is the Dassault's most successful business jet. Developed in
collaboration with Sud-Aviation, the prototype first flew in 1963.
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FRANCE
1953 |
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Druine D-5 Turbi
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- The Druine D.5 Turbi was a light aircraft
designed in France in the 1950s for home building. It was a low-wing
cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and a
single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits. Essentially a scaled-up
version of the Druine Turbulent design, the Turbi shared that aircraft's
wooden construction. Again, like its predecessor, it was intended to be
able to be powered by a variety of air-cooled engines.
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FRANCE
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Dassault Mirage
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- The first Mirage 5 flew
on 19 May 1967. It looked much like the Mirage III,
except it had a long slender nose that extended the
aircraft's length by about half a metre, and made it
arguably the most elegant of the Mirage delta series. A
pitot tube was distinctively moved from the tip of the
nose to below the nose in the majority of Mirage 5
variants.The Mirage 5 retained the IIIE's twin DEFA
guns, but added two additional pylons, for a total of
seven.
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FRANCE
1967 |
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Dassault Mirage G-8
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The Dassault Mirage G was a French
two-seat single engined variable-geometry prototype fighter, built by
Dassault in the late 1960s. The aircraft was further developed into the
twin-engine Mirage G4 and G8 variants as a multi-role jet fighter
capable of both interception and nuclear strike missions. Although
Dassault built and flew prototypes, the entire programme was terminated
in the 1970s without the aircraft entering production.
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FRANCE
1950 |
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Druine D-31
Turbulent
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- The D.31 Turbulent was designed to be
amateur-built and is a single-seat ultra-light aircraft with cantilever
low-wing and fixed tailwheel landing gear. Designed to be powered by a
30hp (1200cc) Volkswagen or similar engine. Rollason Aircraft & Engines
Limited produced 29 factory-built D.31 aircraft in the United Kingdom
and three D.31A models with strengthened wing spar to allow aerobatics.
Five Turbulents are operated by the Tiger Club in 2008
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U.S.A
1953 |
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DOUGLAS DC6
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United's DC-6. The Douglas answer to the
Super Constellation was DC-7, Douglas' largest and last piston
aircraft. It flew for the first time on May 18 1953, and began service
with American Air Lines in November of that year. The DC-6 had a flight
crew of three, and in the standard configuration could seat 99
passengers at a speed of 330 to 400 mph, slightly faster than the Super
Constellation.
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FRANCE
1950 |
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DASSAULT Flamant
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- The aircraft was used for pilot
training, navigation training, light transport, maritime surveillance
and light ground attack. During the Algerian War of Independence the
plane was used for light attack with the Nord SS.11 and AS.11 antitank .
The Flamant stayed in service until 1981. In addition to the French air
force, the Flamant served in Cambodia, Madagascar, Tunisia, and Vietnam.
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FRANCE
1959 |
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DASSAULT MD415
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- The MD 415 Communauté, designed by
Dassault, had a pressurized fuselage and could carry about ten
passengers as well as a considerable battery of weapons (two 30-mm
cannons, bombs, rockets and air-to-ground missiles) for air strikes.
With its twin Turboméca Bastan turboprops, the MD 415 made its maiden
flight at Bordeaux-Mérignac on May 10, 1959, piloted by Paul Boudier,
Dominique Mourey and Jean Dillaire
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U.S.A
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DOUGLAS
DC-4
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- The designation DC-4 was first used by
Douglas Aircraft Company when developing a large, four-engined type to
complement its very successful DC-3, already in widespread operation. It
was intended to fulfil United Airlines' requirement for a long-range
passenger airliner. Retrospectively this aircraft became known as the
DC-4E (E for experimental). It emerged as a 42-passenger airliner with a
fuselage of unusually wide cross-section for its day and a triple fin
tail unit, similar to that later used by Lockheed on its Constellation.
The triple fin and double deck were abandoned on subsequent models, and
the more common single fin was utilised.
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FRANCE
1952 |
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MYSTERE IVA
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- The Mystère IV was an evolutionary
development of the Mystère II aircraft. Although bearing an external
resemblance to the earlier aircraft, the Mystère IV was in fact a new
design with aerodynamic improvements for supersonic flight. The
prototype first flew on 28 September 1952, and the aircraft entered
service in April 1953. The first 50 Mystere IVA production aircraft were
powered by British Rolls-Royce Tay turbojets, while the remainder had
the French-built Hispano-Suiza Verdon 350 version of that engine.
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U.S.A
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DOUGLAS
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The Douglas DC-2 was a
14-seat, twin-propeller airliner produced by the American company
Douglas Aircraft Corporation starting in 1934. It competed with the
Boeing 247. In 1935 Douglas produced a larger version called the
DC-3, which became one of the most successful airplanes in history.
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FRANCE
1949 |
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DASSAULT MD450 Ouragan1
DASSAULT MD450 Ouragan2
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The
Dassault M.D.450
Ouragan (French:
Hurricane) was the first
French-designed
jet
fighter-bomber to enter production, playing a key role in
resurgence of the French aviation industry after
World War II. The Ouragan was operated by France,
Israel,
India
and
El Salvador. While in Israeli service it participated in both
the
Suez Crisis and
Six-Day War.
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DOUGLAS
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While significantly
faster and better armed than the B-18, the B-23 was not comparable
to newer medium bombers like the North American B-25 Mitchell and
Martin B-26 Marauder. For this reason, the 38 B-23s built were never
used in combat overseas, although for a brief period, they were
employed as patrol aircraft stationed on the west coast of the
United States. The B-23s were summarily relegated to other duties
primarily training although 18 of the type were converted into
transport versions as the UC-67.Another role for the B-23 was to
serve as a test-bed for new engines and systems. The B-23's tall
vertical tail was adapted by Ford for use on the B-24 Liberator and
resulted in increased performance, but it was never adopted for
production. The modification later became standard on the Navy's
PB4Y Privateer, which was derived from the Liberator. After
World War II, Howard Hughes converted a B-23 for use as his personal
aircraft and other examples were used for executive transportation.
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FRANCE
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