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GERMANY
WARBIRD
 

   The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine combat aircraft, which was jointly developed by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy. There are three primary versions of the Tornado; the Tornado IDS (Interdictor/Strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat/ Reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (Air Defence Variant) interceptor. In 2008 Air Forces Monthly labelled the aircraft "for more than a quarter of a century... the most important military aircraft in Western Europe

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BRITISH
WARBIRD
 

   Two prototypes were ordered, the first flying from Yate in mid 1928. Despite its promising appearance and engineering novelty the Pipit did not fly as well as expected, the elevator being criticised as heavy while the rudder was weak and the type was longitudinally unstable. Before much development flying could be done, however, the tailplane failed due to flutter in a diving test on 20 September. The pilot landed the damaged aircraft but it was destroyed in the resulting somersault. The pilot sustained serious injuries.

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ITALY
1972		   The Partenavia P.68 is an Italian six-seat, twin-engined, high-wing monoplane built by Partenavia and later Vulcanair. Designed by Professor Luigi Pascale and originally put into production in 1972 and intended for private or business use but has also seen use as both a training and a transport aircraft. Originally named the Victor, although this name was not used for production aircraft. The P.68 Observer, which was an Italian/German development, has a transparent nose for use in police work and observation duties.

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ITALY
1972		   Same description as above

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FRANCE
1954		   The Payen PA49 was a French experimental, single-seater, jet-propelled delta-wing research aircraft first flown in 1954. The Payen PA49 was a delta-wing monoplane of wooden construction powered by a Turbomeca Palas turbojet providing a top speed of 500 kmh and a range of 450 km.

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FRANCE
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I cannot find a lot of history of the Payen aircraft except to say it was the first delta type design conceived. The guy had many similar aircraft.  I consider it a canard...
This particular design had counter rotating props with a 200 hp engine.
See : http://home.att.net/~dannysoar2/Payen2.htm

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FRANCE
1954

   The Edgar Percival E.P.9 was a 1950s British light utility aircraft designed by Edgar Percival and initially built by his company, Edgar Percival Aircraft Limited and later as the Lancashire Prospector E.P.9 by the Lancashire Aircraft Company Limited.

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BRITAIN
1950

 

 The Percival P.56 Provost was a British ab initio trainer for the Royal Air Force in the 1950s, replacing the Percival Prentice. It was a low-wing, monoplane with a fixed, tailwheel, undercarriage. Seating was side-by-side. After a lengthy service career, the design was adapted for a turbojet. 13

BRITAIN
1932

 

 

The Percival Gull was the first aircraft designed by the Percival Aircraft Company, formed in 1932 by Edgar Percival and Lt. Cdr E.B.W. Leake. It was designed by Percival himself and was strongly influenced by the Hendy 302, designed by Basil "Hendy" Henderson, that he had previously owned and raced. At first the company did not have the facilities to build the Gull, so the prototype was produced by the Lowe-Wylde British Aircraft Company of Maidstone, Kent and the first 24 production machines[ by Parnall Aircraft of Yate, Gloucestershire. The Company moved to Gravesend Airport in Kent in 1934, where they built their own Gulls.

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BRITAIN
1934

 

The Percival Mew Gull was a British racing aircraft of the 1930s. It was a small, single-engine, single-seat, low wing monoplane of wooden construction, normally powered by a six-cylinder de Havilland Gipsy Six piston engine. During its racing career it set many records and was considered a significant, efficient design, one that eventually reached a top speed of 265 mph (425 km/h) on a modest 205 hp (153 kW) in its final 1939 form. A modern-day observer has characterised the Mew Gull as "the Holy Grail of British air racing"During the second half of the 1930s, Mew Gulls were dominant in air-racing in the UK and consistently recorded the fastest times until the outbreak of war stopped all civilian flying in late 1939

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ITALY
WARBIRD
1939
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   The Piaggio P.106 Bombardiere was an Italian four-engine heavy bomber used by the Regia Aeronautica during World War II. The prototype first flew in 1939 and it entered service in 1942. 5
       

FRENCH
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   The Piel CP-30 Emeraude is an aircraft designed in France in the mid-1950s and widely built both by factories and homebuilders. It is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage and side-by-side seating for two. The prototype was designed and built by Claude Piel, who then licenced manufacture of the aircraft to a number of firms, most significantly Coopavia. These early production machines were similar to the prototype, but were fitted with more powerful engines. 1
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

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The Polikarpov I-15 (Russian: И-15) was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed Chaika (Russian: И-15 Чайка, "Seagull") because of its gulled upper wings, it was operated in large numbers by the Soviet Air Force, and together with the Polikarpov I-16 monoplane, was one of the standard fighters of the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, where it was called Chato (snub-nose) in the Republican Air Force, or "Curtiss" (because its  resemblance to Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk) in the Nationalist Air Force.

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POLAND - 1930
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The plane was designed in 1929 in Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów, on factory's initiative, specially to participate in the Challenge 1930 international touring aircraft contest. A preliminary design was made by Major Wacław Makowski, construction sketches by Augustyn Bobek. The plane was built and first flown in spring of 1930 by Franciszek Rutkowski in Biała Podlaska.

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POLAND - 1938
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The PZL.46 Sum (wels catfish) was designed by Stanisław Prauss in the PZL works as a successor to standard Polish light bomber and reconnaissance plane, the PZL.23 Karaś, also of Prauss' design. First sketches were made in 1936. In order to test new features, like double tail fins and retractable underbelly bombardier gondola, a single modified PZL.23, designated PZL.42 was built and tested in 1936. The first prototype of PZL.46 Sum flew in August 1938. It shared only a general composition with Karaś, its fuselage was much more aerodynamically refined and wings had thinner profile. Initially it was intended to use retractable landing gear, but since the Polish industry did not produce proper landing gear, a fixed one was used. In November-December 1938 the prototype was shown at the Paris Air Show. In May 1939 the second similar prototype was flown (PZL.46/II).

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POLAND - 1958
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The PZL-101 was a development of the Jakowlew Jak-12M, manufactured in Poland under licence from 1956. The main goal was to create an agricultural aircraft with increased useful load. Works were carried out by a team led by Stanisław Lassota. Behind two crew seats there was installed a container for 500 kg of chemicals, with a "hump" above a fuselage. Because a center of gravity moved rearwards, the plane was fitted with new, swept wings, with significant vertical end plates to improve air flow.

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POLAND - 1972
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The aircraft was designed in Poland in response to a Soviet requirement for a new agricultural plane to use on great areas of the Soviet collective farms (kolkhoz and sovkhoz), more modern and efficient than the Antonov An-2SKh and An-2R. Poland had already produced the agricultural Antonow An-2R under licence for export back to the USSR, and agricultural planes became a Polish specialization in the Comecon. The Soviet side insisted on using a jet engine in a new plane, and also participated in the design process

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POLAND - 1976
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The PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader (Polish: "Dromedary") is a single engine agricultural aircraft that is manufactured by PZL-Mielec in Poland. The aircraft is used mainly as a cropduster or firefighting machine. It has a 1000 hp engine.

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