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SWEDEN
MILITARY TRAINER
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The Saab 105 is an aircraft developed in the early sixties as a private venture by Saab for the Swedish Air Force. It is a high-wing, twin engine trainer aircraft. The Swedish Air Force designation is SK 60. It first entered service in 1967 to replace the De Havilland Vampire.  Originally, it featured two Turbomeca Aubisque low bypass turbofan engines, licence-manufactured by Volvo Flygmotor as the RM 9. An updated version is equipped with the Williams International FJ44, designated RM 15. A total number of 150 aircraft were bought by the Swedish Air Force, and another 40 were exported to Austria, designated Saab 105Ö.

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SWEDEN  
1945

  
The Saab 21 series of fighter aircraft was of a most unique design - in more ways then one. The system was drawn up to a 1941 response for an indigenous fighter aircraft intended to replace the outdated airframes Sweden was currently fielding, some from before the Second World War. The initial propeller-driven Saab 21 appeared in 1945 and was followed by a turbojet-powered variant in 1949. In that respect, the Saab 21 became the only operational aircraft to be used by any one country sporting the same airframe

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SWEDEN  
1942

   The Saab 21R was a Swedish twin-boom fighter/attack aircraft, made by SAAB. It was a jet-powered development of the piston-engined Saab 21 and is unusual for being the only aircraft that saw service as both a piston-engined fighter, and a jet fighter. As a fighter, its service designation in the Swedish Air Force was J 21R, and saw service in the late 1940s.

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SWEDEN  
1950

 
The Saab 29, popularly called Flygande tunnan ("The Flying Barrel"), was a Swedish fighter designed and manufactured by Saab in the 1950s. It was Sweden's second turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the first being the Saab 21R. Despite its rotund appearance, the J 29 was fast and agile, serving effectively in both fighter and fighter-bomber roles into the 1970s

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SWEDEN  
1955 

 

 The Saab 32 Lansen (Lansen = The Lance) was a two-seat attack aircraft produced by SAAB from 1955 to 1960 for the Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet). During its long operational life, the Saab 32 also served as a fighter, reconnaissance, electronic warfare and a target-tug aircraft.

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SWEDEN  
 1955 

The Saab 35 Draken (Draken is Swedish for "The Kite", but can also mean "The Dragon") is a fighter aircraft manufactured by Saab between 1955 and 1974. The Draken was built to replace the Saab J 29 Tunnan and, later, the fighter variant (J 32B) of the Saab 32 Lansen. The indigenous J 35 was an effective supersonic Cold War fighter that was also successful as an export product.

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FRANCE
WARBIRD
1911

  

The Salmson 2A2 was one of the most important aircraft of the First World War. It was flown extensively by the French and Americans during the war and by many other countries after the war. This was one of the 705 aircraft of this type used by the AEF in France as armed observation planes. Just visible above the lower wing is T.S.F. (Télégraphie Sans Fil, Wireless Telegraph), indicating the aircraft was equipped with a wireless for communications to headquarters on the ground

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U.S.A
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The entrance of the P-35 into the US Army Air Corps marked two significant firsts. It was the first single seat all-metal fighter with retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit to enter Air Corps service. It was also the first front line military aircraft design from Seversky, and the beginning of the road that would lead to the P-47 Thunderbolt (by which time Seversky had changed its name to Republic).

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UNITED KINGDOM
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The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber developed for the Royal Air Force by Short Brothers. Based in part upon the S.23 Empire flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways, the S.25 was extensively re-engineered for military service. It was one of the most powerful and widely used flying boats throughout the Second World War] and was involved in countering the threat posed by German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic. It took its name from the town of Sunderland in northeast England.

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U.S.A
1997

  

The Smith Miniplaneis a fully aerobatic, open cockpit, 80 hp fun machine that's an absolute blast to fly. It has a 17-ft. wing span and is only 5-1/2 ft. tall and 15-1/2 ft. long. (It's approximately 5 inches shorter and narrower than a Pitts Special.) Its 17 gallons of fuel are sipped at just over 4 gallons per hour giving it a range in excess of 400 miles.It was built with a variable pitch trim system and "I" struts instead of the original "N" struts giving it additional strength and less drag.

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BRITAIN
1916

   The Sopwith Triplane was a British single seat fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War. Pilots nicknamed it the Tripehound or simply the Tripe.The Triplane became operational with the Royal Naval Air Service in early 1917 and was immediately successful. The Triplane was nevertheless built in comparatively small numbers and was withdrawn from active service as Sopwith Camels arrived in the latter half of 1917. Surviving aircraft continued to serve as operational trainers until the end of the war.

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FRANCE
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RUSSIA
(WARBIRD)
1941

  

Development of the Su-6 began in 1939, when the Sukhoi design bureau began work on a single-seat armoured ground-attack aircraft. An order for two prototypes was placed on 4 March 1940, and on 1 March 1941 fight testing of the first prototype was begun by test pilot A.I. Kokin.was prepared, however unfortunately for Sukhoi, it was never officially issued for full production.

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  • Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIVe
    

BRITAIN
1936

The British Supermarine Spitfire was the only fighter aircraft of the Second World War to fight in front line service, from the beginnings of the conflict, in September 1939, through to the end in August 1945. Post-war the Spitfire's service career continued into the 1950s.The basic airframe proved to be extremely adaptable, capable of taking far more powerful engines and far greater loads than its original role as a short-range interceptor had allowed for. This would lead to 19 marks of Spitfire and 52 sub-variants being produced throughout the Second World War and beyond The many changes were made in order to fulfil Royal Air Force requirements and to successfully combat ever-improving enemy aircraft. With the death of Reginald J. Mitchell in June 1937, all variants of the Spitfire were designed by his replacement, Joseph Smith, and a team of engineers and draftsmen.

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BRITAIN
1951

 
The first prototype, the "Type 508", performed its initial flight on 31 August 1951, with the second, the generally similar "Type 509", performing its initial flight on 31 August 1951, with (of course) Mike Lithgow at the controls. It was powered by two non-afterburning Avon RA.3 turbojets, each with 28.97 kN (2,950 kgp / 6,500 lbf); span was 12.5 meters (41 feet), length was 15.24 meters (50 feet), and normal loaded weight was 8,550 kilograms (18,850 pounds). Top speed was disappointing, 970 KPH (603 MPH) at altitude, and the aircraft demonstrated a bit of "snaking", which was blamed on the butterfly tail.

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BRITAIN
1951

 
The Supermarine Attacker was an unspectacular aircraft that was most notably used by the British Royal Navy. The system was initially designed for the Royal Air Force to take advantage of an already existing piston engine fighter (in the form of the Spiteful) and married to the successful Rolls-Royce Nene 3 turbojet powerplant.
 

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SWEDEN
1930

  

The prototype was bought by the Swedish Air Force on January 9, 1930 and given the designation J 5. By February 1930, the Air administration decided to use a Bristol Jupiter engine as the air force standard engine. The designer, Carl Clemens Bücker was forced to modify the two ordered aircraft, by making new engine attachments and make modifications to the fuselage. These aircraft were given the name Svenska Aero Jaktfalken I

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U.S.A
 1969

  

The Metroliner was an evolution of the Swearingen Merlin turboprop-powered business aircraft. Ed Swearingen, a Texas
fixed base operator (FBO), started the developments that led to the Metro through gradual modifications to the Beechcraft Twin Bonanza and Queen Air business aircraft, aircraft he dubbed Excalibur.Then a new fuselage (but with a similar nose) and vertical fin were developed, married to salvaged and rebuilt (wet) Queen Air wings and horizontal tails, and Twin Bonanza landing gear

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