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FRANCE
1910
 

  

The Valmet L-70 Vinka is a Finnish-designed piston-powered military basic trainer aircraft. The design work on the aircraft began in 1970. It was intended as a replacement for the Saab Safirs then in use with the Finnish Air Force. The first prototype (designated LEKO-70) flew for the first time on 1 July, 1975.
The Finnish Air Force placed an order for 30 aircraft from Valmet and the aircraft went into serial production at the Valmet Kuorevesi plant. The Vinka entered service in 1980 and the last aircraft was delivered in 1982.

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GERMANY
 1969

  

The VFW-Fokker 614 (also VFW 614) was a twin-engined jetliner designed and built in West Germany. It was produced in small numbers by VFW-Fokker in the early- to mid-1970s, and originally intended as a DC-3 replacement. Its most distinctive feature was that its engines were mounted in pods on pylons above, rather than below, the wing.

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BRITAIN
 1929 

  

The Scout buiilt in 1929,was flown for the first time on 11 June of that year. The Type known unofficially as the Bolivian Scout,  the upper wing centre section was carried above the fuselage on splayed, cross-braced struts, the fuselage being supported above the lower wing by N-type struts. Construction was all metal and armament comprised two 0.303-in (7,7-mm) Vickers guns firing through troughs in the fuselage sides.

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BRITAIN
 1930 

 

The Vickers Type 151 Jockey was an experimental low wing monoplane interceptor fighter powered by a radial engine. It was later modified into the Type 171 Jockey II which had a more powerful engine and detailed improvements. Only one was built, and this was lost before its development was complete, but the knowledge gained enabled Vickers to produce the more refined Venom.

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BRITAIN
 1931 

 

The Coventry Ordnance Works (C.O.W.) designed and built in 1915 a small 37 mm cannon capable of firing a 1 pound, and then later 1.5 pound high-explosive shell. Vickers had acquired in the early twenties the rights for this gun and after a proposal to the Air Staff a specification was issued to develop a dedicated aircraft to carry such a large calibre weapon. Originally the design was specified for a twin-engine plane carrying two of the ‘1.5 pounder’ 37 mm weapons, which was more widely known as the C.O.W.-gun. Although two such cannon-planes were actually built (the Bristol Bagshot and the Westland Westbury) they simply lacked the power and performances, and the idea never materialized. Later, a new specification, Spec. F29/27 was issued for a bomber-destroyer carrying a single COW gun. Vickers submitted their Type 161 to meet this specification

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BRITAIN
1936

  

The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a bomber by the larger four-engine "heavies" such as the Avro Lancaster.

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FRANCE
1910

  


The Canard Voisin was a plane developed by Gabriel and Charles Voisin in 1910. Original in design, with its main wings positioned at the back, the Canard Voisin was a very popular aircraft during the first decades of the 20th century. With the addition of floats, it also became the first seaplane of the French Navy.

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The Canard Voisin expanded on a design previously experimented by Alberto Santos-Dumont with his 14-bis airplane, in which the main wings were placed at the aft of the aircraft in order to facilitate horizontal control and stability at landing. At the front, a small horizontal stabilizer was installed. The plane, named "Canard" because of its aft-heavy shape, was successfully tested by Maurice Colliex at Issy-les-Moulinaux between March and May 1910. The Canard was equipped with a 60HP Anzani radial engine (amon

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U.S.A
1936

  


The F7U Cutlass seems destined to be remembered for its faults. The "Gutless Cutlass", as it came to be called certainly had its share of problems, but it also was an aircraft of remarkable innovation. The tricycle landing gear and pressurized cockpit were advanced features for the time. The Cutlass was the first production tail-less military aircraft, the first Navy aircraft with swept wings, the first production aircraft with afterburning engines, the first Navy aircraft with a high-pressure hydraulic system and, in the F7U-M, the first fighter to carry air-to-air radar guided missiles, the Sparrow I. In spite of its limitations most pilots found the Cutlass a joy to fly.

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U.S.A
1955 

  

The F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) was a single-engine aircraft carrier-based air superiority fighter aircraft built by Vought. It replaced the Vought F-7 Cutlass. The first F-8 prototype was ready for flight in February 1955, and was the last American fighter with guns as the primary weapon, principally serving in the Vietnam War.The RF-8 Crusader was a photo-reconnaissance development and operated longer in U.S. service than any of the fighter versions. RF-8s played a crucial role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, providing essential low-level photographs impossible to acquire by other means.US Naval Reserve units continued to operate the RF-8 until 1987.

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U.S.A
1936

  

The Vought OS2U Kingfisher was a American catapult-launched observation floatplane. The OS2U was the main shipboard observation aircraft used by the United States Navy during World War II, and 1,519 of the aircraft were built. It served on battleships and cruisers of the US Navy, and with the United States Coast Guard, the United States Marine Corps in VMS-3, the Royal Navy and the Soviet Navy. The Royal Australian Air Force also operated a few Kingfishers from shore bases.

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U.S.A
1945

  

The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman during World War II. This unorthodox design consisted of a flat, somewhat disc shaped body (hence its name) serving as the lifting surface.Two piston engines buried in the body drove propellers located on the leading edge at the wingtips.

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U.S.A
1933 

 

The prototype (designated the V-1) was an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tailwheel landing gear. It had accommodation for a pilot and six passengers and first flew on 19 February 1933. The production aircraft were designated the V-1A and had a slightly larger and longer fuselage for two pilots and eight passengers. Production ended in 1936 after 24 aircraft had been built

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U.S.A
1933 

American Airlines bought eight V-1As and the V-1 prototype (after it had been modified for two pilot operation) and they entered service in 1934. By 1936 they were sold having been replaced with twin-engined aircraft. A number of aircraft were operated by private companies or individuals. One V-1A was fitted with twin floats and sold to the Soviet Union. One aircraft was used in an attempt to make the first New York-London-New York return flight. It was later used by Nationalist forces in Spain. Seven former American Airlines aircraft were used by the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, with machine-guns and under-fuselage bomb racks fitted. Four of the aircraft were captured by the Nationalists 

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U.S.A
1940 

  

In 1940, Vultee Aircraft started the design of a single engined dive-bomber, the Vultee Model 72 (V-72) to meet the requirements of the French Armée de l'Air. The V-72 was built with private funds and was intended for sale to foreign markets. The V-72 was a low-wing, single engine powered, monoplane with a closed cockpit and a crew of two. An air-cooled radial Wright Double Row Cyclone GR-2600-A5B-5 engine rated at 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) powered the V-72. It was armed with both fixed forward firing and flexible mounted .30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns in the rear cockpit. The aircraft also carried up to 1,500 lb (680 kg) of bombs in an interior bomb bay and on external wing racks.[

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U.S.A
1945

  

The Vultee BT-13 was the basic trainer flown by most American pilots during World War II. It was the second phase of the three phase training program for pilots. After primary training, the student pilot moved to the more complex Vultee for basic flight training. The BT-13 had a more powerful engine and was faster and heavier than the primary trainer. It required the student pilot to use two way radio communications with the ground and to operate landing flaps and a two-position variable pitch propeller. It did not, however, have retractable landing gear or a hydraulic system. The large flaps are operated by a crank-and-cable system. Its pilots nicknamed it the "Vultee Vibrator."

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U.S.A
1941

  


The Vultee P-66 Vanguard was an accidental addition to the USAAF's inventory of fighter aircraft. It was initially ordered by Sweden, but by the time the aircraft were ready for delivery in 1941, the United States would not allow them to be exported, designating them as P-66s and retaining them for defensive and training purposes. Eventually, a large number were sent to China where they were pressed into service as combat aircraft with indifferent results.

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