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Airbus A340 - Mach-85. 200 mph, 295-335 people

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - longrange jet-powered bomber. 1950s

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Concorde - English supersonic transport for commercial. First one. Failed economically because too much $$. Russia coppied it

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Lockheed U-2 - Dragon Lady. Single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance plane.

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Grumman F-14 Tomcat - Supersonic, twin engine, variable-sweep wing fighter.

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F-117 Stealth Fighter - Nighthawk. Twin-engine, stealth ground-attack airfraft.

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Boeing 747 - commercial airliner. Jumbo Jet. Most popular aircraft for commerical purposes. Double-deck

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B-2 Stealth Bomber - Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. stealth technology, depoys concentional and nuclear weapons.

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Cal Poly’s RV-7 - 2005ish

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F-22 Raptor - Lockheed Martin, twin engine, single-seat, supermaneuverable fighter aircraft uses stealth technology. Ground attack, electronic warfare, air superiority.

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Douglas DC3 - Fixed wing propeller airline. Revolutionized air transport in 1930s.

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F-16 - Fighting Falcon. Multirole jet fighter. Air superiority day fighter.

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F-4U Corsair - Carrier-capable fighter, used in WWII and Korean War.

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F-18 - McDonnell Douglas Hornet, supersonic, all-weather carrier-capable fighter jet.

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Boeing 707 - midsized narrow-body commercial aircraft. Swept-wing design

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F-86 - North American Sabre. Transonic Jet. Swept wing fighter in the 1950s. One of the best aircrafts in the Korean War

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Stuka - German Dive Bomber, two-man, 1930s

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P-51 - North American Mustang, long range, single-seater fighter during WWII.

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V-2 - German retaliation weapon, short-range ballistic missile. WWII

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Bell UH-1 Huey - Military Helicopter. Medical evacuations 1950s

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V-1 - Flying bomb, German pulse-jet missile.

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ME-262 - Messerschmitt jet powered fighter aircraft, WWII, short life

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1- Turn

2- Roll

3- Yaw

4- Pitch

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Supermarine British Spitfire. 1930s, WWII. Frontline fighter, short-range, high-performance

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Hawker Hurricane, British, 1930s, WWII, big part of Battle of Britain

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X-1 - Bell First plane to break the speed of sound. Pilot was Chuck Jeger.

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X-15 - Rocket-powered aircraft, set speed and altitude records in 1960s. Official world record reached by a manned aircraft

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Douglad C-47 military transport from modified Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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P-80 Lockheed shooting star, 1940s. Jet Fighter, didn’t last long

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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, long-range Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft. 1960s-1990s

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Boeing 337, “Stratocruise”, WWII large long-range airliner, troop transport

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ME- 109 - German WWII figher, backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter force. First modern fighter of the era

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1930s, Strategic bombing

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B-24 Liberator. Heavy Bomber, WWII

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B-25 Meduim American Bober, WWII

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B-29 Superfortress, prop-driven heavy bomber, American, WWII and Korean War

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P-47 Thunderbolt, largest, heaviest, most expensive fighter, US

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Lockheed P-38 Lightening, WWII American fighter, distinct twin booms with single cockpit

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Tupolev Tu-144, “charger”, competition with the Concorde. First supersonic transport jet, Russian. Fails after Paris crash

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Boeing 2707 american supersonic transport jet, failed after swing-wing design was too heavy