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Aircraft models with their history, specifications and variants.

Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
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Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
Airliner · 1960
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 was the regional turboprop with which Avro set out to replace the Douglas DC-3 on feeder routes around the world. It flew on 24 June 1960, and a ruggedness aimed at unprepared strips kept it working long after…
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland (CC BY SA), vía commons
VISIT YOUR LOCAL AIR MUSEUM (HawkeyeUK) (CC BY SA), vía commons
David Dixon (CC BY SA), vía commons
Swissair (CC BY SA), vía commons
Swissair (CC BY SA), vía commons
Airliner · 1962
Hawker Siddeley Trident
The Hawker Siddeley Trident is a British short/medium-haul trijet airliner that first flew on 9 January 1962 and entered service with British European Airways on 1 April 1964. A total of 117 were built, and the last examples were retired…
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Bahnfrend (CC BY SA), vía commons
Sgt Laura Bibby (© Crown copyright) (OGL), vía commons
Cpl Laura Bibby (© Crown copyright) (OGL), vía commons
SAC Taz Hetherington (© Crown copyright) (OGL), vía commons
Airliner · 1962
Vickers VC10
The Vickers VC10 was a British long-range jet airliner designed to operate from the short, hot and high runways of BOAC's route network. It first flew in 1962 and, after its airline career, soldiered on with the Royal Air Force until 2013.
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Cpl Rich Denton (© Crown copyright) (OGL), vía commons
Huhu Uetersen (CC BY), vía commons
Biponacci (CC BY SA), vía commons
Dietmar Rabich (CC BY SA), vía commons
Cpl Rich Denton (© Crown copyright) (OGL), vía commons
General aviation · 1965
Britten-Norman Islander
The Britten-Norman Islander is a British light utility twin carrying a pilot and up to nine passengers, designed in the 1960s for short-haul work between small and poorly prepared airstrips. It first flew on 13 June 1965, was certified in…
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Rod Allday (CC BY SA), vía commons
Attack · 1967
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier was the first attack and reconnaissance aircraft with vertical or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) capability to reach genuine operational service, and the only design of its kind to survive the wave of…
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Aircraft encyclopedia

Hawker Siddeley HS 748

Hawker Siddeley Trident

Vickers VC10

Britten-Norman Islander

Hawker Siddeley Harrier