The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a subsonic, eight-engined heavy strategic bomber conceived in the early Cold War to deliver nuclear weapons anywhere on the globe without relying on intermediate bases. It has flown with the United States…
The Bristol Type 175 Britannia was a British medium-to-long-range turboprop airliner, conceived by the Bristol Aeroplane Company for the Empire routes and universally remembered as "The Whispering Giant" for its quiet exterior noise and…
The Tupolev Tu-95 — "Bear" in NATO parlance — is a Soviet four-turboprop heavy strategic bomber, conceived to reach targets in the United States without refuelling and capable of carrying nuclear weapons. It first flew on 12 November 1952,…
The Douglas DC-7 was the last large piston-engined airliner built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, produced between 1953 and 1958 as a direct derivative of the DC-6. It answered a very specific request from American Airlines: an aircraft…
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin), with a high wing and a rear loading ramp. Conceived to carry troops, cargo and casualties…
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 — NATO reporting name «Fishbed» — is the delta-winged supersonic fighter-interceptor with which the Soviet Union equipped its own fighter arm, and that of much of the world, from 1959 onwards. Aircrews named it…
The Tupolev Tu-104 is a Soviet medium-range, narrow-body airliner powered by two turbojets. Its historical significance is twofold: it was the second jetliner to enter regular service, after the British de Havilland Comet, and from 1956 to…
The Lockheed U-2 is a high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft: a single-seater with enormously long, narrow wings, one jet engine and a structure pared down to the lightest airframe its designers could get away with, conceived in…
The Handley Page HPR.7 Dart Herald was a British regional airliner with a high wing, a pressurised cabin and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops, conceived in the mid-1950s as a replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3 on short routes and…
The Fokker F27 Friendship is a Dutch twin-turboprop regional airliner that first flew on 24 November 1955 and became one of the most successful European airliners of its era. Fokker built 586 aircraft through 1987, and the type was also…
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The Dassault Mirage III is a family of single-engine French fighters, built in single- and two-seat form by Dassault Aviation. On 24 October 1958 it became the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight. Its…
The Ilyushin Il-18 (NATO reporting name «Coot») is a four-engined low-wing turboprop airliner developed by the Soviet Ilyushin design bureau in the mid-1950s to meet an Aeroflot requirement for a medium-range aircraft seating between 75…
The Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya is a large Soviet turboprop-powered long-range airliner designed by the Tupolev design bureau. In its day it was the largest and fastest passenger aircraft in the world, and also the longest-legged, at 10,900 km.…
First flown on December 6, 1957, the Lockheed L-188 Electra was the first large turboprop airliner built in the United States. Its passenger career proved short, yet the sturdy airframe went on to a long second life hauling cargo and…
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a large two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather fighter that McDonnell Aircraft designed for the United States Navy as a fleet defence interceptor and which proved equally capable as a fighter-bomber and…
The Vickers Vanguard was a British four-engined turboprop airliner for short and medium-range services, designed and produced by Vickers-Armstrongs as the direct successor to the Viscount. It grew out of discussions the manufacturer had…
The Convair 880 was an American narrow-body jet airliner that first flew on 27 January 1959 and entered service with Delta Air Lines in 1960. Marketed on sheer speed, it proved a commercial failure, with only 65 aircraft built.
The Antonov An-24 is a Soviet twin-turboprop regional transport that first flew on 29 October 1959 and entered service in 1962. Designed to operate from rough airstrips, it became one of the most numerous regional aircraft of the Soviet…
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