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Matti Blume (CC BY SA), vía commons
Bene Riobó (CC BY SA), vía commons
Aeroprints.com (CC BY SA), vía commons
David Álvarez López from Gijón, España (CC BY), vía commons
Craig Sunter from Manchester, UK (CC BY), vía commons
Bill Larkins (CC BY SA), vía commons
Helicopter · September 16, 2026
MBB Bo 105
The MBB Bo 105 is a light twin-engined multipurpose helicopter designed in West Germany by Bölkow, part of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) from 1969, and later produced by Eurocopter, today Airbus Helicopters. It first flew on 16 February…
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André Gerwing (CC BY SA), vía commons
Perrin JC (CC BY), vía commons
besopha (CC BY SA), vía commons
Benjamin Ries (CC BY SA), vía commons
Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada (CC BY SA), vía commons
Helicopter · September 16, 2026
Eurocopter EC665 Tiger
The Eurocopter EC665 Tiger is a twin-engined, four-bladed attack helicopter developed jointly by France and Germany and built today by Airbus Helicopters, the successor to Eurocopter. It was the first all-composite helicopter designed in…
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Killervince (CC BY SA), vía commons
Falcon® Photography from France, France (CC BY SA), vía commons
Yebaco (CC BY SA), vía commons
Antflights (CC BY SA), vía commons
Transport · September 16, 2026
Canadair CL-415
The Canadair CL-415 is a twin-turboprop amphibious aircraft designed specifically for aerial firefighting: it scoops up to 6,137 litres of water in about twelve seconds while skimming a lake or the sea, mixes it in flight with foam or…
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玄史生 (CC BY SA), vía commons
Fighter · September 15, 2026
Northrop F-5
The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighters conceived in the late 1950s as a privately funded Northrop Corporation venture. Two generations share the designation: the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter and the deeply…
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Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France (CC BY), vía commons
Ad Meskens You are free to use this picture for any purpose as long as you credit its author, Ad Meskens. Example: © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons If you use this work outside of the Wikimedia projects, a message or a copy is very much appreciated. This image is not in the public domain. A statement such as "From Wikimedia Commons" or similar is not by itself sufficient. If you do not provide clear attribution to the author you do not comply with the terms of the file's license and you may not use this file. If you are unable or unwilling to provide attribution you should contact Ad Meskens to negotiate a different license. (CC BY SA), vía commons
Trainer · September 14, 2026
Stampe SV-4
The Stampe SV-4 is a two-seat biplane trainer and touring aircraft designed at Antwerp by the Belgian firm Stampe et Vertongen. First flown on 17 May 1933 with Jean Stampe at the controls, it reached its definitive form in 1937 as the…
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Kora27 (CC BY SA), vía commons
Andre Wadman (GFDL), vía commons
Kora27 (CC BY SA), vía commons
Varmin (CC BY SA), vía commons
Trainer · September 14, 2026
Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann
The Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann is a two-seat primary trainer biplane with open tandem cockpits and fixed undercarriage, unveiled in Berlin in 1934 by the newly founded Bücker Flugzeugbau. It was the company's first aircraft and, at the same…
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David Monniaux (CC BY SA), vía commons
Clemens Vasters from Viersen, Germany, Germany (CC BY), vía commons
Ibex73 (CC BY), vía commons
Ashwin Kumar from Bengaluru, India (CC BY SA), vía commons
Ashwin Kumar from Bengaluru, India (CC BY SA), vía commons
Tiraden (CC BY SA), vía commons
Fighter · September 14, 2026
Dassault Rafale
The Dassault Rafale is the twin-engine, canard-delta multirole fighter that forms the backbone of French combat aviation today, serving both the Air and Space Force and the carrier-borne aviation of the French Navy. Its name means "gust"…
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Juraj Habaj (CC BY SA), vía commons
Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia (CC BY SA), vía commons
"Aero L-39 Albatros" by Armchair Aviator is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.
Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia (CC BY SA), vía commons
Scott D Colbath (CC BY SA), vía commons
Trainer · September 9, 2026
Aero L-39 Albatros
The Aero L-39 Albatros is the two-seat jet trainer that Aero Vodochody developed in Czechoslovakia during the late 1960s and that went on to train several generations of military pilots across much of the world. Conceived as the successor…
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Michael from Calgary, AB, Canada (CC BY), vía commons
Eric Friedebach (CC BY), vía commons
Fil.Al from Comox, Canada (CC BY), vía commons
Trainer · September 4, 2026
Canadair CT-114 Tutor
The Canadair CT-114 Tutor, known to its makers as the CL-41, was the standard jet trainer of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and, after unification, of the Canadian Armed Forces. A single-engined low-wing aircraft with tricycle…
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Peter Gronemann (CC BY), vía commons
Christophe Eyquem (CC BY), vía commons
Julian Herzog</ (CC BY), vía commons
Trevor (CC BY SA), vía commons
Mark Harkin (CC BY), vía commons
Fighter · September 2, 2026
Eurofighter Typhoon
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta multirole fighter, designed originally as an air-superiority fighter and built by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo that runs most of the programme…
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Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia (CC BY SA), vía commons
Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia (CC BY SA), vía commons
President of Russia (CC BY), vía commons
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Fighter · August 23, 2026
Sukhoi Su-57
The Sukhoi Su-57 «Felon» is a twin-engine fifth-generation multirole fighter and the first aircraft designed with stealth technology to enter service with the Russian armed forces. It grew out of the PAK FA programme — the Russian acronym…
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Rob Schleiffert (CC BY SA), vía commons
BrokenSphere (CC BY SA), vía commons
Fighter · August 19, 2026
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat was a two-seat, twin-engine, variable-geometry carrier fighter built for one very specific job: to hold off, hundreds of kilometres from the carrier, the Soviet bombers that threatened to swamp an entire naval force…
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