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Louis Blériot, who made the first cross-channel flight in 1909 in a Blériot IX, here seen in a Blériot XII. The XII first flew May1909. In Aug1909 it set a speed record at a 10 km circuit: 77 km/h (!). At least 3 were constructed. #Aviation #Aircraft #History

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Prototype of the Vickers Vanguard medium range turboprop airliner, which first flew in Jan1959. It was introduced late 1960 in BEA service, also Trans-Canada Air Lines ordered Vanguards. Only 44 were produced, from the 1970ies mainly in freighter configuration. #Aviation #Aircraft #History

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The famous and formidable US Vought F4U Corsair fighter, which saw extensive operations during World War II in the Pacific and in the Korean War. Over 12500 were produced. #Aviation #Aircraft #History

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The beautiful designed North American Navion B. Production was taken over by Ryan in 1947. Over 2600 were produced. F-BFPY was active until 1967. #Aviation #Aircraft #History

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Lovely picture of Derby Airways Canadair North Star/C-4 Argonaut G-ALHS. The Argonaut was a Canadian development of the Douglas DC-4 with Rolls Royce Merlin engines giving it a much higher cruising speed. G-ALHS was manufactured in 1949, it was withdrawn from use in 1968 and scrapped. #Aviation

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The beautiful North American A-5A Vigilante carrier based supersonic bomber, here at a Paris Air Show. First flight Aug1958, in service with the US Navy in 1961. Only 167 were produced. Reconnaissance version RA-5C saw service in the Vietnam war. #Aviation #Aircraft #History

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The French Nord Gerfaut experimental aircraft. Two produced, first flight January 1954. It was the first European aircraft that could reach Mach 1 in horizontal flight without use of afterburner. It set several climb records, most notable 3 min 46 sec to 15 kmin Feb1956. #Aviation

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US Air Force Boeing B-47E 53-4213, placed as monument near Wichita, KS, where it was produced in 1956. Since 1988 it is on display at McConnell AFB, Wichita. Over 2000 of this impressive six-engined Cold War era bomber were produced in the 1950ies. #Aviation #Aircraft #History

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Japan Air Lines (JAL) Boeing 727-46 JA8319 “Kitakami” was delivered in 1966. It ended its career in 1996, when it was scrapped Colombia. The Boeing 727 entered service in 1964 and was one the most popular jetliners of the 1960/1970ies with over 1800 produced. #Aviation #Aircraft #History

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Aero Commander 680V Astafan Commander F-WSTM, here at the ILA Hanover 1972, was a standard Commander 680V modified by Miles Aircraft in the UK with Turbomeca Astafan jet engines as testbed for Turbomeca. First flew Mar 1971. Aircraft is reportedly preserved at Perignan since 1991. #Aviation

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The nicely designed Cessna T303 Crusader six seat twin first flew in 1978. Less than 300 were produced. OO-VJI was active in 1982 only, still active in Germany as D-ITPJ #Aviation #Aircraft

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Lovely image of a French Cessna 310. The 310 was produced between 1954 and 1980 with about 6000 produced in two versions. F-BGTB was built in 1957 and until 2020 active in Spain #Aviation #Aircraft #History

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Lockheed L-188C Electra, of which 170 were produced between 1957 and 1961. Here N385AC of Air California, which was delivered in 1959 to Qantas, in 1967 to Air California and transferred 1973 to Ecuador, where it was withdrawn from use after a wheels-up landing in 1989. #Aviation

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Lockheed T-33 jet trainer, of which over 6500 were produced between 1958 and 1959 and used by many NATO air forces. The pictured aircraft flew between 1954 and 1957 with the US Air Force, then transferred to the West-German airforce (Luftwaffe), Mar1972 salvaged at Jever. #Aviation #Aircraft

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Douglas Delta D (Thrust Augmented Delta) rocket during launch of a Early Bird/Intelsat I communication satellite, April 6, 1965. The satellite, in a geostationary orbit, was active until August 1965 #Spaceflight #Rocket #Aerospace

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US Air Force photo Apr1960: "launch view of US Air Force Thor-Able Star Booster Vehicle carrying US Navy-ARPA developed Transit 1-B navigation-aid satellite" #Spaceflight #Rocket #Aerospace

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Swissair Douglas DC-2-115B HB-ITE, which was in use between 1935 and 1952, here seen pre-war at Croydon, London. In 1952 it was sold in South-Africa but it crashed in bad weather within a month in Sudan with 2 killed. #Aviation #Aircraft #History

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75-year-old ad for the Beech Model 35 Bonanza V-tail: "Align your business for a faster pace of sales...." Well, the Model 35 was quite a success: more than 10000 produced between 1947 and 1982 with the improved conventional tail Model 36 Bonanza still in production! #Aviation #Aerospace #Airplane

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In 1975 Boeing proposed the 747 (as KC-33A) for the US Air Force Advanced Cargo Transport Aircraft (ACTA) program. It also included midair refueling capacities here demonstrated (using the Boeing 747 prototype) with a B-52 bomber. Boeing lost the bid against the McDonnell Douglas KC-10A. #Aircraft

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Bellanca 28-90 bomber, which was developed from the 28-70 air racer (designed for the 1934 London-Melbourne race). In total 43 were produced for the Republic army in the Spanish Civil War, but non of the aircraft reached Spain. Instead, the aircraft ended up in China and Mexico. #Aircraft #History

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The spectacular British Aircraft Corp TSR-2 bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. It first flew in Sep1964, here seen with a Canberra as chase plane. Just before a second prototype would make its first flight, in Apr1965, the project was cancelled due to excessive costs. #Aviation

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Saab 210 research aircraft, used to investigate the double-delta wing configuration for the Saab 35 Draken fighter. First flight in January 1952. Later modified with air intakes in the wing root. It made about 900 flight until late 1955, now part of the Air Force Museum in Linköping. #Aviation

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Pan American Boeing 707-321 N451PA at Hong Kong Kai Tak airport in 1967, the year the aircraft was delivered. In 1977, being converted as cargo plane, it was transferred to Ronair and leased to Iran Air, 1979 to Ecuadoriana Jet Cargo, later AECA Cargo, scrapped in 2000 in Ecuador. #Aviation

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Sikorsky S-64A Skycrane N325Y during tests with the Budd Company Skylounge detachable module in 1967. Apparently the tests were not succesfull or financial problems emerged: the module was not taken into production. #Aviation #History #Helicopters

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French Microjet 200, powered by two 1.3 kN Microturbo turbojets, first flew in June 1980. The prototype, seen here, was constructed of wood. Three pre-production Microjets were of mixed construction. Project failed to gain interest and only 4 were produced. #Aerospace #Aviation

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The spectacular Latécoère 631 flying boat, developed in the late 1930s. The prototype flew for the first time in 1942 and was seized by the Germans. The second prototype (pictured here) flew in 1945. Only 10 were produced and were saw limited service on transatlantic routes until 1955. #Aviation

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Lockheed P-80B Shooting Star, the first US operational jet fighter. First flight Jan1944. Over 1700 were produced, which saw extensive service in the Korean War. From the late 1950ies they were replaced by the F-86 Sabre. The T-33 trainer was related to the P-80 and much longer active. #Aviation

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The iconic Bell 206 JetRanger, which first flew in 1962. Developed from the YOH-4, destined for the US Army but not selected. Between 1962 and 2017 about 7300 were produced in several versions (most notably: 206L LongRanger stretched version) with also many military users #Aviation #Helicopter

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May 1960, Fort Benning, GA: "The Nike-Zeus, Anti-Missile, Missile displayed by the Army Ordnance Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama". Photo by Cecil W. Stoughton/US Army #Aerospace #Missile #Rocket

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Oct1958, Taipei, Taiwan: "Three Nike-Hercules missiles, the first to be raised in the far east [...]. Battery B, 2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Amy Regiment, was the first battery to have missiles ready for firing". Photo by Harold P. Slats, US Army #Aerospace #Missile #Rocket

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The two prototypes of the Tupolev Tu-134 at Sheremetyevo, Moscow in 1964. The Tu-134 first flew in July1963. From 1966 it was taken into service with several East-block airliners, in total 852 were produced up to 1989. #Aviation #Aerspace #Aircraft #Aeroflot

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Tomorrow 19 year ago: spectacular crash of a US Air Force Lockheed Galaxy at Dover AFB, DE, USA. After take off a problem with a thrust reverser occurred. The crew left in error 2 engines at idle and used a wrong flap setting. During approach it crashed into a field. Nobody injured. #Aviation

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I admire the Piper Cub! Here a J3C-65. Designed as sports plane in the late 1930ies, over 20000 were produced in the Second World War as reconnaissance, liaison and ground control aircraft. The particular aircraft, OO-COR, is still flying in Ireland as EI-AFE. #Aviation #Aerospace #Airplace

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McDonnell RF-4E Phantom of the West German Air Force, which operated 173 examples between 1971 and 2013. The 35+46, pictured, went to the Greece Air Force for use for spares. #Aviation #Aerospace #Airplace

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Jurca MJ-2A Tempête, was designed in the 1950ies as homebuilt aircraft. This aircraft, F-PXKC, was built in 1977, in 1998 it crashed and was written off. It is estimated that over 60 were build. #Aviation #Aerospace #Airplace

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Lockheed L-1329 JetStar business jet. Just over 200 were produced between 1961 and 1980. Eastern Airways used 2 JetStars in the early 1970ies. For nowadays standard, the name WhisperStar would be laughable, the 4 Garrett turbofans produced anything but whispers….. #Aviation #Aerospace #Airplace

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Air France Douglas C-47A F-BJRY was delivered in Feb1944 to the US Army Air Force, later to the RAF and from 1948 operating in Tunisia as F-BAXX, later as TS-AXX and between May1961 and Oct1973 F-BJRY for Air France. In 1973 exported to the USA, in the 1980ies it was scrapped at Miami. #Aviation

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RAF De Havilland DH106 Comet 2R XK695 was delivered in Jan1953 to BOAC as G-AMXH; in Aug1956 it was transferred to the RAF. In Jan1975 it went to the Imperial War Museum. Now only the cockpit section/forward fuselage remains which is on display at the de Havilland Heritage Museum. #Aviation

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LTU Sud SE210 Caravelle 10R D-ABAP, which was delivered to LTU in 1969; in 1979 it was transferred to SAT Flug and in 1986 to Istanbul Airlines as TC-ARI. In 1988 it was taken in use as instructional airframe in Turkey. In total 282 Caravelles were produced between 1958 and 1972. #Aviation #Avgeek

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Lockheed F-104G Starfighter of the Dutch Air Force. The Dutch Air Force operated 138 F-104s between 1962 and 1984 of which 95 were produced by Fokker. The pictured D-8047 was delivered in Apr1963 and crashed into sea Dec1981, the pilot survived. #Aviation #Avgeek #Airplane

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Jodel D140A Mousquetaire G-ARDZ, which was produced in 1960 and is still active. Beautiful design in my opinion. #Aviation #Avgeek #Airplane

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McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 YV-C-VIB was delivered to VIASA Venezuela in 1969 was in 1975 reregistered to YV-126C. It ended its career as cargo aircraft for Emery Worldwide, withdrawn from use in 2001 and scrapped in 2004 at Roswell, NM #Aviation #Avgeek #Airplane

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French Potez 630 multirole combat aircraft; first flight April 1936 and operational from late 1938. About 1400 were produced, which flew for French, Vichy-French and Free French Air Force, but also for instance the air forces of Greece, Hungary, Germany and Romania used variants. #Aviation

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French Potez 840 over an impressive landscape. The aircraft, a 18 passenger turboprop airliner/executive plane, first flew in April 1961. Only 8 were produced, there was no market for the type. #Aerospace #Aviation #Avgeek

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Hunting-Percival P.84 Jet Provost trainers of the RAF (British Air Force) “Red Pelicans” display team in 1964. Originally equipped with 4 aircraft, from 1963 extended to 6. They were until 1965 the primary RAF display team, then the Red Arrows took over. In 1973 the team was disbanded. #Aviation

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The nicely designed German Klemm KL-107B sport plane. First flight in 1940 but only 7 were produced until the Klemm factory was destroyed by bombs. In 1955 production restarted, after 54 produced Bölkow developed it further as Bo 207, adding another 92 examples in the 1960ies. #Aerospace #Aviation

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Kaman H-43B Husky with its distinctive intermeshing rotors, designed by German engineer Anton Flettner. The Huski first flew in April 1953, from 1958 in use with mainly US military service for search and rescue and fire fighting. In total 370 were produced. #Aerospace #Aviation #Avgeek

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