Martin WB-57F Canberra (a heavily modified, high-altitude reconnaissance and research variant of the English Electric Canberra bomber). Used by NASA for high-altitude atmospheric science, airborne research, eclipse chasing, and supporting spaceflight missions such as Artemis. Known for its extremely long high-aspect-ratio wings and specialised turbofan engines, allowing it to fly above 60,000 feet.

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U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter recovered the downed U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk from the Sierra Nevada mountains in late September. The nearly 16,000-pound aircraft was recovered by a CH-53K from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 using a “long-line” with a USMC Helicopter Sling Load rigging and delivered to an airfield at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake in California. According to a Marine Corps statement, the MH-60S will be able to fly again without extensive maintenance as its was recovered without incident or damage.

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Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Typhoon (serial number R8635) made an emergency landing on the rocky shore of Meadfoot Bay near Torquay, Devon, England, on May 21 or May 25, 1943. The aircraft suffered engine failure (powered by a Napier Sabre engine) and executed a forced “pancake” landing onto the rocky intertidal zone; the pilot was unharmed.

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Panavia Tornado GR.1 strike/interdictor aircraft belonging to the Royal Air Force (RAF), a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multi-role combat aircraft.

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Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine, supersonic fourth-generation jet fighter in flight with its landing gear deployed. Developed by the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s to counter Western fighters like the F-16.Twin Klimov RD-33 turbofan engines with distinct large leading-edge root extensions (LERX) and twin vertical tailfins.

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British-built Nyan one-way attack (kamikaze) drone being launched from the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The carrier launched 4 one way attack drones from her flight deck for the first time.

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3D rendering of a Boeing Model 448, an early unbuilt design proposal from the late 1940s that led to the development of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. Unlike the production B-47 (which used external underwing pods), the Model 448 featured six TG-180 (Allison J35) jet engines buried inside the forward and rear fuselage.

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