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Tuesday, 17 November 2020
The Convair B-36 Peacemaker's wingspan of 230 ft was longer than the first flight made by Wright Brother's Kitty Hawk Flyer in 1903
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A British Spitfire, about to flip the wing of a German V-1 flying bomb in order to knock the gyroscope off balance and change its trajectory away from London.
The first VC10 is nearing completion alongside a BEA Vanguard in the Flight Hangar at Weybridge. 1962.
Yokosuka E1Y3 Type 14 Reconnaissance Seaplane. 1930.
Bartini-Beriev-VVA-14. Only 2 ever made.The aircraft's first flight was held on 4 September 1972. At that time, the prototype would not yet be equipped with a pontoon for water landing. The addition of the pontoon allowed the VVA-14 to land in the sea. In addition, aircraft can efficiently hover along the surface of the water. The VVA-14 has two turbojet engines in addition to 12 turbofan engines. The aircraft logged a total of 103 flight hours over 107 times before the project was canceled following Bartini's death.
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