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Sopwith Triplane
Sopwith Triplane (c/n N5486), exhibited at the Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушных сил РФ) in Monino, July 2017. In the middle of the Great War, the Sopwith aviation company developed a single-seat biplane […]
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM, NATO reporting name Mongol-B (c/n 02695156, formerly ´256´ of Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee / the Air Forces of the National People’s Army and then 23+77 of the Luftwaffe), exhibited at Museum auf dem […]
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Sukhoi Su-22M4
Sukhoi Su-22M4, NATO reporting name ´Fitter K´ (c/n 31406, formerly ´798´ of Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee / the Air Forces of the National People’s Army and then 25+44 of the Luftwaffe), exhibited at Museum auf […]
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Supermarine Seagull V / Walrus
Supermarine Seagull V / Walrus (c/n A2-4, formerly ´A2-4´ of the Royal Australian Navy, then VH-ALB), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2014. In May of 1921, the new flying […]
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Tupolev Tu-104A / Ту-104А
Tupolev Tu-104A (c/n 76600503, formerly OK-LDA, operated by Československé Aerolinie / Czechoslovak Airlines – ČSA), open-air exhibition in Kbely Aviation Museum, Prague (Letecké muzeum Kbely), April 2013. Since the early 1950s, the turbojet propulsion was […]
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Gondola of Piccard/Kipfer balloon
Gondola of Piccard/Kipfer balloon, used during their record flight dated 27th May 1931, exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, September 2023. Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss […]
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Gloster Gladiator Mk I
Gloster Gladiator Mk I (c/n 40468, formerly K8042 of the Royal Air Force), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2014. Developed by Gloster as a private company venture, the Gladiator […]
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Westland Lysander Mk III
Westland Lysander Mk III (c/n 1185, formerly R9125 – LX-N and JR-M – of the Royal Air Force), on display at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2014. In 1934, the British […]
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Hawker Siddeley (Blackburn) Buccaneer S.2B
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B (c/n B3-14-67, formerly XV865 of the Royal Navy), on display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, June 2014. In June of 1952, the British Admiralty issued specification of a new naval aircraft, […]