| Junkers Ju 88 | Three days after this submarine attack, four Luftwaffe | bombers raided Scapa Flow in one of the first bombing attacks on Britain d ... |
| West Side Stadium | ... ajor professional sports arena in the borough. The New York Jets proposed a | for their home field, but the proposal was eventually defeated in June 200 ... |
| C.4 | ... dynamic and structural deficiencies in their rotors. His fourth design, the | , made the first documented flight of an autogyro on 17 January 1923, pilo ... |
| AgustaWestland Apache | ... s been producing Apache components for the international market and for the | . Since 2004, Korea Aerospace Industries has been the sole manufacturer of ... |
| Kellett KD-1 | ... nce, artillery-spotting, and anti-submarine uses. The Ka-1 was based on the | first imported to Japan in 1938. The craft was initially developed for use ... |
| Sikorsky S-76 | ... carrying up to fourteen additional helicopters; a mix of Sikorsky Sea King, | , and CH-47 Chinook. There is only enough hangar space for ten aircraft |
| Tomahawk | ... els in the Strike Group provide additional capabilities, such as long range | missiles or the Aegis Combat System, and also protect the carrier from att ... |
| Heinkel He 277 | ... meter, three-blade propeller for multi-engined use, such as on the proposed | Amerika Bomber four engined strategic bomber design. The E model was also ... |
| Supermarine Sea Eagle | ... ly a seaplane manufacturer, this included a number flying boats such as the | , the Supermarine Sea King, the Supermarine Walrus and Supermarine Stranra ... |
| Westland Sea King | ... en built under license in Italy and Japan, and in the United Kingdom as the | . The major civil versions are the S-61L and S-61N |
| Mi-25 | It also has Su-25 close-support aircraft, | attack helicopters, Mi-17 transport helicopters, Aermacchi MB-339, Embraer ... |
| Fairey Swordfish | ... hat company. Two Bristol Pegasus engines remain airworthy in 2010, powering | aircraft operated by the Royal Navy Historic Flight, other examples are pr ... |
| De Havilland Mosquito | ... Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882–1965), an aircraft designer, notably of the | , and founder of the aircraft company which bore his name. Her paternal gr ... |
| HH-3 Jolly Green Giant | ... e Air Force had a large inventory of these engines on hand for its fleet of | rescue helicopters and using the same engine for both helicopters would sa ... |
| Eurocopter AS350 | In May 2005, pilot Didier Delsalle of France landed an | B3 helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest. He needed to land for two mi ... |
| Lancaster bomber | ... Cockcroft, aeroplane pioneer Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, and designer of the | Roy Chadwick, while famous academics include mathematicians Louis Joel Mor ... |
| Consolidated B-24 Liberator | ... increasingly utilize the airfield, sending Boeing B-29 Superfortresses and | heavy bombers and Douglas B-18 Bolo which were used both for training and ... |
| AFC East | ... ith the merger of the AFL and NFL the Colts and Jets were placed in the new | . The two teams met twice a year (interrupted in 1982 by a player strike) ... |
| C.6 | De la Cierva developed his | model with the assistance of Spain's Military Aviation establishment, havi ... |
| Mi-4 | ... 973 to 1978, Afghanistan obtained more sophisticated Soviet weapons such as | and Mi-8 helicopters, Su-22 and Il-28 jets. In addition to that the nation ... |
| PZL.23 Karaś | ... Pegasus was also licensed by the PZL company in Poland. It was used on the | and PZL.37 Łoś bombers |
| Mil Mi-2 | ... d M114 howitzers), antiaircraft systems (ZSU-23-4 Shilka) and helicopters ( | , Mil Mi-17) |
| NHIndustries NH90 | The Air Force is currently in the process of retiring the Iroquois. The | has been chosen as the replacement aircraft. This process is expected to b ... |
| B-17 | American | bombers based in Australia and staging through Port Moresby attacked the a ... |
| Mil Mi-17 | ... witzers), antiaircraft systems (ZSU-23-4 Shilka) and helicopters (Mil Mi-2, | ) |
| Walrus | ... to the war, anti-submarine air patrols were flown on an ad-hoc basis by the | flying boats of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, operating from its own bas ... |
| Aerospatiale SA-330 Puma | ... rá ground attack aircraft with a Stinger. On 30 May, at about 11.00 a.m., a | helicopter was brought down by another missile, also fired by the SAS, in ... |
| Zeppelin NT | ... turn to the event since 1995. The world's largest flying Farmers Airship, a | owned and operated by Airship Ventures made its first appearance by giving ... |
| Domina Jalbert | ... he greatest development in parachutes since Leonardo da Vinci, the American | invented the Parafoil which had sectioned cells in an aerofoil shape; an o ... |
| Pitcairn PCA-2 | In 1931, Amelia Earhart flew a | to a women's world altitude record of 18,415 ft (5,613 m) |
| Mi-8 | ... 78, Afghanistan obtained more sophisticated Soviet weapons such as Mi-4 and | helicopters, Su-22 and Il-28 jets. In addition to that the nation possesse ... |
| Dornier Do 17 | ... the event all except two served in the Luftwaffe. Like its predecessor, the | , it inherited the title "The Flying Pencil" because of its slim fuselage. ... |
| H-1 upgrade program | In 1996, the USMC began the | by awarding a contract to Bell Helicopter for developing the improved UH-1 ... |
| Aerion SBJ | ... s reported that Aerion Corporation had $3 billion of pre-order sales on its | supersonic business jet. In late 2010, the project continued with a testbe ... |
| Dornier Do 217 | ... ns of the 801A/L engines include multiple variants of the Junkers Ju 88 and | |
| Mi-35 | ... ov An-32 transport aircraft as well as Mi-17 troop-carrying helicopters and | attack helicopters. The aircrew are being trained by an American team. The ... |
| Yokosuka D4Y | When the | Suisei became available, the D3A2s ended up with land-based units or opera ... |
| C.8 | ... a Cierva in Spain. In 1928 he visited him again, in England, after taking a | L.IV test flight piloted by Arthur H.C.A. Rawson. Being particularly impre ... |
| Advanced Attack Helicopter | ... as developed as Model 77 by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's | program to replace the AH-1 Cobra, and was first flown on 30 September 197 ... |
| Whitley | ... on of five main aircraft types (the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters and the | , Wellington and the Blenheim bombers). As a result development of the Typ ... |
| Sea King | ... fter being awarded his "Wings", he moved onto more advanced training on the | helicopter, and conducted operational flying training until 1982, when he ... |
| McCulloch J-2 | ... gh U-18/Air & Space 18A of 1965, the Avian 2-180 Gyroplane of 1967, and the | of 1972. All have been commercial failures, for various reasons |
| Heinkel He 111 | ... 4 to January 1945, the Luftwaffe launched approximately 1,176 from modified | H-22s of the Luftwaffes Kampfgeschwader 3 (3rd Bomber Wing, the so-called ... |
| Short Empire | ... t Sunderland. It was also used on the Anbo 41, Bristol Bombay, Saro London, | , Vickers Wellesley and the Westland Wallace. Like the Jupiter before it, ... |
| Eurocopter Tiger | ... H-64 Apaches under license from Boeing, following a competition between the | and the Apache for the British Army's new Attack Helicopter in 1995. Impor ... |
| Mi-24 | ... n (1978–1992), weapon deliveries by the Soviets were increased and included | helicopters, MiG-23 fighter aircraft, ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" anti-aircraft self ... |
| Short Sunderland | ... boat, she avoided combat, on 4 August 1943, she was attacked by a Canadian | and a PBY Catalina aircraft southeast of Iceland. One crewman was killed i ... |
| Zeppelin | ... only in 1916 when the town experienced its first aerial bombardment when a | airship bombed it during the First World War. During the Second World War, ... |
| Kayaba Ka-1 | The Imperial Japanese Army developed the | Autogyro for reconnaissance, artillery-spotting, and anti-submarine uses. ... |
| Junkers Ju 88 | ... . Major applications of the 801A/L engines include multiple variants of the | and Dornier Do 217 |
| Lakehurst Naval Air Station, NJ | ... 127 Graf Zeppelin. His sponsorship was conditional on the trip starting at | , so the ship's captain, Dr. Hugo Eckener, first flew the Graf across the ... |
| Eurocopter Tiger | ... that it may purchase as many as 52. A competition held in 1994 against the | and the AH-1 SuperCobra led to the Royal Netherlands Air Force ordering 30 ... |
| Palisadoes | ... at he may have had liver failure due to his heavy drinking. He is buried in | cemetery, which sank beneath the sea after the 1692 earthquake |
| AH-1 Cobra | ... e early years of the Vietnam War. UH-1B/C gunships were replaced by the new | attack helicopter from 1967 to late 1968. The increasing intensity and sop ... |
| Mitsubishi G4M | ... 5", was one of several pilots launched to intercept the incoming 9 Japanese | "Betty" bombers from 2. Chutai of 4. Kokutai, at this time five had alread ... |
| C.1 | De la Cierva's first three designs ( | , C.2, and C.3) were unstable because of aerodynamic and structural defici ... |
| Mitsubishi Type 1 | ... al floatplanes from Deboyne, four Kawanishi Type 97s from Tulagi, and three | bombers from Rabaul. Each side readied the rest of its carrier attack airc ... |
| Heinkel He 111 | ... or the Stab & I/KG53 (Staff & 1st Group of Kampfgeschwader 53) operating 38 | bombers. On 1 September 1939 this unit was one of the many that participat ... |
| McCulloch J-2 | ... ot usually fitted to autogyros, but can be found on the Air & Space 18A and | and the Westermayr Tragschrauber and are capable of near VTOL performance. ... |
| Blenheim | ... es (the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters and the Whitley, Wellington and the | bombers). As a result development of the Typhoon was slowed, production pl ... |
| Halifaxes | ... se Nazi air defences. Three hundred and sixty heavy bombers (Lancasters and | ) bombed a synthetic oil plant in Böhlen, from Dresden, while de Havilland ... |
| Lynx | ... te 1983, Prince Andrew transferred to RNAS Portland, was trained to fly the | helicopter, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 February 1984, ... |
| Supermarine Sea King | ... this included a number flying boats such as the Supermarine Sea Eagle, the | , the Supermarine Walrus and Supermarine Stranraer. However, he is best re ... |
| Supermarine Walrus | ... ying boats such as the Supermarine Sea Eagle, the Supermarine Sea King, the | and Supermarine Stranraer. However, he is best remembered for his work on ... |
| Lancasters | ... night to confuse Nazi air defences. Three hundred and sixty heavy bombers ( | and Halifaxes) bombed a synthetic oil plant in Böhlen, from Dresden, while ... |
| C.19 | ... tream into the rotor while on the ground. This design was first tested on a | in 1929. Efforts in 1930 had shown that development of a light and efficie ... |
| MGM-1 Matador | ... nt of more advanced surface-to-surface tactical missile systems such as the | and later MGM-13 Mace |
| Fairey Swordfish | Some notable users of the Pegasus were the | , Vickers Wellington, and Short Sunderland. It was also used on the Anbo 4 ... |
| Bell 47 | ... der-slung blades, is a development of early Bell model designs, such as the | with which it shares common design features, including a dampened stabiliz ... |
| Ju 88 | ... e design philosophies that had resulted from the main change in the earlier | 's main landing gear design, where each main gear had a single gear strut ... |
| Sikorsky S58 | ... n Uluru, about east of the cairn. The wreck was lifted off on 28 March by a | helicopter |
| Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | ... wet conditions. EAA celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the Douglas DC-3 and | . The Erickson Air-Crane and Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey also returned. Also, ... |
| C.30 | ... s first developed on the Cierva C.19 Mk. V and saw production on the Cierva | series of 1934. In March 1934 this type of autogyro became the first rotor ... |
| ZMC-2 | ... raft Development Corporation built the world's first all-metal airship, the | , for the Navy in a large hangar. Amelia Earhart is rumored to have stoppe ... |
| AH-1 SuperCobra | ... val version was not provided, and the Marine Corps has continued to use the | . The Canadian Forces Maritime Command also examined the prospect of using ... |
| Mi-8 | ... nt used by the air force included thirty-one MiG-29 Fulcrum aircraft, eight | Hip helicopters, five transport aircraft (including an Antonov An-72 Coale ... |
| Air & Space 18A | ... ederal Aviation Administration for commercial production: the Umbaugh U-18/ | of 1965, the Avian 2-180 Gyroplane of 1967, and the McCulloch J-2 of 1972. ... |
| LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin | ... one of the sponsors of the first round-the-world voyage in an airship, the | . His sponsorship was conditional on the trip starting at Lakehurst Naval ... |
| MGM-13 Mace | ... ace-to-surface tactical missile systems such as the MGM-1 Matador and later | |
| Junkers Ju 188 | Some Me 410s were utilized with | s during the Battle of Normandy for high-altitude night reconnaissance mis ... |
| Mi-8 | ... li Air Force (IAF) over the Bekaa Valley on 28 April 1981, against a Syrian | helicopter, which was downed with cannon fire. On 7 June 1981, eight Israe ... |
| B-17 Flying Fortress | ... rcraft. The company had produced innovative and important bombers, from the | and B-29 Superfortress, to the jet-powered B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratof ... |
| Junkers Ju 88 | On the night of December 2, 1943, German | bombers attacked the port of Bari, which was a key supply centre for Allie ... |
| AH-1 Cobra | ... rom owning fixed-wing aircraft. The Army wanted an aircraft better than the | in firepower, performance and range. It would have the maneuverability for ... |
| In the Shadow of the Blade | ... in the Smithsonian American History Museum, is outlined in the documentary | |
| Supermarine S.6B | ... mbered for his work on a series of racing aircraft, which culminated in the | , and the famous Supermarine Spitfire fighter |
| Air & Space 18A | ... pitch controls are not usually fitted to autogyros, but can be found on the | and McCulloch J-2 and the Westermayr Tragschrauber and are capable of near ... |
| Do 217 | ... g Pencil" because of its slim fuselage. The successor of the Do 215 was the | |
| Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | ... erry also was the creator of the Ball Turret Gun that was mounted under the | and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, as commemorated by the film Memphis B ... |
| Kawanishi H6K | ... , under command of Lieutenant Commander John Thach shot down a four-engined | 4 Type 97 ("Mavis") flying boat about 43 miles out at 1112. Later two othe ... |
| Mi-28N | ... American AH-64D Apache had emerged as the front-runner ahead of the Russian | |
| Kate | ... rs had to frequently combine their attacks upon enemy warships with the IJN | torpedo bomber; consequently enemy vessels were often sunk by a combinatio ... |
| Saro London | ... ton, and Short Sunderland. It was also used on the Anbo 41, Bristol Bombay, | , Short Empire, Vickers Wellesley and the Westland Wallace. Like the Jupit ... |
| G4M2e | ... he "Ohka", the true origin is unknown. The MXY-7 was usually carried by the | version of the Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" naval bomber, then the pilot lit the ... |
| wide-body | Air Canada operates a fleet of Airbus A330, Boeing 767, and Boeing 777 | jetliners on long-haul routes, and uses Airbus A320 family aircraft, inclu ... |
| Amerika Bomber | ... ade propeller for multi-engined use, such as on the proposed Heinkel He 277 | four engined strategic bomber design. The E model was also used as the bas ... |
| widebody | The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine | jet airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 has range for me ... |
| De Havilland Mosquito | ... ufacturing expanded considerably, notably the production of veneer wood for | bomber aircraft. On account of the U-boat threat, additional batteries fac ... |
| Air & Space 18A | ... ns to affect the tilt of the rotor are a tilting hub (Cierva), swashplate ( | ), or servo-flaps (Kaman SAVER). A rudder provides yaw control. On pusher ... |
| Do 17 | The | fast bomber elicited renewed interest from foreign air forces (after the i ... |
| Kawanishi Type 97 | ... he same time, four F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft from Yorktown intercepted a | reconnaissance aircraft from the Yokohama Air Group of the 25th Air Flotil ... |
| PZL.37 Łoś | ... licensed by the PZL company in Poland. It was used on the PZL.23 Karaś and | bombers |
| C.3 | De la Cierva's first three designs (C.1, C.2, and | ) were unstable because of aerodynamic and structural deficiencies in thei ... |
| UH-60 | ... conducts combat and night operational training, using the OH-58, UH-1, and | helicopters. 1st Battalion, 223d Aviation Regiment operates from Cairns Ar ... |
| Type 99 | ... all of his available aircraft. A total of 78 aircraft—18 Zero fighters, 36 | dive bombers, and 24 torpedo aircraft—began launching from Shōkaku and Zui ... |
| Consolidated B-24 Liberator | ... l Turret Gun that was mounted under the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the | , as commemorated by the film Memphis Belle and the poem The Death of the ... |
| Mi-17 | It also has Su-25 close-support aircraft, Mi-25 attack helicopters, | transport helicopters, Aermacchi MB-339, Embraer EMB-312 Tucano subsonic t ... |
| Short Empire | ... and and France have declared war on Germany. Then, while the group are on a | plane to America, Fisher confesses his deeds to his daughter. Despite this ... |
| Short Sunderland | ... ble users of the Pegasus were the Fairey Swordfish, Vickers Wellington, and | . It was also used on the Anbo 41, Bristol Bombay, Saro London, Short Empi ... |
| Bell 47 | On 5 March 1968, a three-seat | G2 helicopter piloted by Philip Latz crashed on Uluru, about east of the c ... |
| P-15 Termit | ... or sunk to build reefs. Cuba has constructed rolling platforms with Soviet | missile batteries taken from its warships and placed them near beaches whe ... |
| Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard | ... its new short range recovery (SRR) air-sea rescue helicopter, replacing the | . In total 99 helicopters, optimised for the USCG's search and rescue role ... |
| jets | ... g and wide at large international airports built to accommodate the largest | , to the huge x lake bed runway 17/35 at Edwards Air Force Base in Califor ... |
| Supermarine S.6 | ... acing seaplanes developed by Supermarine that followed the S.4, S.5 and the | . The S.6B won the Trophy in 1931 and later broke the world air speed reco ... |
| BGM-109 Tomahawk | ... ts are underway on developing systems that could create as much damage as a | , but at a fraction of the cost. In February 2008 the US Navy tested a mag ... |
| C.2 | De la Cierva's first three designs (C.1, | , and C.3) were unstable because of aerodynamic and structural deficiencie ... |
| Macchi M.C.72 | ... arly 1930s, Italian seaplane designers set world speed records (such as the | designed by the Italian airplane designer Mario Castoldi). One of the test ... |
| Arado Ar 234 | There were plans, not put into practice, to use the | jet bomber to launch V-1s either by towing them aloft or by launching them ... |
| Mitsubishi Type 96 | ... included 12 torpedo-armed Type 1 bombers and the second group comprised 19 | land attack aircraft armed with bombs. Both groups found and attacked Crac ... |
| de Havilland Twin Otter | ... rcraft are taildraggers, though there are exceptions like the Quest Kodiak, | and the Peterson 260SE. Autogyros also have STOL capability, needing a sho ... |
| Short Sandringham | ... ircraft applications ranged from single-engine biplanes to the four-engined | and Sunderland flying boats. Several altitude and distance records were se ... |
| AgustaWestland Apache | ... apore; as well as being produced under license in the United Kingdom as the | . U.S. AH-64s have served in conflicts in Panama, the Persian Gulf, Kosovo ... |