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  • Thumbnail for Focke-Wulf Fw 190
    The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed Würger (Shrike) is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late...
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  • Thumbnail for Airco DH.4
    The Airco DH.4 is a British two-seat biplane day bomber of the First World War. It was designed by Geoffrey de Havilland (hence "DH") for Airco, and was...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing P-26 Peashooter
    The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" was the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with...
    27 KB (3,117 words) - 16:53, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
    Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (IATA: YTZ, ICAO: CYTZ) is a regional airport located on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is often...
    121 KB (13,889 words) - 05:52, 3 May 2024
  • The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a division of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. TRB's mission is to mobilize expertise...
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  • Thumbnail for Canadian International Air Show
    The Canadian International Air Show (CIAS) is an annual air show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show is an aeronautical display of military, government...
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  • This is a year-by-year list of aviation accidents that have occurred at airshows worldwide in the 20th century. August 18 – Airbourne 2000 show (Eastbourne...
    261 KB (24,341 words) - 15:50, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Detroit ZMC-2
    The ZMC-2 (Zeppelin Metal Clad 200,000 cubic foot capacity) was the only successfully operated metal-skinned airship ever built. Constructed at Naval Air...
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  • Thumbnail for Aeon Motor
    Aeon Motor (Chinese: 宏佳騰動力科技; pinyin: Hóngjiā téng dònglì kējì) is an exporter and manufacturer of ATVs, scooters and mini-bikes in Taiwan and is based...
    4 KB (235 words) - 08:26, 29 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for 1958 C-130 shootdown incident
    The 1958 C-130 shootdown incident was the shooting down of an American Lockheed C-130A-II-LM reconnaissance aircraft which entered Soviet airspace during...
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  • Vladimir Pavlecka (May 20, 1901 – June 28, 1980) was a Czech-American inventor and aircraft designer. He was the chief inventor of flush riveting and held...
    10 KB (961 words) - 10:04, 23 October 2023
  • The Whiteside County Airport (IATA: SQI, ICAO: KSQI), also known as Joseph H. Bittorf Field, is a public-use airport serving Rock Falls, Illinois, United...
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  • Thumbnail for 1945 RAAF Douglas C-47 disappearance
    RAAF ambulance aircraft A65-83 (C47-CIZ) was a Douglas DC-3 plane that crashed on or near an island in the Timor area of the Banda Sea during a storm on...
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  • KLM West-Indisch Bedrijf (WIB or KLM West Indies Company) was a subsidiary of KLM, which operated flights within the Dutch West-Indies (Netherlands Antilles...
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