Ryan NYP 'Spirit of St. Louis'

Spirit of St. Louis

CountryUSA
RoleLong-range aircraft
First flightApril 28, 1927
Built1

The Spirit of St. Louis (formally the Ryan NYP, registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that Charles Lindbergh flew on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize

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Sukhoi Su-26M

Sukhoi Su-26

CountrySoviet Union
TypeAerobatic aircraft
First flightJune 1984
BuiltUnknow

The Sukhoi Su-26 is a single-seater aerobatic aircraft from the former Soviet Union, powered by a single radial reciprocating engine. The Su-26 has mid-mounted straight wings and fixed landing gear, the main gear mounted on a solid titanium arc.

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Beechcraft Starship 2000A

Beechcraft Starship

CountryUSA
RoleExecutive transport
Produced1983–1995
Built53

The Beechcraft Starship is a twin-turboprop six- to eight-passenger pressurized business aircraft produced by Beech Aircraft Corporation. Notable for its unusual canard design and extensive use of carbon fiber composite, it did not sell many units and production ceased in 1995, only six years after the Starship’s first flight.

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Beech C23 Sundowner

Beechcraft Musketeer

CountryUSA
RoleLight personal and trainer aircraft
Produced1963–1983
Built4,366

The Beechcraft Musketeer is a family of single-engined, low-wing, light aircraft that was produced by Beechcraft. The line includes the Model 19 Musketeer Sport, the Model 23 Musketeer, Custom and Sundowner, the Model 23-24 Musketeer Super III the retractable gear Model 24R Sierra and the military CT-134 Musketeer.

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Tupolev Tu-134A

Tupolev Tu-134

CountrySoviet Union – Russia
RoleAirliner
First fly29 July 1963
Built854

The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes from 1966 to 1989. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain other Russian airliners (including its sister model the Tu-154), it can operate from unpaved airfields.

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Ward LaFrance M1A1

Heavy Wrecking Truck M1

Country USA
Role 10-ton 6×6 wrecker
Produced 1941-1945
No. built 5,765
The Kenworth 10-ton 6×6 heavy wrecking truck (G116) (officially Heavy Wrecking Truck M1) was the standard heavy wrecker of the US Army during World War II. It was replaced in the 1950s by 5-ton wreckers.
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SdKfz 135 Marder I war

SdKfz 135 Marder I

CountryNazi Germany
RoleTank destroyer
In Service1942–1944
Built170

The Marder I “Marten” (Sd.Kfz. 135) was a German World War II tank destroyer, armed with the 75 mm anti-tank gun. Most Marder Is were built on the base of the Tracteur Blindé 37L (Lorraine), a French artillery tractor/armoured personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than three hundred after the Fall of France in 1940.

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Piper PA-46

Piper PA-46

CountryUSA
RoleLight aircraft
First flight30 November 1979
Produced1979—present
 

The Piper M–Class (PA–46; formerly called the Malibu, Malibu Mirage, Malibu Meridian, and Matrix) is a family of American light aircraft manufactured by Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Florida. The aircraft are powered by single engines and have six seats. Twentieth century production of the class was all piston engined (now M350; formerly Malibu, Malibu Mirage), but turboprop versions called the M500 (formerly Malibu Meridian), M600 and M700 (Fury) are now also available.

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