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F-18F Super Hornet
Country	USA
Type	Multirole fighter aircraft
Produced	1995–present
Built	500+

Photo gallery of a F-18F Super Hornet, The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are twin-engine carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft variants based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The F/A-18E single-seat and F/A-18F tandem-seat variants are larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet. The Super Hornet has an internal 20 mm M61 rotary cannon and can carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons. Additional fuel can be carried in up to five external fuel tanks and the aircraft can be configured as an airborne tanker by adding an external air refueling system.

Source: F-18F Super Hornet on Wiki

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Caproni Ca.113
Country	Italia
Type	Training biplane aircraft
Photographer	Tiberio Riva
Description	Album of 133 photos walk-around of a «Caproni Ca.113»

Photo gallery of a Caproni Ca.113, The Caproni Ca.113 was an advanced training biplane produced in Italy and Bulgaria in the early 1930s. Designed as a follow-on to the Ca.100, it was a more powerful and robust aircraft capable of aerobatics. It was a conventional design with two cockpits in tandem, single-bay staggered wings of equal span, and mainwheels covered by large spats.

Source: Caproni Ca.113 on Wiki

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Boeing P-26
Country	USA
Type	Pursuit aircraft
First flight	20 March 1932
Built	151

The Boeing P-26 “Peashooter” was the first American all-metal production fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. Designed and built by Boeing, the prototype first flew in 1932, and the type was still in use with the U.S. Army Air Corps as late as 1941 in the Philippines. There are only two surviving Peashooters, but there are three reproductions on exhibit with two more under construction.

Source: Boeing P-26 on Wiki

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Boeing F4B-4
Country	USA
Role	Pursuit aircraft
First flight	25 June 1928
Built	586

Photo gallery of a Boeing F4B-4, The Boeing P-12/F4B was an American pursuit aircraft that was operated by the United States Army Air Corps and United States Navy.

Source: Boeing F4B-4 on Wiki

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Bleriot XI
Country	France
Role	Aircraft
First flight	23 January 1909
Built	Uknow

Photo gallery of a Bleriot XI, The Blériot XI is a French aircraft. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft on 25 July 1909. This achievement is one of the most famous accomplishments of the pioneer era of aviation, and not only won Blériot a lasting place in history but also assured the future of his aircraft manufacturing business. The event caused a major reappraisal of the importance of aviation; the English newspaper The Daily Express led its story of the flight with the headline “Britain is no longer an Island”.

Source: Bleriot XI on Wiki

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Ansaldo SVA
Country	Italy
Type	Reconnaissance biplane aircraft
Photographer	Tiberio Riva
Description	Album of 140 photos walk-around of a «Ansaldo SVA»

Photo gallery of a Ansaldo SVA, The Ansaldo SVA (named for Savoia-Verduzio-Ansaldo) was a family of Italian reconnaissance biplane aircraft of World War I and the decade after. Originally conceived as a fighter, the SVA was found inadequate for that role. Nevertheless, its impressive speed, range and operational ceiling, with its top speed making it one of the fastest (if not the fastest) of all Allied combat aircraft in World War I, gave it the right properties to be an excellent reconnaissance aircraft and even light bomber. Production of the aircraft continued well after the war, with the final examples delivered in 1918. Two minor variants were produced, one with reconnaissance cameras, the other without cameras but extra fuel tanks.

Source: Ansaldo SVA on Wiki

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C-2A Greyhound
Country	USA
Type	High-wing cargo aircraft
First flight	4 November 1968
Built	2900

Photo gallery of a C-2A Greyhound, The Grumman C-2 Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft, designed to carry supplies, mail, and passengers to and from aircraft carriers of the United States Navy. Its primary mission is carrier onboard delivery (COD). The aircraft provides critical logistics support to carrier strike groups. The aircraft is mainly used to transport high-priority cargo, mail and passengers between carriers and shore bases, and can also deliver cargo like jet engines and special stores.

Source: C-2A Greyhound on Wiki

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L-39 Albatros
Country	Czechoslovakia
Type	Jet trainer aircraft
Photographer	Sergei Tsvetkov
Description	Album of 53 photos walk-around of a «L-39 Albatros»

Photo gallery of a L-39 Albatros, The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody. It was designed during the 1960s as a replacement for the Aero L-29 Delfín as a principal training aircraft. The L-39 Albatros has the distinction of being the first of the second-generation jet trainers to be produced, as well as being the first trainer aircraft to be equipped with a turbofan powerplant. The type was widely exported to a wide range of international operators as a military trainer.

Source: L-39 Albatros on Wiki

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CH-53GS Super Stallion
Country	USA
Role	Heavy-lift transport helicopter
First flight	14 October 1964
Produced	1964–1978

Photo gallery of a CH-53GS Super Stallion, The CH-53 Sea Stallion is the most common name for the Sikorsky S-65 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters. Originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, it is in service with Germany, Iran, Israel, and Mexico. The United States Air Force operated the HH-53 “Super Jolly Green Giant” during the late– and post–Vietnam-War era, updating most of them as the MH-53 Pave Low. The dimensionally-similar CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavier-lifting, improved version designated S-80E by Sikorsky. Its third engine makes it more powerful than the Sea Stallion, which it has replaced in the heavy-lift mission.

Source: Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion on Wiki

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Morane-Saulnier MS.406
Country	France
Type	Fighter aircraft
First flight	8 August 1935
Built	1176

Photo gallery of a Morane-Saulnier MS.406, at Museum der Schweizerischen Fliegertruppe Dubendorf, The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 was a French fighter aircraft built by Morane-Saulnier starting in 1938. Numerically, it was France’s most important fighter during the opening stages of World War II. Although sturdy and highly maneuverable, it was underpowered and weakly armed when compared to its contemporaries. Most critically, it was outperformed by the Messerschmitt Bf 109E during the Battle of France. The M.S.406 held its own in the early stages of the war (the so-called Phoney War), but when the war restarted in earnest in 1940, losses to all causes amounted to approximately 400 aircraft. Out of this total some 150 were lost to enemy fighters and ground fire, another 100 were destroyed on the ground in enemy air raids and the remainder was deliberately destroyed by French military personnel to prevent the fighters from falling into enemy hands intact. In return M.S.406 squadrons achieved 191 confirmed victories and another 83 probable victories. The type was more successful in the hands of Finnish and Swiss air forces who developed indigenous models.