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Vickers Vimy Bomber

The first non-stop flight from America to Europe was accomplished in 1919 by the Vickers “Vimy”…

  • Rolls-Royce,
  • Vickers

Curtiss NC

The year 1919 was memorable in the history of aviation for the first successful flight across…

  • Curtiss,
  • four-engine,
  • Liberty

Nieuport-Delage 29

In 1920, the Nieuport-Delage Ni-D 29 was the fastest airplane in the world. Designed by the…

  • Hispano-Suiza,
  • Nieuport

Morane-Saulnier L

How do you fire a machine gun through the arc of a spinning propeller? Early in…

  • Gnome,
  • Morane-Saulnier

Nieuport 28

This late variant of Nieuport’s biplanes was used mainly by American pilots, notably Eddie Rickenbacker, the…

  • Gnome,
  • Nieuport

Mitsubishi A6M, Type Zero

Early in World War Two, American fliers thought they were facing a “wonder weapon,” in the…

  • Mitsubishi

Aviatik B.II

The Aviatik B. II was a reconnaissance aircraft widely used by the Germans and Austrians before…

  • Aviatik,
  • Daimler

Sopwith Tabloid

One of the most notable developments at the end of 1913 was the appearance of the…

  • Gnome,
  • Sopwith

Airco D.H.2

Arriving at the front in February 1916, the Airco D.H.2 was fairly late in the British…

  • Airco,
  • Gnome

Vickers F.B.5 Gunbus

[ad#ad-1] Visitors to Britain’s Olympia Air Show in March, 1913 had the chance to see the…

  • Gnome,
  • pusher,
  • Vickers
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