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Amazing Flying Machines





The fastest, biggest, most colourful and most distinct flying machines that ever took to the air. The most expensive, the most sophisticated, most secret and most deadly vehicles with and without wings ever developed.

Amazing Machines presents military and civilian aircraft, airships, biplanes, jet and propeller driven aircraft, helicopters, experimental and prototypes machines from all over the world from the Wright Flyer to the White Knight Two - over 100 years of flight history.





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The aircraft in this table can be ordered by Name, Type, Description, Origin and Year First Flight by clicking the arrow at the top of the corresponding column.

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Name

Type

Description

Origin

Flag

Year
First
Flight

Aircraft

The largest passenger airliner in the world

France

Germany

Spain

United Kingdom




2005

Aircraft

The Airbus super carrier

France

Germany

Spain

United Kingdom




1994

Aircraft

The world's largest serially-produced cargo airplane

Ukraine

1982

Aircraft

The world's heaviest and longest aircraft

Ukraine

1988

Aircraft

The world's first jet powered bomber

Germany

1943

Aircraft

The dam buster

United Kingdom

1941

Aircraft

The Cold War delta winged bomber

United Kingdom

1952

Aircraft

The advanced jet trainer

United Kingdom

1974

Helicopter

The World's most famous helicopter

United States

1956

Aircraft

First aircraft to travel faster than the speed of sound

United States

1946

Seaplane

The Pan American's Clipper

United States

1938

Aircraft

One of the last propeller passenger airliner

United States

1947

Aircraft

The Jumbo jet

United States

1969

Aircraft

The atomic doom superfortress

United States

1942

Aircraft

The globe master carrier

United States

1991

Aircraft

The US Navy multirole aircraft

United States

1978

Aircraft

Air Force One, the private Aircraft of the president of the United States

United States

1990

Aircraft

The supersonic passenger airliner

France

United Kingdom


1969

Seaplane

The superb amphibious Cat

United States

1935

Aircraft

The French delta-wing interceptor

France

1956

Aircraft

One of the most significant transport aircraft ever made

United States

1935

Helicopter

The search & rescue helicopter

France

Germany

Spain

United Kingdom




1980

Aircraft

The German mustang of World War II

Germany

1939

Aircraft

Probably the finest fighter of World War I

Germany

1917

Aircraft

The triplane fighter

Germany

1917

Aircraft

A dream racer with a crashing tendency

United States

1932

Aircraft

The war falcon

United States

1974

Aircraft

The US Navy Top Gun

United States

1970

Aircraft

The vertical take-off/landing aircraft

United Kingdom

1969

Aircraft

The German World War II secret flying wing

Germany

1944

Seaplane

The largest flying boat ever built

United States

1947

Aircraft

The American global airlift

United States

1968

Aircraft

The classic airliner

United States

1969

Aircraft

The top secret stealth aircraft

United States

1981

Aircraft

The high performance stealth fighter

United States

1997

Aircraft

The Cold War spy plane

United States

1964

Seaplane

The World's seaplane speed record holder

Italy

1931

Seaplane

The world's largest water bomber

United States

1942

Helicopter

The rescue helicopter

Japan

1979

Aircraft

The deadliest modern fighter

United States

1972

Aircraft

The flying Phantom

United States

1958

Aircraft

The rocket powered fighter

Germany

1944

Aircraft

The first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft

Germany

1942

Aircraft

The Russian air-superiority fighter

Russian Federation

1977

Aircraft

The rising sun fighter

Japan

1942

Aircraft

The classic World War II warbird

United States

1940

Aircraft

The fastest manned rocket-powered aircraft

United States

1959

Aircraft

The amazing stealth flying wing

United States

1989

Aircraft

The navy's flying radar

United States

1960

Aircraft

The Pan European fighter

Germany

Italy

United Kingdom



1974

Space Vehicle

The space tourism aircraft

United States

2008

Aircraft

The solar powered aircraft

Switzerland

2009

Aircraft

Not quite a flying Camel

United Kingdom

1916

Space Vehicle

The orbital space plane

United States

1977

Aircraft

The Russian Knight

Russian Federation

1981

Aircraft

The most decisive British fighter of World War II

United Kingdom

1936

Aircraft

The first powered, heavier-than-air flight machine

United States

1903

Airship

The end of Airship travel

Germany

1936