31 May 1850. Birth of Charles-Alphonse Pénaud (d. 22 October 1880). French pioneer of aviation. He was the originator of the use of twisted rubber to power model aircraft. His 1871 model airplane, 'Planophore' was the first aerodynamically stable flying model.

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English Electric Lightning ( Later BAC Lightning because EE died ), personally my favourite jet aircraft.
I'd be lying if this wasn't inspired by 's work as me and the lads binged watching his work yesterday, great stuff👍

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AAA, and consequently vehicles where this is relevant, are now hooked into the sensors system and properly use their own radars to target aircraft. You'll now get a warning on your RWR, and the HUD, the same as aircraft when they target you.

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Honestly...if I had to choose who'd be a lover for myself between ANY of my bandicoots...Amelia Lenny Bandicoot hands down. She's my fav design wise and a part of me, as I am a lover of old aircraft. Shippable for AUs and a hot shot, bold and strong woman. Made by .

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a-10 tank killer is a 1989 combat flight simulation video game for dos. developed and published by dynamix. an amiga version was released in 1990. the game features an a-10 thunderbolt II attack aircraft. included gulf war missions and improved graphics and sounds.

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Time to make amends to all those Connie fans! Before I do, and just for the record, the Connie is one of my favourite aircraft. Hopefully this tweet will make it all better! 😂 https://t.co/NCdEUiMIux

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It's too bad the Mega Man Legends franchise, one of my personal favourites, doesn't have very many good girl names.
Roll, Tron, Sera, Yuna, Matilda...
Although Aero's not bad.🤔 I could be named after her and the famous Canadian aircraft.
Too bad Legends 3 was never made though😔

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4/ I can't find a good explanation for the mid-engine. "My" P-63 is a P-63E (13 built) repainted as an unarmed RP-63A/C "Pinball" Target aircraft. A pilot would fly it. It had 1,000 pounds of extra armor and sensors that lit the prop when hit by others' harmless frangible ammo.

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Grumman F-14 Tomcat

American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.

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Introducing the F-39 fighter aircraft.

Using 8 ion thrusters, and armed with 6 machine guns and 1 cannon, this fast fighter is the rival of the Titanite WK-108.

It was first put to service in 2339 and then used by the Akesiyans in 2351 (Left) for an elite fighter squadron.

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I really like Dr. flug's small-winged aircraft. I'd really like to have it if I could.

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15 December 1939. First flight of the Kimura HK-1. Japanese glider prototype to investigate the possibilities of tailless aircraft. It was a single-seat design with an open cockpit, swept wings, and a single tail fin.

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I feel like what Primaris forces needs now are Primaris aircraft.

(Not sure if Stormspeeders are classified as an "aircraft" 🤔)

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I just found out when the Iron Saga X Cowboy Bebop collab happened, they actually made a Mecha version of Spike's Aircraft.

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Genericon drawing day 11.

Too many "car" modes. Need more aircraft. Also gave her constructicon colors, cus them be cool colors.

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Back over Belize with XZ996 from 1417 flight. Note the pilot is using nozzles rather than airbrake to hold formation with the photo aircraft. Circa 1992.

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24 October 1953. First flight of the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (model 8-80) 52-7994 at Edwards Air Force Base. Flown by test pilot Dick Johnson. American interceptor jet aircraft. After just six flights, the aeroplane was lost due to a takeoff engine fire.

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The Crusader III, AA Mk II: this was the second anti-air variant of the Crusader III. It was armed with twin Oerlikon 20 mm guns housed in a turret which was heavily armoured, but had poor visibility for spotting aircraft.

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All different bloody aircraft. YF-12, A-12, SR-71.

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This day in 1944, the greatest carrier battle in history, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, ended in a US victory. The Japanese Navy lost three carriers and more than 550 aircraft. They could never recover again from this blow.

Art by John Hamilton.

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