McDonnell F-101 Voodoo: American supersonic jet fighter The Voodoo’s career as a fighter-bomber was relatively brief, but the reconnaissance versions served for some time. Along with the US Air Force’s Lockheed U-2 and US Navy’s Vought RF-8 Crusaders, the…

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it first entered…

The Consolidated PBY Catalina is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s. In Canadian service it was known as the Canso. It was one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II. Catalinas served with every branch…

The Grumman HU-16 Albatross is a large twin–radial engine amphibious seaplane that was used by the United States Air Force (USAF), the U.S. Navy (USN) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), primarily as a search and rescue aircraft. Originally designated as the…

Sud-Ouest Aviation (SNCASO) S.O. 4050 Vautour IIB: French jet-powered bomber and attack aircraft The Sud Aviation Vautour was a jet-propelled mid-sized combat aircraft, typically employed as a bomber and attack aircraft, as well as having some usage as an…

Fouga CM.170 Magister №499 from the Aviation Museum (Montelimar) and Old wings (Toulouse) During 1948, aircraft designers Pierre Mauboussin, Robert Castello, and Jacques Henrat at French aircraft manufacturer Fouga embarked upon the design of a new jet-propelled…

EADS Colomban Cri-cri (F-PRCQ): home built recreational aircraft The Colomban Cri-Cri, also spelled Cricri, is the smallest twin-engined manned aircraft in the world, designed in the early 1970s by French aeronautical engineer Michel Colomban. The name Cri…

The Glider aerobatics LO-100 Zwergreiher. Acrobatic glider designed to be built by amateurs due to its low cost. Due to its extraordinary maneuverability, it was called the Zwergreiher (little heron). Designer: Alfred Vogt, 1952. The Lo-100 is an aerobatic…

The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed Tante Ju (“Aunt Ju”) and Iron Annie) is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers. Development of the Ju 52 commenced during 1930, headed by German aeronautical engineer Ernst…

Aviation of the USSR: the Yakovlev UT-1 was a single-seater trainer aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force from 1937 until the late 1940s. During the World War II about 50 aircraft were armed with 1 or 2 machine guns and pendants for bombs or rockets RS-82.…

MiG-29 frontline multipurpose fighter. Designed in 1962. Crew – 1, armament – 30 mm Gsh-301 gun, ammunition – 30 mm shots, two NAR UB-32 outboard blocks, two air-to-air guided missiles, speed – 2450 km/h, ceiling – 17500, flight range – 2100 km, two engines…

Combat aviation of the USSR: trainer aircraft PO-2. Developed in 1928. Double biplane of mixed design with open cockpit and non-retractable chassis. During WW II the model was used as a night light bomber. A crew – 2 persons. Armament: a machine gun (7.62…

Weapons of the “Cold War”: the remains of the American reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2.On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory.…