AERO 201: Airplanes

1st operational supersonic bomber

Convair B-58 Hustler

Most produced Allied bomber of WWII (Flying Coffin)

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

First all metal plane

Junkers J1

First successfully controlled flight

Wright Flyer

1st aircraft to fly transatlantic route nonstop

Vickers FB27 Vimy

First jet commercial air transport

de Havilland 106 Comet

Most produced fighter aircraft in history

Messerschmitt Bf-109

First piloted airplane to exceed speed of sound

Bell X-1

Workhorse of commercial aviation

Air Tractor AT-301

First non-stop, non-fueled flight around the world

Rutan Voyager 76

First solo, non-stop, transatlantic flight

Spirit of St. Louis (Ryan NYP)

First to incorporate “fly-by-wire”

Boeing B-47 Stratojet

World’ largest passenger airline, 40% more capacity than Boeing 747

Airbus A-380

High incidence angle, powered by 8 turbofan engines, wingspan equivalent to Leaning Tower of Pisa

Boeing B-52G Stratofortress

World’s first turbojet powered aircraft

Heinkel He 178

Explosive fuselage decompression caused by multi-site metal fatigue cracks.

Boeing 737-200

first close-air-support jet

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt 2

Prototype competitor in the USAF A-X

Northrop YA-9A

World’s most difficult airplane to fly, high aspect ratio

Lockheed U-2 ‘Dragon Lady’