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Junkers J1 - first all metal airplane

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator - most produced allied heavy bomber in WW2

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Convair B-58A Hustler - USAF first supersonic bomber, multiple speed records

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Ryan Spirit of St. Louis - first solo nonstop trans-atlantic flight

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Rutan Voyager - first nonstop, nonrefueled flight around the world

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Air Tractor AT-301 - workhorse of commercial aviation

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Bell X-1 - first piloted aircraft to exceed speed of sound

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 - most produced fighter aircraft in history

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De Havilland Comet - first commercial jet air transport

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Vickers Vimy - First to fly trans-atlantic nonstop

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Wright Flyer (1903) - First flight

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Heinkel He 178 - World’s first turbojet powered aircraft

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Boeing B-52G Stratofortress - High incidence angle

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Airbus A380 - World’s largest passenger airline

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Boeing B-47 Stratojet - World’s first swept-wing bomber

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Supermarine Spitfire - eliptical wings

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Lockheed U-2 - Spy plane during Cold War with detachable landing gear

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North American P-51 Mustang - First aircraft to apply the theory of laminar flow on the wing design

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McDonnell F-4 Phantom II - US Navy’s fastest, highest flying, longest range fighter

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Boeing 747 - first wide body aircraft

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner - most fuel-efficient airliner