basic airframe lines
1Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants) — Infobox Aircraft name =Spitfire type =Fighter manufacturer =Supermarine caption =Spitfire Vc launching from USS Wasp designer =R. J. Mitchell first flight =5 March 1936 introduction =1938 retired =1955, RAF status = primary user =Royal Air Force… …
2Messerschmitt Bf 109 variants — Main article: Messerschmitt Bf 109 Bf 109 Bf 109G 10, with Erla Haube canopy and taller, wooden vertical fin/rudd …
3Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin powered variants) — Infobox Aircraft name =Spitfire type =Fighter manufacturer =Supermarine caption =Supermarine Spitfire VIII in the markings of 457(RAAF) Sqn designer =R. J. Mitchell first flight =5 March 1936 introduction =1938 retired =1955, RAF status = primary …
4Douglas DC-8 — DC 8 redirects here. For the earlier, never built piston engined airplane, see Douglas DC 8 (piston airliner). DC 8 …
5Junkers Ju 188 — infobox Aircraft name = Junkers Ju 188 type = Tactical bomber/Reconnaissance aircraft manufacturer =Junkers caption = designer = first flight = 1940 (Ju 88B V1) introduced = February 1943 retired = 1951 (France) number built = 1,234 status =… …
6F-15E Strike Eagle — Infobox Aircraft name=F 15E Strike Eagle type=Strike fighter manufacturer=McDonnell Douglas/Boeing IDS caption= designer= first flight=11 December 1986 introduced=April 1988 retired= number built= status= unit cost=F 15E: US$31.1 million (1998) F …
7Antonov An-2 — An 2R on skis allowing for operations in the snow Role Agricultural …
8aerospace industry — Introduction assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …
9Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
10Focke-Wulf Fw 190 — infobox Aircraft name =Fw 190 type =Fighter manufacturer = Primarily Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau AG, but also Ago, Arado, Fieseler, Mimetall, Norddeutsche Dornier and others caption = Fw 190 A designer =Kurt Tank first flight =1 June 1939 introduced… …
