De Havilland Mosquito

Originally designed as a high-speed unarmed light bomber, the…

Douglas DC-3

The most famous piston-engined airliner of all time, the DC-3…

Short 184

The Short 184 was one of Ihe major seaplane types of World War…

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

More Consulidated B-24 Liberator bombers were built during…

Bell X-1

The rocket-powered Bell X-l was the first aircraft to fly at…

Macchi MC.72

Designed by Mario Castoldi, the MC.72 was the fastest piston-driven…

Pemberton-Billing P.B.31E Nighthawk

The extraordinary four-winged P.B.31E Nighthawk proved a spectacularly…

Santos-Dumont Demoiselle

Alberto Santos Dumont's delicate Demoiselle ("damselfly") monoplane was…

Lilienthal No. II Hang-Glider

In the early 1890s German engineer Otto Lilienthal was the only…