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Vickers Vimy

Designed late in World War I as a strategic bomber, the Vickers…

Lee-Richards Annular Monoplane

Although never mainstream, the notion of making an aeroplane…

Gee Bee Super Sportster

The ultimate 1930s American racing aircraft, the extraordinary…

Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey

The V-22 Osprey is the first aircraft specifically designed…

Caproni Ca.90

The Italian grandissimo six-engine Ca.90 bomber, first flown…

Pilcher Triplane

Fllight pioneer Percy Pilcher is one of Britain's unsung heroes.…

Early attemps

Although mankind has mastered flight only in the last hundred…

The influence of war

From 1914 to 1918, World War I resulted in the transformation…