The Pitcairn OP (manufacturer designation: PCA-2) was the first rotary-wing aircraft to be seriously evaluated by any of the world’s major air forces. The machine was not a helicopter nor […]
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Gyroplane Laboratoire
The Gyroplane Laboratoire was an early helicopter. Its designer Frenchman Louis Breguet had already experimented with rotorcraft in 1909 however he chose to concentrate on airplanes until the end of […]
Nakajima E2N
The Nakajima E2N was a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft of the inter-war years. It was a single-engine two-seat sesquiplane seaplane with twin main floats.
Boeing Model 2
The Boeing Model 2 and its derivatives were United States two-place training seaplanes the first all-Boeing design and the company’s first financial success.
FMA IA 50 Guaraní II
The I.A. 50 Guaraní II was an Argentine utility aircraft designed at the DINFIA (successor to the Instituto Aerotecnico – AeroTechnical Institute) in the early 1960s.
102hp Walker railmotor
The 102hp Walker railmotor was a type of diesel railcar operated by the Victorian Railways in Australia.After the Second World War the Victorian Railways undertook a major rebuilding program known […]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.75
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale (Marsupial) was an Italian passenger and military transport aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. It was a low-wing trimotor monoplane of mixed metal and wood construction […]
FFA P-16
The FFA P-16 was a Swiss prototype ground attack jet fighter designed in the 1950s to replace the piston-engined types then in service with the Swiss Air Force. It was […]
China Railways SS8
The SS8 is a 25kV 50 Hz AC electric locomotive used on the Peoples’ Republic of China’s national railway system. The only route they were used on was the Jingguang […]
Aerotécnica AC-12
The Aerotécnica AC-12 Pepo was a Spanish two-seat light helicopter of the 1950s.