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Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II

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The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II (known only as Lightning in British service) is a single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft . It is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions while also providing electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. It will be jointly operated by the RAF and the Royal Navy and with its ability to perform short take-offs and vertical-landings (STOVL), can operate from the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth -class aircraft carriers. [124] Originally a total of 138 Lightnings were planned, [125] [126] [127] however the 2021 Defence Command Paper amended this to a commitment to increase the fleet beyond the current order of 48. [122] By December 2020, twenty-one F-35Bs had been delivered to the RAF. [128] The first RAF squadron to operate the F-35B was No. 17 Test and Evaluation Squadron at Edwards AFB , California , accepting its first aircraft in 2014. [129]...
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HAI Pegasus

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The HAI Ε1-79 Pegasus ( Greek : ΕΑΒ Ε1-79 Πήγασος ) is a Greek endogenous medium-altitude long-endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE - UAV) produced by the Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI/EAB). It entered service with the Hellenic Air Force as Pegasus in 1992, and as the upgraded version Pegasus II in 2005. [5] Its main mission is Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance over-battlefield (ISR-OB) . 
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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

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The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter , it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,600 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976. [4] Although no longer being purchased by the U.S. Air Force, improved versions are being built for export customers. [5] In 1993, General Dynamics sold its aircraft manufacturing business to the Lockheed Corporation , [6] which in turn became part of Lockheed Martin after a 1995 merger with Martin Marietta . [7] The Fighting Falcon's key features include a frameless bubble canopy for better visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while maneuvering, an ejection seat reclined 30 degrees from vertical to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot , and the first use of a relaxed static stability / fly-by-wire ...
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Concorde

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 The Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde ( / ˈ k ɒ ŋ k ɔːr d / ) is a British–French turbojet -powered supersonic passenger airliner that was operated from 1976 until 2003. It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound , at Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h at cruise altitude), with seating for 92 to 128 passengers. First flown in 1969, Concorde entered service in 1976 and operated for 27 years. It is one of only two supersonic transports to have been operated commercially; the other is the Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-144 , which operated in the late 1970s. [4] [5]  
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Nieuport-Delage NiD 52

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 he Nieuport-Delage NiD 52 was a French fighter aircraft of the 1920s. A single-engined sesquiplane , it served with the Spanish Air Force , being operated by both sides of the Spanish Civil War . [1]  
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Cessna 152

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  The Cessna 152 is an American two-seat, fixed- tricycle-gear , general aviation airplane , used primarily for flight training and personal use. It was based on the earlier Cessna 150 incorporating a number of minor design changes and a slightly more powerful engine with a longer time between overhaul . The Cessna 152 has been out of production for more than thirty years, but many are still airworthy and are still in regular use for flight training.
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Airbus A350

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  The Airbus A350 is a long-range , wide-body jet airliner developed by Airbus . The first A350 design proposed by Airbus in 2004, in response to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner , would have been a development of the A330 with composite wings and new engines. As market support was inadequate, in 2006, Airbus switched to a clean-sheet "XWB" (eXtra Wide Body) design, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB turbofan engines. The prototype first flew on 14 June 2013 from Toulouse in France . Type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was obtained in September 2014, followed by certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) two months later. The A350 is the first Airbus aircraft largely made of carbon fibre reinforced polymer . It has a new fuselage designed around a nine-abreast economy cross-section, up from the eight-abreast A330/A340. It has a common type rating with the A330. The airliner has two variants: the A350-900 typically carries 300 ...
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