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The Blackburn Buccaneer was the first jet aircraft specially designed for flying very low under the radar at high subsonic speeds. It was developed in the fifties and entered service at the Royal Navy in 1962. Later it also flew as an attack bomber at the R.A.F. and it even played a role in the Gulf War in 1991 before being retired in 1994 after an operational career that spanned three decades...

The Sopwith Triplane was a British single seat fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War. It has the distinction of being the first military triplane to see operational service.

De Fokker S-14 Machtrainer was het eerste Nederlandse straalvliegtuig. Tevens was het de eerste zodanig ontworpen straaltrainer ter wereld. Alle eerste straaltrainers uit die tijd waren in feite tweezits uitvoeringen van reeds bestaande jager types. Fokker hoopte met de S-14 op grote orders, niet alleen vanuit de NAVO landen, maar ook uit de rest van de wereld. De werkelijkheid was helaas anders. Besluiteloosheid van de NAVO partners om de S...