Douglas DC-3 / North CentralNorth Central Airlines DC 3 model plane. Undoubtedly a classic airliner, and almost certainly as well known to travelers all over the world as to aviation enthusiasts, by the end of 1991 the Douglas DC 3 as a type, had been in service continuously for 55 years, with a safety record that has become almost legendary. Civil DC 3s delivered to US airlines before the nation became involved in World War II played a most important part in the development of

The aircraft was used for Richard Nixons first trip abroad to Vietnam

Messerschmitt Me-163 model plane

and most economical means of providing a booster with greater payload capability than the Saturn I

The F-106 uses a Hughes MA-1 electronic guidance and fire control system

most of which were built by the Dayton-Wright Airplane Co

with the flight crew overseeing the systems

Q400 Alaskan Horizon Airlines model airplane

It is also the weapon of choice for the F-16s assigned to anti-ship duty in many of the countries around the globe today

this ensures that the wheels cannot be retracted accidentally on the ground or a landing made with the wheels up

and other aircraft in 1956

The Japanese A6M Zero was built by the Mitsubishi Company during World War II

A total of 626 Cessna 207s were manufactured