A6M Zeke JNAFA6M Zero Zeke airplane model. Fast, maneuverable and flown by highly skilled pilots, the Mitsubishi Zero Sen was the most famous Japanese plane of World War Two and a big surprise to American forces. Ignored by British and American intelligence services (who had access to design plans for the aircraft years before the war) the "Zero" (it was the Navy Type O carrier based fighter) was armed with two 20 mm cannon, two 7. 7mm machine guns, and possessed

Grumman HU-16 Albatross airplane model

The inaugural flight of the Boeing 757 occurred in February 1982

a short-range

all-metal fixed-wing aircraft produced by The New Piper Aircraft

German pilots were ordered not to fly it across enemy lines for fear the Allies would capture the secrets of the synchronizing gear

The prototype

Entry and exit to the cockpit was via a door located on the right side of the fuselage

autopilot gear to reduce pilot fatigue

1863 five of a crew of nine were killed during an attempted attack when the skipper accidentally dived with the hatches open

stable flight

and its mission was to obtain in-flight data on the stability and control of semi-tailless aircraft at high subsonic speeds

It lacked armor and protection for its fuel tanks