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Fairey Aviation Company Firefly I

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Fairey Aviation Company Firefly I

Prototype fighter biplane

1925

First Boeing 747 prototype

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First Boeing 747 prototype

First prototype of the Boeing 747 airliner

1969

Wright Company Flyer (1903)

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Wright Company Flyer (1903)

The first powered, controlled aeroplane flight

190348 km/h

Fábrica Argentina de Aviones FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II

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Fábrica Argentina de Aviones FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II

Argentine experimental jet fighter, 1950s

1950

Fouga CM.88 Gemeaux

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Fouga CM.88 Gemeaux

Engine testbed aircraft by Fouga

1951

Gloster Aircraft Company G.39

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Gloster Aircraft Company G.39

Prototype fighter aircraft

1939

Gotha G.X

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Gotha G.X

Experimental bomber biplane model

1918

AeroVironment Global Observer

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AeroVironment Global Observer

AeroVironment-proposed research aircraft

2010

Schempp-Hirth Göppingen Gö 9

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Schempp-Hirth Göppingen Gö 9

German research aircraft, 1941

1940220 km/h

AeroVironment Gossamer Condor

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AeroVironment Gossamer Condor

First human-powered aircraft

1977

Gulfstream Peregrine

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Gulfstream Peregrine

American experimental disposition airplane

1983

Hughes Aircraft H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose"

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Hughes Aircraft H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose"

The giant wooden flying boat that flew only once

1947351 km/h4,800 km

Handley Page H.P.20

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Handley Page H.P.20

Experimental monoplane

1921

Hafner Rotachute

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Hafner Rotachute

British 1940s experimental one-man rotor kite

1942

Northrop Grumman HAV 304

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Northrop Grumman HAV 304

Experimental hybrid airship flown in 2012

2012150 km/h

Hawker Harrier

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Hawker Harrier

Experimental biplane torpedo bomber aircraft built by Hawker Aircraft

1927

Hawker P.1072

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Hawker P.1072

Experimental British aircraft

1950

Heinkel HD 33

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Heinkel HD 33

1925 reconnaissance aircraft model by Ernst Heinkel

1925

Heinkel HD 41

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Heinkel HD 41

1929 prototype reconnaissance aircraft series by Heinkel

1929

Heinkel HD 43

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Heinkel HD 43

Prototype biplane fighter aircraft

1929

Heinkel He 119

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Heinkel He 119

1930s German experimental aircraft

1937590 km/h3,000 km

Heinkel He 178

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Heinkel He 178

Experimental jet aircraft

1939

Heinkel He 280

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Heinkel He 280

Experimental jet aircraft

1940

Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee

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Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee

1955 experimental direct-lift rotor aircraft model by Hiller Aircraft

1955