The Dornier Do-28 Skyservant was developed into a number of progressively improved variants, from the original D, through the D1 and D2, to the 128-2, introduced in 1980. Each variant introduced a number of detail […]
The Super-Etendard is an attack aircraft by Dassault Aviation; it was developed to operate from the French navy’s aircraft carriers in the 1970’s. The Etendard is/was operational with the French and Argentinean Navy and some […]
The Mil Mi-28 is developed to meet the demand of a Russian army requirement for a new close air support helicopter, main competitor is the Kamov Ka-50, until now no choice has been made between […]
Velox Revolution utilizing the latest in high tech composites. The Velox, a mid-size all composite aerobatic aircraft utilizing carbon fiber and Kevlar, produces the highest power to weight ratio of any existing aerobatic mono-plane. Velox […]
In 1967, the USAF originated its A-X program for a new CAS (close air support) warplane with anti-armor capability. The A-X was expected to be lethal against main battle tanks and to stay as long […]
Zivko Aeronautics is a woman owned and operated company that has been involved in aircraft and aviation since it’s founding in 1987. The staff at ZAI are professional, with over 70 years of combined experience […]
The Pilatus PC-6 success is due to providing operators with the flexibility of choice or conversion between roles. These include passenger and/or cargo transport, supply and Para dropping, photographic and aerial survey, forward support, agricultural […]
The C101 ” Aviojet ” is the training airplane of the Spanish Air Force. This airplane represents the second generation of basic jet trainers. The initial project of the C-101 goes back to the summer […]
Aerospatiale joined with British Aerospace to create supersonic transport (SST) Concorde airliner, the first example of which flew on March 2, 1969. The development costs of the Concorde were so great that they could never […]
The Pilatus P3 was a trainer plane where 72 was built for the Swiss Air Army and 6 for the Brazil Navy. The two-seater Pilatus P3 trainer aircraft is a cantilever low-wing monoplane, of all […]
The B-29 was the first effective long distance bomber in the world en was designed from 1940 as model 345 to fill the need of the US Army Air Core’s plan for a ‘hemisphere defense’ […]
The Boeing 747, acclaimed as an airline pioneer, has proven highly adaptable to military roles. Derivatives of the 747 serve as VIP transports for Governments, as Advanced Airborne National Command Post, and as dual-role cargo/tanker […]
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