A380 / Airbus CompanyAirbus 380 airplane model. Airbus first began studies on a very large 500 seat airliner in the early 1990s. The European manufacturer saw developing a competitor and successor to the Boeing 747 as a strategic play to end Boeing's dominance of the very large airliner market and round out Airbus' product line up. Airbus began engineering development work on such an aircraft, then designated the A3XX, in June 1994. Airbus studied numerous design

British Airways Concorde airplane model

By 1942 they were being withdrawn from bombing missions and used as glider tugs and battlefield supply dropping

Rotorspan 15 1/2 inches

circuitous route to the target area

maximum cruising speed of 340 mph at 25

extended fin leading edge

Messerschmitt Me-109 airplane model flown by Erich Hartmann

interceptor and reconnaissance versions served with the U

From its European combat debut in 1944 through the Korean War and Vietnam

65 interceptor with a flight time at altitude of 5

although there were delays in obtaining CAB approval

The Clipper is a version of Boeing's next-generation 737-700