Aviation Encyclopedia

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird. Where as an encyclopedia (also spelled encyclopaedia) is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.

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Curtiss P-40B
The Curtiss P-40 was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft...
Parsippany, New Jersey > USA
 

Douglas DC-3
The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed wing propeller driven airliner...
Long Beach, California > USA
 

F-15 Eagle
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas...
St. Louis County, Missouri > USA
 

F-16 Fighting Falcon
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American multirole jet fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin...
Virginia > USA
 

F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair was a carrier-capable fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II...
New York > USA
 

F-86 Sabre
The North American F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was a transonic jet fighter aircraft...
Quebec > Canada
 

Fokker D-VII
The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke...
Schwerin > Germany
 

Fokker E-III
The Fokker E.III was the main variant of the Eindecker (monoplane) fighter aircraft of World War I...
Schwerin > Germany
 

Ford Trimotor
An American three-engined transport plane that was first produced in 1925 by the companies of Henry Ford...
Detroit, Michigan > USA
 

Gotha G.V
The Gotha G series was a family of heavy bombers used by the Luftstreitkrafte during the First World War...
Gotha > Germany