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Fourth down is not actually a

Fourth down is not actually a plane, it's a Russian ekranoplan. Probably Bartini 1 from the 50s.

I know a few of these and off

I know a few of these and off the top of my head:

2. Victor - British cold war bomber, later used for air-2-air refuelling

3. Nimrod - British maritime patrol aircraft, derived from the Comet airliner. Still in use

4. Global Hawk - UAV surveillance

5. Bristol Freighter (I think)

7. Nimrod AEW 3 - never entered service, eventually ditched for the E-3 Sentry

8. Cri Cri - smallest twin engined prop plane

9. Bombardier CL-415 water bomber, this one being used in Italy

10. Adam A700 very light jet, company currently having financial difficulty

12. Airbus Beluga - used for transporting large parts of Airbus aircraft between factories

14. Nord Noratlas - French transporter

16. Mil Mi-12 - worlds largest helicopter

17. This is a modified Boeing 757 used as a testbed for avionics for the F-22

20. Proteus research aircraft. Can cruise at over 65,000 feet for 18 hours!

23. Guppy - oversize transport aircraft

29. & 36. Super Guppy - again an oversize transporter. Used by Airbus before the Beluga

30. Gee Bee racer - basically an engine with just enough room for a pilot. Had many accidents in its day.

There's some more I know but couldn't name them without a bit of research. Hope it helps!

Second photo down, The

Second photo down, The Victor. Who took that?

These planes are very

These planes are very interesting. I wish there was a note telling how each plane was used.

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