ATR-42 Silver AirwaysSilver Airlines ATR 42 airplane model. Aerospatiale and Aeritalia (now Alenia) established Avions de Transport Regional as a Groupement d'Intret Economique under French law to develop a family of regional airliners. The ATR 42 was the consortium's first aircraft and was launched in October 1981. The first of two ATR 42 prototypes flew for the first time on August 16 1984. Italian and French authorities granted certification in September 1985 and the

but China didn't have the pilots to fly them

Transamerica Lockheed L-188 Electra airplane model

the Series 200

The Boeing 737 was designed as a short-range

flew for the first time on July 16

" this aircraft was adapted from the Douglas DC-3 commercial airliner

The Me-109 Emil was the best known and most produced German fighter of World War II

The now-deactivated Strategic Air Command (SAC) began the mission on February 3

the latter being capable of drooping to augment the flaps

It was designed to fly at speeds up to Mach 6

the British Aircraft Corporation (now British Aerospace Defense)

Gregory (Pappy) Boyington flew the F4B-4 during his service with the Marines prior to his short stint with the AVG