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                The world's largest selection of high-quality aircraft models
                 
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                 OVERVIEW 
                Toward helping you focus on your area of interest, our site is
                divided into 7 main areas:  
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              FAMOUS
                PLANES - contains
                four sub-sections: (1) The Milestones of Flight Collection - airplanes
                on display at the
                Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.  Includes the 
              Wright Brothers Flyer, Charles Lindberg's Spirit of St. Louis, 
              Douglas World Cruiser, Bell-X1 and more   (2) The Famous
                Racers of the 1920's and 1930.  (3) Experimental aircraft
                such as the X-2, X-4, X-5, XB-49 Flying Wing and the X-15.  
              Plus Howard Hughes Spruce Goose and more. And (4), of course
                the world's most famous modern airplanes - Air Force One - The 
              planes of the President of the United States.  
              707 and 747 versions and support aircraft.       | 
             
            
              
               
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              AIRLINERS 
                - Here
                you can follow the development of modern air
                transportation.  Start with the biplanes of the early
                years, discover the daring innovations of the 1920s and 1930s,
                enjoy the prop-driven  planes of the 1940's and 1950's and all
                the modern jet airliners.  Airplanes are organized by
                manufacturer.  Extensive selection of Boeing Aircraft, 
              McDonald Douglas, Lockheed, Martin and more.  Biplanes, 
              clippers and modern jets including Boeing 757,  Boeing 767 
              and Boeing 777. 
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              MILITARY
                PLANES -
                An enormous section, organized by time period, then
                country.  Here you
                will find: the colorful American, British, and German classics of World War I, the transitional
                planes of the "tween-war" period; and the legendary
                fighters, bombers and other planes of World
                War II.  Modern warbirds include everything from the early
                jets to the latest hi-tech marvels.  Big
                selection of Navy and Marine Corps planes. | 
             
            
              
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              HELICOPTERS
                - All the
                whirly birds - both military and civilian.  The classics
                of the Korean, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf Wars.  Many
                specialized copters including those used the American President, 
              Navy Seals
                and the U.S. Coast Guard.     | 
             
            
              
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              PRIVATE
                PLANES - 
              Everything from the reliable Pipers, Cessna and Beech Craft to the 
              modern corporate jets.  | 
             
            
              
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              MISSILES
                & SPACE - The
                German V-1 and V-2 rockets, classic American missiles, and Space
                Shuttles galore.  Plus special section for NASA aircraft,
                including experimental planes now under development.. | 
             
            
              
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              EXPERIMENTAL - 
               The great aircraft now 
              undergoing development.  See the planes in competition for 
              the new Joint Strike Fighter.  Who will get the huge contract 
              to equip American Armed Forces?   | 
             
           
         
        
          
            
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                 The
                Real Thing.  | 
             
            
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                case you want to see the real airplane, we've listed museums
                where they are on display.   | 
             
           
         
        
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