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51 87 [I] GrahamClayton 2023-05-07 00:10:42 [I] Aircraft Type Curtiss A-8 Shrike I wonder if the added weight of the aerodynamic wheel spats cancelled out any gains from less drag.
52 96 [I] MatthewC 2025-08-10 19:51:31 [I] Manufacturer Constructions Aéronautiques du Béarn
[I] Aircraft Type CAB GY-20 Minicab
I own an GY201 Minicab, G-BGMR. You have CAB in France listed as the manufacturer but please note that in fact very few GY20s were made by CAB. If the c/n is a PFA/LAA one (as mine is) then it is a homebuilt GY201..
53 1 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:01:00 [I] Aircraft Type Diamond DA-20 A1 I had my PPL training on this aircraft type.
54 7 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:07:00 [I] Airport Tököl (LHTL) I had my PPL training here. And 95% of all my landings.
55 4 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:04:00 [I] Aircraft Type Cessna 172 Skyhawk I flew this aircraft only as passenger (except MS Flight Simulator, of course) :-)
56 8 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:08:00 [I] Aircraft HA-DAQ I flew over 50% of my total flight hours in this aircraft.
57 9 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:09:00 [I] Aircraft HA-DAR I flew my PPL exam checkride in this aircraft.
58 5 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:05:00 [I] Aircraft Type Scheibe SF-25 Falke I could try out this moto-glider twice.
59 3 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:03:00 [I] Aircraft Type Diamond DA-42 Twin Star I could try out the DA42 as a passenger on a short LHTL-LHBP IFR flight.
60 2 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:02:00 [I] Aircraft Type Diamond DA-40 Star TDI
[I] Aircraft HA-SUF
I can fly this Diesel-engined airplane.
61 83 [I] Skytrip 2019-12-18 17:56:03 [I] Airport Herzliya Airport (LLHZ) https://skytrip.co.il
62 97 [I] MrUicab 2026-04-08 19:19:20 [I] Airport Bellavista (SPBL) https://punta-cana-airport-transportation.com/
63 24 [I] spaschke 2013-12-03 22:41:28 [I] Aircraft Type SIAI-Marchetti FN-333 Riviera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN9pF9dwaTU FN33 flying in California. History in comments
64 10 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:10:00 [I] Aircraft Type Lisunov Li-2
[I] Aircraft HA-LIX
HA-LIX is the only flyable Lisunov-2 (soviet license-build DC-3) today.
65 31 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:06:00 [I] Aircraft Type Arado Ar 234 Blitz FIRST: The Arado Ar 234 was the world's first operational jet-powered bomber, first flying on 15 June 1943.
66 28 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:03:00 [I] Aircraft Type Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde FIRST: supersonic scheduled passenger flight by Concorde, two simultaneous maiden flights from London to Bahrain and from Paris to Rio de Janeiro on January 21, 1976.
67 44 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:19:00 [I] Aircraft Type Wright Flyer I
[I] Aviator Wright
FIRST: successful powered aircraft. Wright brothers first flew it near Kitty Hawk, USA, on December 17, 1903.
68 35 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:10:00 [I] Aircraft Type Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis
[I] Aviator Lindbergh
FIRST: solo non-stop transatlantic flight by Charles Lindbergh, flying the Spirit of St. Louis, made the 33-hour journey from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927.
69 26 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:01:00 [I] Aircraft Type Scaled Composites 311 Global Flyer
[I] Aviator Fossett
FIRST: solo non-stop fixed-wing aircraft flight around the Earth by Steve Fossett on a Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, between February 28 and March 3, 2005.
70 40 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:15:00 [I] Airline St. Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line FIRST: scheduled airline using a winged aircraft was SPT Airboat Line, providing service between St. Petersburg and neighboring Tampa across Tampa Bay in 1914.
71 41 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:16:00 [I] Aircraft Type Nieuport IV FIRST: pilot to fly a loop was Pyotr Nesterov in a Nieuport IV, on September 9, 1913.
72 43 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:18:00 [I] Aircraft Type Santos-Dumont 14-bis
[I] Aviator Santos-Dumont
FIRST: officially recognized airspeed record set by Alberto Santos-Dumont with his 14-bis with an airspeed of 41 km/h on 12 November, 1906.
73 29 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:04:00 [I] Aircraft Type Boeing B-50 Superfortress
[I] Airport Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (KNFW)
FIRST: nonstop around-the-world flight by B-50A Superfortress Lucky Lady II, commanded by Capt. James Gallagher, flew around the world from 26 February to 2 March 1949, taking off and landing at Carswell AFB, Texas.
74 27 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:02:00 [I] Aircraft Type Rutan 76 Voyager FIRST: non-stop, un-refueled fixed-wing aircraft flight around the Earth by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager on December 14-23, 1986.
75 37 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:12:00 [I] Aircraft Type Vickers Vimy
[I] Aviator Alcock
FIRST: non-stop transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown on a modified Vickers Vimy from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland, on June 14-15, 1919.
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