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List of racing aircraft

Index List of racing aircraft

This list of racing aircraft covers aircraft which have been designed or significantly modified to take part in air races, It does not include minimally modified aircraft which were not built for racing, even if they have taken part in races. [1]

176 relations: Aero A.200, Air racing, Albatros L 69, Avro 539, Bäumer Sausewind, Beaumont Cup, Bell P-39 Airacobra, Bell P-63 Kingcobra, Bellanca 28-70, Bellanca 28-92, Bendix Trophy, Bernard H.V.120, Bernard H.V.220, Bernard H.V.40, Bernard H.V.41, Bernard H.V.42, Bernard SIMB V.1, BFW M.23, BFW M.29, Blackburn Lincock, Blackburn Pellet, Blériot XI, Blériot-SPAD S.61, Breese-Wilde Model 5, Bristol Badminton, Bristol Racer, Brown B-1 Racer, Brown B-2 Racer, Bugatti Model 100, CAMS 38, Caproni Bergamaschi PL.3, Cassutt Special, Caudron C.190, Caudron C.460, Cessna CR-2, Cessna CR-3, Cessna GC-1, Challenge International de Tourisme 1929, Challenge International de Tourisme 1930, Challenge International de Tourisme 1932, Challenge International de Tourisme 1934, Chester Goon, Chester Jeep, Church Midwing JC-1, Condor Shoestring, Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, Crosby CR-4, Curtiss CR, Curtiss F6C Hawk, Curtiss No. 2, ..., Curtiss R3C, Dallas Spirit, Darmstadt D-18, Darmstadt D-22, De Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth, De Havilland DH.88 Comet, De Havilland T.K.2, De Havilland T.K.4, Deperdussin 1912 Racing Monoplane, Deperdussin Monocoque, Dole Air Race, Farman F.370, Farman F.380, Fiat BR.20, Fiat C.29, Flight airspeed record, Folkerts SK-1, Folkerts SK-2, Folkerts SK-3, Formula One Air Racing, Formula V Air Racing, Frank Hawks, Gee Bee Model R, Gee Bee Model Z, Gee Bee Q.E.D., Gee Bee Sportster, Gloster II, Gloster III, Gloster IV, Goodyear F2G Corsair, Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes), Grumman F8F Bearcat, Hawker Sea Fury, Heinkel He 64, Howard DGA-3, Howard DGA-4, Howard DGA-6, Hughes H-1 Racer, King's Cup Race, Laird Solution, Laird Super Solution, Laird-Turner Meteor LTR-14, Letov Š-8, LeVier Cosmic Wind, Lockheed Model 9 Orion, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Lockheed Vega, Loose Special, Macchi M.17, Macchi M.33, Macchi M.39, Macchi M.52, Macchi M.67, Macchi M.7, Macchi M.C.72, MacRobertson Air Race, Martinsyde Semiquaver, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Me 209, Michelin Cup, Monnett Sonerai, Monocoupe 110 Special, Morane-Saulnier G, Morane-Saulnier H, Mustang Aeronautics Midget Mustang, Napier-Heston Racer, National Air Races, Navy-Wright NW, Nieuport II, Nieuport Nighthawk, Nieuport VI, Nieuport-Delage NiD 29, Nieuport-Delage NiD 37, Nieuport-Delage NiD 42, Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplan, North American P-51 Mustang, North American T-6 Texan, Northrop Gamma, Percival Mew Gull, Piaggio P.7, Potez 53, Reno Air Races, Rider R-5, Rider R-6, Rollason Beta, RWD 6, RWD 9, Savoia-Marchetti S.65, Savoia-Marchetti SM.79, Scaled Composites Pond Racer, Schneider Trophy, Seversky P-35, Sharp Nemesis, Sharp Nemesis NXT, Short Crusader, SIAI S.12, SIAI S.51, Sopwith 1919 Schneider Cup Seaplane, Sopwith Tabloid, SPAD S.XX, Supermarine S.4, Supermarine S.5, Supermarine S.6, Supermarine S.6B, Supermarine Sea Lion I, Supermarine Sea Lion II, Supermarine Spitfire, Thomas-Morse R-5, Thompson Trophy, Travel Air 5000, Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship, Tsunami Racer, Verville-Packard R-1 Racer, Verville-Sperry R-3 Racer, Vought F4U Corsair, Wedell-Williams Model 22, Wedell-Williams Model 44, Wedell-Williams Model 45, Williams W-17 Stinger, Wittman Chief Oshkosh, Wittman D-12 Bonzo, Wittman DFA, Wittman V-Witt, Wright F2W, Wright Model R, Yakovlev Yak-11. Expand index (126 more) »

Aero A.200

The Aero A.200 was a sportsplane of Czechoslovakia, designed and built specifically to compete in Challenge 1934, the European touring plane championships.

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Air racing

Air racing is a highly specialised type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.

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Albatros L 69

The Albatros L 69 was a two-seat German parasol monoplane racing and training aircraft of 1925.

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Avro 539

The Avro 539 was a British single-seat racing biplane built by Avro for the 1919 Schneider Trophy.

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Bäumer Sausewind

The Bäumer B II "Sausewind" was a light sports tandem two-seat wooden cantilever monoplane.

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Beaumont Cup

The Beaumont Cup was a Trinidadian first-class cricket competition which regional sides competed for, the matches taking place over three days.

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Bell P-39 Airacobra

The Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II.

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Bell P-63 Kingcobra

The Bell P-63 Kingcobra is an American fighter aircraft developed by Bell Aircraft in World War II from the Bell P-39 Airacobra in an attempt to correct that aircraft's deficiencies.

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Bellanca 28-70

The Bellanca 28-70 was a long-range air racer designed for James Fitzmaurice Irish, pioneer aviator, who christened it Irish Swoop.

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Bellanca 28-92

The Bellanca 28-92 Trimotor was a racing aircraft built to compete in the Istres-Damascus-Paris Air Race of 1937, and was paid for by popular subscription in Romania.

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Bendix Trophy

The Bendix Trophy is a U.S. aeronautical racing trophy.

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Bernard H.V.120

The Bernard H.V.120 was a 1930s French racing seaplane designed and built by Bernard to compete in the Schneider Trophy race.

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Bernard H.V.220

The Bernard H.V.220 was a 1930s French racing seaplane and the last attempt by Bernard compete in the Schneider Trophy race.

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Bernard H.V.40

The Bernard H.V.40 was a racing seaplane designed by Société des Avions Bernard for the French government to compete in the 1929 Schneider Trophy.

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Bernard H.V.41

The Bernard H.V.41 was a racing seaplane designed by Société des Avions Bernard for the French government to compete in the 1929 Schneider Trophy.

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Bernard H.V.42

The Bernard H.V.42 was a racing seaplane designed by Société des Avions Bernard for the French government for use of the French Schneider Trophy team.

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Bernard SIMB V.1

The Bernard SIMB V.1 was a French single seat racing monoplane designed to compete for the 1924 Beaumont Cup.

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BFW M.23

The BFW M.23, sometimes known as the Messerschmitt M 23, was a 1920s two-seat sporting aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt, and produced by ''Bayerische Flugzeugwerke'' (BFW).

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BFW M.29

The BFW M.29 was a single-engine two-seat low-wing aircraft, designed by Willy Messerschmitt for the 1932 Circuit of Europe races.

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Blackburn Lincock

The Blackburn F.2 Lincock was a British single-seat lightweight fighter produced by Blackburn Aircraft Limited.

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Blackburn Pellet

The Blackburn Pellet was a single-engined, single-seater biplane flying boat designed as a contender for the 1923 Schneider Trophy competition.

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Blériot XI

The Blériot XI is a French aircraft of the pioneer era of aviation.

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Blériot-SPAD S.61

The Blériot-SPAD S.61 was a French fighter aircraft developed in 1923.

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Breese-Wilde Model 5

The Breese-Wilde 5 is a custom-built high-wing monoplane that was produced for and used in the Dole Air Derby of 1927.

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Bristol Badminton

The Bristol Type 99 Badminton was a 1920s British single-seat racing biplane built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company and designed by F.S. Barnwell.

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Bristol Racer

The Bristol Type 72 Racer was a British racing monoplane designed by Wilfrid Thomas Reid and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company at Filton, England.

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Brown B-1 Racer

The Brown B-1 Racer was an American-built small monoplane racing aircraft of the 1930s.

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Brown B-2 Racer

The Brown B-2 Racer was an American-built small monoplane racing aircraft built in 1934.

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Bugatti Model 100

The Bugatti Model 100 was a purpose built air racer designed to compete in the 1939 Deutsch de la Meurthe Cup Race.

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CAMS 38

The CAMS 38 was a French single-seat racing flying-boat designed by Rafaele Conflenti and built by Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) for the 1923 Schneider Trophy race.

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Caproni Bergamaschi PL.3

The Caproni Bergamaschi PL.3 was designed and built in Italy to compete in the 1934 London-to-Melbourne air race.

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Cassutt Special

The Cassutt Special is a tiny single-seat racing aircraft designed in the United States in 1951 for Formula One air races and still available for homebuilding.

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Caudron C.190

The Caudron C.190 was a French two-seat low-wing single-engine sports plane, built by the French aeroplane manufacturer Caudron in the late 1920s.

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Caudron C.460

The Caudron C.450 and C.460 were French racing aircraft built to participate in the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe race of 1934.

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Cessna CR-2

The Cessna CR-2 was a mid-winged racing aircraft in the CR series of Cessna racers.

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Cessna CR-3

The Cessna CR-3 was a follow on racing aircraft to the Cessna CR-2 that raced in the 1932 National Air Races.

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Cessna GC-1

The Cessna GC-1 was an air racer built to compete in the Cirrus All American Air Derby in 1930.

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Challenge International de Tourisme 1929

The Challenge 1929 was the first FAI International Tourist Plane Contest (Challenge International de Tourisme), that took place between August 4 and August 16, 1929 in Paris, France.

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Challenge International de Tourisme 1930

The International Touring Competition in 1930 (Challenge International de Tourisme) was the second FAI international touring aircraft contest, that took place between July 18 and August 8, 1930 in Berlin, Germany.

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Challenge International de Tourisme 1932

The Challenge 1932 was the third FAI International Tourist Plane Competition (Challenge International de Tourisme), that took place between 12 and August 28, 1932 in Berlin, Germany.

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Challenge International de Tourisme 1934

The Challenge 1934 was the fourth and last FAI International Tourist Plane Contest (Challenge International de Tourisme), that took place between August 28 and September 16, 1934, in Warsaw, Poland.

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Chester Goon

The Chester Goon aka The Chester Special #2 was a single-engine taildragger-configuration monoplane racer built for the 1938 National Air Races.

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Chester Jeep

The Chester Jeep aka the Chester Special #1 was an air racer built by Art Chester for the 1932 National Air Races.

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Church Midwing JC-1

The Church Midwing JC-1, a.k.a. Church Mid-Wing Sport, is a midwing racing aircraft designed by James Church using the fuselage of a Heath aircraft.

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Condor Shoestring

The Condor K-10 Shoestring (originally known as the Ast Special and the Mercury Air Shoestring) was a Formula One Air Racing aircraft built by Carl and Vincent Ast to compete in the Cleveland National Air Races in 1949.

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Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe

The Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe was an international aeronautical speed competition instituted on 25 August 1909 by the French oil magnate Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe.

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Crosby CR-4

The Crosby CR-4 is a racing aircraft developed in the late 1930s.

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Curtiss CR

The Curtiss CR was a racing aircraft designed for the United States Navy in 1921 by Curtiss.

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Curtiss F6C Hawk

The Curtiss F6C Hawk was a late 1920s American naval biplane fighter aircraft.

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Curtiss No. 2

The Curtiss No.

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Curtiss R3C

The Curtiss R3C was an American racing aircraft built in landplane and floatplane form.

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Dallas Spirit

Dallas Spirit, (aka Swallow Monoplane or Swallow Dole Racer), was a custom-built aircraft designed to compete in the ill-fated Dole Air Derby between California and Hawaii.

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Darmstadt D-18

The Darmstadt D-18 was a German light sports aircraft that was designed and built in the late-1920s by the Akaflieg Darmstadt of the Darmstadt University of Technology.

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Darmstadt D-22

The Darmstadt D-22 was a sportsplane of Germany, designed and built by Akaflieg of Darmstadt University of Technology.

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De Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth

The de Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth was a British single-seat monoplane, designed to research high-speed flight and to test replacement engines for the Cirrus.

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De Havilland DH.88 Comet

The de Havilland DH.88 Comet is a two-seat, twin-engined aircraft developed specifically to participate in the 1934 England-Australia MacRobertson Air Race from the United Kingdom to Australia.

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De Havilland T.K.2

The de Havilland T.K.2 was a British 1930s single-engined monoplane, designed by students of the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School.

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De Havilland T.K.4

The de Havilland T.K.4 was a 1930s British single-seat racing monoplane designed and built by students of the de Havilland Technical School.

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Deperdussin 1912 Racing Monoplane

The Deperdussin 1912 Racing Monoplane was an early French aircraft built by Société de Production des Aéroplanes Deperdussin.

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Deperdussin Monocoque

The Deperdussin Monocoque was an early racing aircraft built in 1912 by the Aéroplanes Deperdussin, a French aircraft manufacturer started in 1911 and reorganized as the Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) in 1913.

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Dole Air Race

The Dole Air Race, also known as the Dole Derby, was a tragic air race across the Pacific Ocean from northern California to the Territory of Hawaii in August 1927.

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Farman F.370

The Farman F.370 was a French single-seat racing monoplane designed and built by the Farman Aviation Works for air racing.

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Farman F.380

The Farman F.380 was a French single-seat racing monoplane designed and built by the Farman Aviation Works for air racing.

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Fiat BR.20

The Fiat BR.20 Cicogna (Italian: "stork") was a low-wing twin-engine medium bomber that was developed and manufactured by Italian aircraft company Fiat.

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Fiat C.29

The Fiat C.29 was an Italian racing seaplane designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built in the late-1920s by Fiat Aviazione especially for the 1929 Schneider Trophy air race.

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Flight airspeed record

An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class.

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Folkerts SK-1

The Folkerts SK-1,Speed King One, Mono Special, Matilda, Fordon-Neumann Special, Hardwick-Whittenbeck Special was a racer built for the 1930 American Cirrus Aircraft Engine Company sponsored American Cirrus Derby.

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Folkerts SK-2

The Folkerts SK-2, also known as Speed King Two, "Toots" and "Miss Detroit" was a racer built for the 1936 National Air Races.

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Folkerts SK-3

The Folkerts SK-3 a.k.a. "Jupiter, Pride of Lemont was the third in a series of air racers developed by Clayton Folkerts.

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Formula One Air Racing

Formula One Air Racing is an American motorsport that involves small aircraft using engines up to 200 cubic inches in displacement.

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Formula V Air Racing

Formula V Air Racing is an American motorsport that involves small aircraft using engines up to 100 cubic inches in displacement.

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Frank Hawks

Frank Monroe Hawks (March 28, 1897 - August 23, 1938) was a pilot in the United States Army Air Service during World War I and was known during the 1920s and 1930s as a record breaking aviator, using a series of Texaco-sponsored aircraft, setting 214 point-to-point records in the United States and Europe.

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Gee Bee Model R

The Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster was a special purpose racing aircraft made by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts at the now-abandoned Springfield Airport (Massachusetts).

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Gee Bee Model Z

The Granville Gee Bee Model Z was an American racing aircraft of the 1930s, the first of the Super Sportster aircraft built by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts, with the sole intent of winning the Thompson Trophy, which it did in 1931.

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Gee Bee Q.E.D.

The Gee Bee Q.E.D. ("Quod Erat Demonstrandum"), aka Gee Bee R-6H, aka the "Conquistador del Cielo" (Sky Conqueror) was the last in a series of racing and touring aircraft from the Granville Brothers.

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Gee Bee Sportster

The Gee Bee Sportster was a family of sports aircraft built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Granville Brothers.

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Gloster II

The Gloster II was a British racing floatplane of the 1920s.

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Gloster III

The Gloster III was a British racing floatplane of the 1920s intended to compete for the Schneider Trophy air race.

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Gloster IV

The Gloster IV was a British racing floatplane of the 1920s.

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Goodyear F2G Corsair

The Goodyear F2G "Super" Corsair is a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of the FG-1/F4U-1 Corsair design as a special low-altitude version of a fighter equipped with a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 28-cylinder, four-row radial air-cooled engine.

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Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes)

The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy was an international airplane racing trophy awarded by James Gordon Bennett Jr., the American owner and publisher of the New York Herald newspaper.

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Grumman F8F Bearcat

The Grumman F8F Bearcat is an American single-engine carrier-based fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II.

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Hawker Sea Fury

The Hawker Sea Fury is a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker.

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Heinkel He 64

The Heinkel He 64 was a sports plane built in Germany in 1933 to participate in the touring plane championships that year, designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter.

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Howard DGA-3

The Howard DGA-3 "Pete", a.k.a. "Damned Good Airplane – 3", "Baker Special", and "Little Audrey" was the third aircraft built by Ben Howard, and the first in a series of racing aircraft.

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Howard DGA-4

The Howard DGA-4 a.k.a. Mike, and DGA-5 a.k.a. Ike and "Miss Chevrolet" was the next in a series of racers from Ben Howard.

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Howard DGA-6

The Howard DGA-6 was a pioneer racing plane, nicknamed Mister Mulligan.

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Hughes H-1 Racer

The Hughes H-1 is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935.

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King's Cup Race

The King's Cup Race is an annual British handicapped cross-country air race, is run by the and was first contested on 8 September 1922.

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Laird Solution

The Laird Solution, also called the Laird LC-DW Solution, Laird LC-DW300 Super Solution and Laird LC-DW500 Super Solution, was touted as being the "solution" to the problem of the Travel Air Mystery Ship.

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Laird Super Solution

The Laird LC-DW500 Super Solution aka "Sky Buzzard" was a racing biplane built in the early 1930s by Matty Laird for the Cleveland Speed Foundation, Laird was already famous in the air racing circuit.

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Laird-Turner Meteor LTR-14

The Laird-Turner RT-14 Meteor, also called the Turner TR-14, Ring Free Meteor, PESCO Special, Miss Champion, Turner Special and the Turner Meteor was the winning aircraft of the 1938 and 1939 Thompson Trophy races.

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Letov Š-8

The Letov Š-8 was a Czech racing aircraft designed by Alois Šmolik.

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LeVier Cosmic Wind

The LeVier Cosmic Wind was a small single engine, single seat racing monoplane designed and built by staff of the Lockheed Corporation in 1947.

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Lockheed Model 9 Orion

The Lockheed Model 9 Orion is a single-engined passenger aircraft built in 1931 for commercial airlines.

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft.

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Lockheed Vega

The Lockheed Vega is an American six-passenger high-wing monoplane airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation starting in 1927.

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Loose Special

The Loose Special, also called the Townsend A-1 Special, the Loose-Siem Special and the Townsend Special is a small air racer developed for the Thompson Trophy races.

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Macchi M.17

The Macchi M.17 was an Italian racing flying boat built by Macchi for the 1922 Schneider Trophy race.

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Macchi M.33

The Macchi M.33 was an Italian racing flying boat which competed in the 1925 Schneider Trophy race.

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Macchi M.39

The Macchi M.39 was a racing seaplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Aeronautica Macchi in 1925–26.

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Macchi M.52

The Macchi M.52 was an Italian racing seaplane designed and built by Macchi for the 1927 Schneider Trophy race.

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Macchi M.67

The Macchi M.67, was an Italian racing seaplane designed by Mario Castoldi and built by Macchi for the 1929 Schneider Trophy race.

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Macchi M.7

The Macchi M.7 was an Italian single-seat fighter flying boat designed by Alesandro Tonini and built by Macchi.

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Macchi M.C.72

The Macchi M.C. 72 was an experimental seaplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Macchi Aeronautica.

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MacRobertson Air Race

The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race (also known as the London to Melbourne Air Race) took place October, 1934 as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations.

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Martinsyde Semiquaver

The Martinsyde Semiquaver was a British single-seat racing biplane built by Martinsyde in 1920.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.

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Messerschmitt Me 209

The first Messerschmitt Me 209 was a single-engine racing aircraft which was designed for and succeeded at breaking speed records.

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Michelin Cup

The Michelin Cup refers to a number of competitions sponsored by the French tyre manufacturer Michelin for long distance flight made in aeroplanes.

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Monnett Sonerai

The Sonerai is a small, VW-powered homebuilt aircraft, designed by John Monnett.

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Monocoupe 110 Special

The Monocoupe 110 Special was a United States sporting and racing aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Morane-Saulnier G

The Morane-Saulnier G was a two-seat sport and racing monoplane produced in France before the First World War.

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Morane-Saulnier H

The Morane-Saulnier H was a sport aircraft produced in France in the years before the First World War,Taylor 1989, p.648"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft", p.2539 a single-seat derivative of the successful Morane-Saulnier G with a slightly reduced wingspan Like the Type G, it was a successful sporting and racing aircraft.

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Mustang Aeronautics Midget Mustang

The Mustang Aeronautics Midget Mustang MM-1 is a single-seat aerobatic sports airplane developed and marketed in the United States for homebuilding.

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Napier-Heston Racer

The Napier-Heston Racer, also referred to as the Heston Type 5 Racer or Heston High Speed Aircraft J.5,Clare 1976, p. 426.

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National Air Races

The National Air Races (also known as Pulitzer Trophy Races) are a series of pylon and cross-country races that took place in the United States since 1920.

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Navy-Wright NW

The Navy-Wright NW series, also called the Mystery Racer were racing aircraft built by Wright Aeronautical Corporation at the request of the US Navy. Although innovative, both prototype racers were lost before achieving their true potential.

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Nieuport II

The Nieuport II was a mid wing monoplane racing or sport aircraft built by the Société Anonyme des Établissements Nieuport between 1910 and 1914 and was noted for its high performance using a small twin-cylinder engine, and winning many races, primarily in France before being used as a trainer during World War One by French flying schools.

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Nieuport Nighthawk

The Nieuport Nighthawk was a British fighter aircraft developed by the Nieuport & General Aircraft company for the Royal Air Force towards the end of the First World War.

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Nieuport VI

The Nieuport VI was a sport monoplane produced in France in the 1910s, a further development by Nieuport along the same general lines as the Nieuport II and Nieuport IV.

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Nieuport-Delage NiD 29

The Nieuport-Delage NiD.29 was a French single-seat biplane fighter (C.I category) designed and built by Nieuport-Delage for the French Air Force.

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Nieuport-Delage NiD 37

The Nieuport-Delage NiD 37 was a single-engine, single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft and racer designed and built in France in the early 1920s.

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Nieuport-Delage NiD 42

The Nieuport-Delage NiD 42 was a fighter aircraft built in France in the early 1920s, the first in a family of designs that would form the backbone of the French fighter force over the next decade.

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Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplan

The Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplans were a series of 1920s French racing monoplanes built by Nieuport-Delage.

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North American P-51 Mustang

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.

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North American T-6 Texan

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.

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Northrop Gamma

The Northrop Gamma was a single-engine all-metal monoplane cargo aircraft used in the 1930s.

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Percival Mew Gull

The Percival Mew Gull was a British racing aircraft of the 1930s.

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Piaggio P.7

The Piaggio P.7, also known as the Piaggio-Pegna P.c.7, was an Italian racing seaplane designed and built by Piaggio for the 1929 Schneider Trophy race.

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Potez 53

The Potez 53 was a French low-wing enclosed cockpit single-seat cantilever monoplane racing aircraft built by Potez to specifically to compete in the 1933 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe race, which it won outright.

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Reno Air Races

The Reno Air Races, officially known as the National Championship Air Races, is a multi-day event tailored to the aviation community that takes place each September at the Reno Stead Airport a few miles north of Reno, Nevada.

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Rider R-5

The Rider-Elmendorf R-5 Jackrabbit is an aircraft designed and built to compete in the National Air Races.

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Rider R-6

The Rider R-6 was the last of the Keith Rider designed racing aircraft of the 1930s.

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Rollason Beta

The Rollason Beta was a British midget racing monoplane developed from a competition to build a Formula One air racer in the 1960s in England.

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RWD 6

The RWD 6 was a Polish sports plane of 1932, constructed by the RWD team.

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RWD 9

The RWD 9 was a Polish sports plane of 1934, constructed by the RWD team.

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Savoia-Marchetti S.65

The Savoia-Marchetti S.65 was an Italian racing seaplane built for the 1929 Schneider Trophy race.

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Savoia-Marchetti SM.79

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Italian for sparrowhawk) was a three-engined Italian medium bomber developed and manufactured by aviation company Savoia-Marchetti.

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Scaled Composites Pond Racer

The Scaled Composites Pond Racer (Company designation Model 158) was a twin-engine twin-boom aircraft developed for Bob Pond by Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites.

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Schneider Trophy

The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider, commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Schneider Cup, a different prize), was a trophy awarded annually (and later, biannually) to the winner of a race for seaplanes and flying boats.

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Seversky P-35

The Seversky P-35 was an American fighter aircraft built by the Seversky Aircraft Company in the late 1930s.

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Sharp Nemesis

The Sharp DR 90 Nemesis is a Formula One racing aircraft designed by Jon Sharp and built at the Mojave Airport by the Nemesis Air Racing Team.

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Sharp Nemesis NXT

The Sharp Nemesis NXT (which stands for "Neoteric eXperimental Technology") is a sport-class kit-built aircraft designed for air racing.

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Short Crusader

The Short Crusader also called the Short-Bristow Crusader and Short-Bristol Crusader was a British racing seaplane of the 1920s, built by Short Brothers to compete in the 1927 Schneider Trophy race.

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SIAI S.12

The SIAI S.12 was an Italian 1910s reconnaissance flying boat, and later Schneider Trophy racer.

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SIAI S.51

The SIAI S.51, Savoia Marchetti S.51 or Savoia S.51 was an Italian racing flying boat built by SIAI for the 1922 Schneider Trophy race.

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Sopwith 1919 Schneider Cup Seaplane

The Sopwith Schneider of 1919 was a British racing seaplane.

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Sopwith Tabloid

The Sopwith Tabloid and Sopwith Schneider were British biplanes, originally designed as sports aircraft and later adapted for military use.

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SPAD S.XX

The Blériot-SPAD S.20 (originally known as the SPAD S.XX) was a French fighter aircraft developed near the end of World War I. Too late to serve in the war, almost 100 of these aircraft equipped the French Air Force in the years immediately following.

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Supermarine S.4

The Supermarine S.4 was a 1920s British single-engined single-seat monoplane racing seaplane built by Supermarine to compete in the 1925 Schneider Trophy.

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Supermarine S.5

The Supermarine S.5 was a 1920s British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine.

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Supermarine S.6

The Supermarine S.6 is a 1920s British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine.

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Supermarine S.6B

The Supermarine S.6B is a British racing seaplane developed by R.J. Mitchell for the Supermarine company to take part in the Schneider Trophy competition of 1931.

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Supermarine Sea Lion I

The Supermarine Sea Lion I was a British racing flying boat designed and built by the Supermarine Aviation Works for the 1919 Schneider Trophy at Bournemouth, England.

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Supermarine Sea Lion II

The Supermarine Sea Lion II was a British racing flying boat designed and built by the Supermarine Aviation Works for the 1922 Schneider Trophy at Naples, Italy which it went on to win.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during and after World War II.

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Thomas-Morse R-5

The Thomas-Morse R-5 also known as the TM-22 was an American single-engined parasol monoplane racing aircraft of the 1920s.

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Thompson Trophy

The Thompson Trophy race was one of the National Air Races of the heyday of early airplane racing in the 1930s.

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Travel Air 5000

The Travel Air 5000 was an early high-wing monoplane airliner and racing monoplane designed by Clyde Cessna and is chiefly remembered for being the winner of the disastrous Dole Air Race from California to Hawaii.

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Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship

The Type R "Mystery Ships" were a series of wire-braced, low-wing racing airplanes built by the Travel Air company in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

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Tsunami Racer

Tsunami was an experimental purpose-built racing aircraft designed and built in the United States during the 1980s.

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Verville-Packard R-1 Racer

The Verville-Packard R-1 Racer was a military racing aircraft that was modified from Alfred V. Verville's previous Verville VCP-1 design.

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Verville-Sperry R-3 Racer

The Verville-Sperry R-3 Racer was a cantilever wing monoplane with a streamlined fuselage and the second aircraft with fully retractable landing gear, the first being the Dayton-Wright Racer.

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Vought F4U Corsair

The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.

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Wedell-Williams Model 22

The Wedell-Williams Model 22 was a racing aircraft, two examples of which were built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation.

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Wedell-Williams Model 44

The Wedell-Williams Model 44 is a racing aircraft, four examples of which were built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation.

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Wedell-Williams Model 45

The Wedell-Williams Model 45 was a racing aircraft built in the United States in 1933.

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Williams W-17 Stinger

The Williams W-17 Stinger is an American homebuilt racing aircraft that was designed for Formula One Air Racing by Art Williams and produced by his company, Williams Aircraft Design of Northridge, California, introduced in 1971.

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Wittman Chief Oshkosh

Chief Oshkosh Buster is a homebuilt racing plane designed to compete in the 1931 American Cirrus Races.

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Wittman D-12 Bonzo

The Wittman D-12 "Bonzo" was an air racer designed by Steve Wittman for the Thompson Trophy races.

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Wittman DFA

The Wittman DFA aka Little Bonzo is a homebuilt racing aircraft designed to compete in midget racing.

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Wittman V-Witt

The Wittman V-Witt also called Witts V and Witt's VeePlane and Pilot: 1978 Aircraft Directory, page 160.

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Wright F2W

The Wright F2W was an American racing aircraft built by Wright Aeronautical Corporation for the US Navy.

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Wright Model R

The Wright Model R was a single-seat biplane built by the Wright Company in Dayton, Ohio, in 1910.

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Yakovlev Yak-11

The Yakovlev Yak-11 (Яковлев Як-11; NATO reporting name: "Moose") is a trainer aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force and other Soviet-influenced air forces from 1947 until 1962.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_racing_aircraft

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