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LZ-127 Zeppelin "Graf Zeppelin"

1924. Famous and successful in transatlantic service.

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1935. Douglas DC-3 Dakota

The DC-3 made commercial aviation possible. When first built, air flight was a pioneering effort; when discontinued air travel was recognized as a mainline means of transportation. Over 400 are still in commercial service to this day.

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LZ-129 Zeppelin "Hindenburg"

1936. Too famous for its own good, but it was successful in transatlantic service until it blew up.

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Lockheed Constellation

1943. The "Connie" was a larger prop transport, widely used in the US through the 40s and 50s. Notice the gentle curve of the fuselage. Early TWA livery

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Douglas DC-6

1946. Another common prop-driven transport.

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DeHavilland Comet

1952. The first jet transport. Very popular until they started falling out of the sky.

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Boeing 707

1957. The plane that brought transoceanic flight to be a commonplace. Pan Am livery

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Fokker F-27

1958. Early regional turboprop.

Douglas Super DC-8

1967. Should be in the old-style United livery, and Emery Worldwide for cargo.

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Sikorsky S-61

1961. Another passenger helicopter variant of a military chopper, also used by New York Airways.

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Boeing 727

1964. The second most popular jetliner ever. Specially designed to operate off of short runways, hence the three engines and excessive fuel consumption.

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Douglas DC-9

1965. A very popular and infinitely modified plane, with all different sizes under different names and makers as the company got bought and sold. The DC-9, MD-80, MD-90, and Boeing 717 are all based on the same original design. Northwest Airlines livery

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Boeing 737

1967. The most popular jetliner ever. There are many variants, this is an average of the first 30 years' worth. Original Southwest livery Could have many, many more.

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Aerospatiale-British Aerospace Concorde

1969. The only supersonic commercial aircraft ever, alas now gone due to BA's vengefulness toward Virgin Atlantic. Needs BA livery

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Boeing 747

1970. The first jumbo jet, and the biggest passenger aircraft in service. The 747 and Concorde together defined an era. Early United livery, as pictured

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10

1971. A mildly successful widebody with several similar variants - DC-10, MD-10, MD-11. Early Northwest livery, as pictured

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Lockheed L1011 Tristar

1972. Another somewhat successful widebody. Classic Delta livery

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Airbus A300

1974. Airbus's first airliner, a success, and a deadly threat to Boeing. EasyJet livery

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Bae 146-200 / Avro RJ85

1975. The first regional jetliner. Lufthansa livery

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Shorts 330

1976. A commonplace turboprop commuter aircraft.

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Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma

1978. A more recent transport helicopter.

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McDonnell Douglas MD-80

1980. A more modern version of the venerable DC-9.

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Boeing Commercial Chinook

1981. A modern upgrade of the old Vietnam-era helicopter. Should be in British Airways livery as shown.

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Boeing 767

1982. A narrow widebody, or a small big plane. Also it was released before its predecessor, the 757.

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Antonov An-124 "Ruslan"

1982. The world's largest aircraft for a while, and used as a commercial heavy-transport aircraft for odd large and heavy items. Pallette problems

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Boeing 757

1983. The replacement for the 727. Modern United livery?

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Airbus A320

1987. The most successful Airbus, and a competitor to the 737/727. Air France livery

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Saab 2000

1988. Larger turboprop airliner, almost as fast as a jet, but not fast enough to avoid being replaced by them in recent years. Swissair/Crossair livery, as pictured

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ATR72

1989. Very efficient turboprop airliner.

Boeing 747-EUD

1989. The largest and most advanced passenger jetliner... for now. KLM livery

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Airbus A340-300

1991. Long-haul widebody. Cathay Pacific livery

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Airbus A321

1993. Midsize Airbus jet. Aer Lingus livery

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Boeing 777

1995. A very advanced and efficient long-range widebody. British Airways livery?

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Embraer ERJ-145

1996. The Brazilian answer to Canadair's CRJs. US Airways livery, as pictured; also American Eagle.

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Bombardier Canadair CRJ-700

2001. A stretched regional jet. America West livery

Airbus A340-600

2003. Long-haul widebody. Virgin Atlantic livery, as shown

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Bell V-22 Osprey

2004. Tiltrotor transport built for the military. There is no commercial version yet, but why not?

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Embraer 190

2005. The Brazilian entry. jetBlue livery?

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Airbus A380

2007. A planned double-decker airliner, which will be the largest passenger transport when built. Virgin Atlantic livery? Others possible.

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Boeing 787

2008. Boeing's new high-efficiency jetliner.

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Boeing Sonic Cruiser

2016. A cancelled near-supersonic aircraft, which may still be built by the Japanese. Japan Air Lines livery, as pictured