List of individual aircraft

This is a list of individual aircraft which are notable.

Name or designation	Type	Role	Owner	Period	Notes
Aerial Coupe		Transport	Dayton-Wright Company	1919-1924(?)	Last aircraft designed by Orville Wright. The first working example of a civilian single-engine four passenger light cabin aircraft. Set a height record on May 22, 1921.
Aerodrome		Experimental			Two attempted flights, on October 7 and December 8, 1903, were unsuccessful.
Akutan Zero	Mitsubishi A6M Zero	Fighter	Imperial Japanese Navy	World War II	Crash-landed on Akutan Island, Alaska Territory, on June 4, 1942. It was recovered intact and test flown by the United States to discover its weaknesses.
America	Non-rigid airship	Private		1906-1910	Failed in attempts to fly to the North Pole and cross the Atlantic.
America	Fokker C-2 trimotor monoplane	Private			Flown across the Atlantic to France in 1927 by Richard E. Byrd, Bernt Balchen, George Otto Noville, and Bert Acosta.
Autoplane	Roadable aircraft	Experimental	Glenn Curtiss	1917	Widely considered the first attempt to build a roadable aircraft, one which can both fly and be driven on roads.
Balls 8	NB-52B variant of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress	Research	NASA	1955-2004	Carried aloft and launched the X-15 aerospace research vehicle on 106 of 199 test flights.
Bird of Paradise	Fokker C-2 trimotor transport	Research	United States Army Air Forces	1927-1930	Used in 1927 to experiment with the use of radio beacon aids in air navigation. Made the first flight from California to Hawaii on June 28–29, 1927.
Bird of Prey	McDonnell Douglas/Boeing research aircraft	Experimental	McDonnell Douglas and Boeing	1996-1999	Stealth technology demonstrator.
Bockscar	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	Dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki in the second atomic bomb attack in history, on August 9, 1945.
Boeing 367-80, aka Dash 80		Transport Research	Boeing	1954-1970	The prototype for both the KC-135 Stratotanker and the Boeing 707 airliner. From 1957, used by Boeing to test new technologies and systems.
Breguet Type I		Experimental		1909	An early airplane designed by Louis Breguet, which flew at least twice in 1909 before crashing.
Bremen	Junkers W 33 transport	Private		1928	First successful transatlantic flight from east to west.
Budd BB-1 Pioneer	Savoia-Marchetti S.56 flying boat	Experimental	Budd Company	1931-1934	Framework constructed entirely of stainless steel.
Caesar's Chariot	Boeing 720 jetliner	Transport			Chartered by English rock band Led Zeppelin for their 1977 concert tour of North America.
China Clipper	Martin M-130 flying boat	Transport	Pan American Airways	1934-1945	Inaugurated the first commercial transpacific air service from San Francisco to Manila in November 1935.
City of Canberra	Boeing 747-400 jetliner	Transport	Qantas	1989-2015	Made the longest non-stop un-refuelled flight by an airliner, from London to Sydney in 1989.
Clipper Victor	Boeing 747-121	Transport	Pan American World Airways	1969-1977	First 747 in scheduled commercial service. Hijacked and flown to Cuba in 1970. One of two aircraft involved in the Tenerife airport disaster, the world's deadliest aircraft disaster, on March 27, 1977.
Cloudster		Experimental	Davis-Douglas Company	1921-1926	Designed by Donald Douglas to try (unsuccessfully) make the first non-stop flight coast-to-coast across the United States.
Cloudster II		Transport	Douglas Aircraft Company	1947	Abandoned after two test flights as commercially unviable.
Colditz Cock	Glider	Transport		World War II	Built by British prisoners of war being held in Oflag IV-C (aka Colditz Castle) for an escape attempt. Never flew.
Columbia, also named Miss Columbia and later Maple Leaf		Experimental		1926-1934	Set several records, including one for endurance. Narrowly missed being Charles Lindbergh's airplane for his historic solo crossing of the Atlantic.
Commando	Consolidated B-24 Liberator II	Transport	Royal Air Force	World War II	At one time the personal aircraft of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the airplane, carrying several government officials, disappeared on March 27, 1945, over the North Atlantic Ocean.
Cornfield Bomber	Convair F-106 Delta Dart	Fighter	United States Air Force	1958-1988	On February 2, 1970, the pilot ejected after being unable to pull out of a flat spin. The now-unguided aircraft landed in a farmer's field in Montana, sustaining little damage.
Cuatro Vientos	Br.19 TF Super Bidon biplane	Private		1929-1933	Flew from Spain to Cuba, June 10-11, 1933. Disappeared without a trace on a flight over Mexico.
Curtiss NC-4	Curtiss NC flying boat	Patrol	United States Navy	1919-1920	First aircraft to cross the Atlantic, though making numerous stops along the way, in May 1919.
Curtiss No. 1, also known as Gold Bug and Golden Flyer		Experimental		1909	First aircraft both designed and built by Glenn Curtiss. Curtiss flew the aircraft to win the Scientific American trophy.
Curtiss No. 2, also known as the Reims Racer		Experimental		1909-1910	Curtiss won the Gordon Bennett Cup air race in 1909.
Dago Red	North American P-51 Mustang	Private		1981-	Restored as a competitive air racer by Frank Taylor in 1981 and set several world records.
Dallas Spirit	Custom high-wing monoplane	Private		1927	One of several competitors lost in the ill-fated Dole Air Race, from California to the then Territory of Hawaii. Crashed into the ocean about 650 miles (1,050 km) west of Oakland while attempting to join the search for two other lost aircraft.
Dauntless Dotty	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	Led the first B-29 raid on Tokyo since the 1942 Doolittle Raid.
Deperdussin 1912 Racing Monoplane		Private		1911(?)-1912	First aircraft to exceed 100 mph (161 km/h) in level flight.
Enola Gay	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	Dropped the first atomic bomb, on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945.
Eve	Scaled Composites White Knight Two	Transport	Virgin Galactic	2008-present	Designed to launch the Virgin SpaceShip. First flown in 2008.
Ezekiel Airship		Experimental	Ezekiel Airship Company	Destroyed c. 1904	An airplane that some have claimed flew in 1902, over a year before the Wright brothers' historic flight.
Felixstowe Fury	Triplane flying boat	Experimental		1918-1919	The largest seaplane in the world and largest British aircraft at the time, and the first aircraft to incorporate servo-assisted controls.
Flak-Bait	Martin B-26 Marauder	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	Survived the most bombing missions in the war: 202, plus five decoy missions.
G for George	Avro Lancaster	Bomber	Royal Australian Air Force	World War II	Flew the second most bombing missions of any surviving Lancaster: 90.
The Galloping Ghost	North American P-51D Mustang	Private			Flew in various air races, winning several, under various owners. Crashed in the 2011 Reno Air Races, killing the pilot and ten spectators and injuring 69 others.
Gimli Glider	Boeing 767-233 jetliner	Transport	Air Canada	Retired 2008	Ran out of fuel on July 23, 1983, at an altitude of 12,500 metres (41,000 ft), but landed safely at Gimli, Manitoba, Canada.
Glamorous Glennis	Bell X-1 parasite rocket plane	Experimental	United States Air Force		The aircraft with which Captain Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, on October 14, 1947.
Gossamer Albatross	MacCready human-powered aircraft	Experimental	AeroVironment		On June 12, 1979, it crossed the English Channel.
Gossamer Penguin	MacCready solar-powered aircraft	Experimental	AeroVironment		First flew in 1979.
GlobalFlyer	Scaled Composites one-off	Experimental	Steve Fossett	2005-2006	Fossett set the record for flying nonstop around the world, from February 28 to March 3, 2005.
Gyroplane Laboratoire	Helicopter	Experimental		1935-1939	Set several records.
Gyroplane No.1	Quadcopter	Experimental		1907-1909	First quadcopter to lift off the ground, on September 29, 1907.
Hawaii Clipper	Martin M-130 flying boat	Transport	Pan American Airways	1935(?)-1938	Disappeared with six passengers and nine crew en route from Guam to Manila, on July 28, 1938.
Honolulu Clipper	Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat	Transport	Pan American Airways United States Navy	1939 World War II	The prototype 314, it entered service in 1939 on transpacific routes. Forced landing in the Pacific Ocean on November 3, 1945.
Jason	de Havilland DH.60 Moth	Private	Amy Johnson		Johnson became the first aviatrix to fly from England to Australia, in Jason in 1930.
June Bug		Experimental		1908-1909	Designed and flown by Glenn Curtiss and built by the Aerial Experiment Association. Won the first aeronautical prize ever awarded in the United States: the Scientific American Cup.
Kookaburra	Westland Widgeon	Private			When Charles Kingsford Smith was feared lost on a flight, Kookaburra pilot Keith Anderson and mechanic Bob Hitchcock joined the search. They had to set down in the Australian Tanami Desert on 10 April 1929 to make repairs and died of thirst before they could clear a runway long enough to take off from. Kingsford Smith and his party were found unharmed, and Kingsford Smith was suspected of having perpetrated a publicity stunt.
Kuiper Airborne Observatory	Lockheed C-141A Starlifter transport	Research	NASA		Used for infrared astronomy research.
Lady Be Good	Consolidated B-24 Liberator	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	Got lost returning across the Mediterranean from her first mission (bombing Naples, Italy). Found in 1958 in the Libyan Desert.
Lady Southern Cross	Lockheed Altair sport aircraft	Private		1934-1935	Charles Kingsford Smith and co-pilot Patrick Gordon Taylor made the first eastward transpacific flight from Australia to the United States, in October and November 1934. In 1935, Kingsford Smith and co-pilot Tommy Pethybridge disappeared while attempting to break the speed record from England to Australia.
Little or 'L'il Stinker	Pitts Special	Private	Betty Skelton	1948-1951	Skelton was US Female Aerobatic Champion in 1948, 1949 and 1950, the last two flying Little Stinker.
Lituanica	Bellanca CH-300 monoplane	Private		1932-1933	Pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas took off from Floyd Bennett Field, New York City, July 15, 1933, to fly to Kaunas, Lithuania. They crossed the Atlantic, but crashed in Germany on July 17. Both men were killed.
Lucky Lady II	Boeing B-50 Superfortress	Bomber	United States Air Force	1948-1950	First airplane to circle the world nonstop, during February 26-March 2, 1949.
LZ 1	Zeppelin	Experimental	Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Luftschifffahrt	1900	First successful rigid airship.
LZ 2	Zeppelin	Experimental	Luftschiffbau Zeppelin	1906	Made only two flights.
LZ 37	Zeppelin	Bomber	Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine)	World War I	First Zeppelin shot down by an enemy aircraft, during a raid on Calais on June 7, 1915.
LZ 54	Zeppelin	Bomber	Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine)	World War I	Crashed in the North Sea after a February 1, 1916 bombing raid on England. The captain of a British fishing vessel refused to rescue the crew, who all perished.
LZ 61	Zeppelin	Bomber	Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine)	World War I	Conducted ten raids and 17 reconnaissance missions. Intercepted and shot down on November 28, 1917, with no survivors.
LZ 129 Hindenburg	Zeppelin	Transport	Luftschiffbau Zeppelin	1936-1937	Crashed and burned while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937, in one of the most famous air disasters of all time. Thirty-six people died.
LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II	Zeppelin	Transport		1938-1940	Made 30 flights in 1938-1939, prior to the start of World War II.
Memphis Belle	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	One of the first USAAF heavy bombers to complete 25 missions without loss to her crew.
Miss Veedol, later The American Nurse	Bellanca CH-400 or Bellanca J-300 monoplane	Private			First non-stop crossing of the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the United States, crash landing in Washington state on October 5, 1931. Sold and renamed The American Nurse. Disappeared while attempting to fly from New York to Rome in September 1932.
NASA 515	Heavily modified Boeing 737 jetliner	Research	NASA		The first 737 built.
Nine-O-Nine	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	Completed 140 combat missions without crew loss.
Norge	Semi-rigid airship	Private			First verified overflight of, and the first verified trip of any kind to, the North Pole on May 12, 1926.
L'Oiseau Blanc	Levasseur PL.8 biplane	Private		1927	Disappeared in 1927 while attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York, two weeks before Lindbergh's successful flight the other way.
Old 666	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	During an unescorted solo mapping mission on June 16, 1943, the crew fought off numerous Japanese fighters and returned to base. Two Medals of Honor were awarded, one posthumously.
Old Glory	Fokker F.VIIa airliner	Private			Lost while attempting to fly across the Atlantic, starting from New York on September 6, 1927.
Pacific Clipper	Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat	Transport	Pan American World Airways		As the California Clipper, flew around the world from December 2, 1941 to January 6, 1942. Renamed afterward.
Pedaliante	Human-powered aircraft	Experimental		1936-1937	Made one of the first human-powered flights.[1][2]
Philippine Clipper	Martin M-130 flying boat	Transport	Pan American Airways United States Navy	1935-1943 World War II	Inaugurated passenger service between the United States and Manila, the Philippines, in October 1936. Crashed in 1943 with the loss of all 19 aboard.
Plus Ultra	Dornier Do J flying boat	Private			Made the first transatlantic flight between Spain and South America in January 1926.
Question Mark	Modified C-2A	Transport	United States Army Air Corps		Modified for aerial refueling experiments. Set several world endurance records.
Rare Bear	Highly modified Grumman F8F Bearcat	Private			Dominated the Reno Air Races for decades.
RB51 Red Baron	Modified North American P-51D Mustang	Private		1967-1973	Raced as Miss R.J. and Roto-Finish Special, dominating the Unlimited circuit.
Red Wing		Experimental		1908	On March 12, 1908, Frederick W. Baldwin piloted the first public demonstration of a powered aircraft flight in the United States. He crashed after 20 seconds, and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Santos-Dumont number 6	Airship	Private	Alberto Santos-Dumont	1901	Won the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize for a flight from Parc Saint Cloud to the Eiffel Tower and back.
Santos-Dumont 14-bis Oiseau de proie		Private	Alberto Santos-Dumont	1906	First officially witnessed sustained flight by a heavier-than-air craft on October 23, 1906.
Sausewind		Private		1925	Won in several categories in the 1925 Otto Lilienthal competition.
Shady Lady	Consolidated B-24 Liberator	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	Flew one of the longest bombing missions of the war - 16 hours 35 minutes - from Darwin, Australia to Borneo.
Silver Dart		Experimental		1909	The first powered, heavier-than-air machine to fly in Canada, on February 23, 1909.
Solar Challenger	Solar-powered aircraft	Experimental	AeroVironment	1980-
Southern Cross	Fokker F.VIIb/3m airliner	Private		1928	First ever transpacific flight to Australia from the mainland United States.
Spirit of St. Louis		Private		1927	Charles Lindbergh's aircraft for the first solo non-stop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
Spirit of Texas	Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II helicopter	Private		1982	First helicopter to complete a round-the world flight, taking just over 29 days.
Spruce Goose	Hughes H-4 Hercules	Transport	Hughes Aircraft Company	1947	Flying boat with the largest wingspan of any aircraft, made almost entirely of birch wood. Intended as a possible way of negating the U-boat threat. Howard Hughes piloted it on its one and only flight in November 2, 1947, in response to government criticism.
St. Raphael	Fokker F.VIIa airliner	Private		1927	Lost with two-man crew while attempting the first Atlantic crossing from east to west.
Stargazer	Lockheed L-1011 TriStar jetliner	Research	Orbital ATK	1994-	Used as a mother ship to launch Pegasus rockets.
The Starship	Boeing 720 jetliner	Transport	Singer and actor Bobby Sherman and his manager, Ward Sylvester	1970s	Leased to touring musical artists.
The Swoose	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	Bomber	United States Army Air Forces	World War II	One of the survivors of a Japanese attack on the Philippines, eight hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Oldest intact B-17.
Tanager		Experimental	Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company	1929	Won the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.
Tingmissartoq	Lockheed Model 8 Sirius monoplane	Private	Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh	1929-1933
Vickers Wellington LN514	Vickers Wellington	Bomber	Royal Air Force	1943-?	Constructed in under 24 hours for propaganda purposes.
Vin Fiz Flyer	Modified Wright Model B pusher biplane (Model EX)	Private	Calbraith Perry Rodgers	1911	Rodgers was the first private citizen to buy a Wright airplane, which he named after a soft drink. He became the first to fly coast to coast across the United States, from September 17 to December 10, 1911, with 75 stops, 16 crashes and several injuries.
Vought-Sikorsky VS-300	Helicopter	Experimental		1939-1943	First successful single lifting rotor helicopter in the United States, first successful helicopter to use a single vertical tail rotor configuration for antitorque and, with floats attached, first practical amphibious helicopter.
Voyager		Experimental		1984-1987	First aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, December 14–23, 1986.
White Knight	Scaled Composites mother ship	Experimental Research	Scaled Composites	2000s	Used to launch the SpaceShipOne and Boeing X-37 experimental spaceplanes.
White Wing		Experimental		1908	Thomas Selfridge became the first US military officer to fly an airplane, on May 19, 1908.
Wright Flyer		Experimental	Wright brothers	1903	First successful heavier-than-air powered flight, on December 17, 1903.
Wright Flyer II		Experimental	Wright brothers	1904	Second powered aircraft built by the Wright brothers.
Wright Flyer III		Experimental	Wright brothers	1905	Third powered aircraft built by the Wright brothers.
Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20		Transport		1919-1922	Possibly the first four-engine, all-metal, heavier-than-air aircraft.

See also

• List of surviving examples of mass-produced aircraft

References

1. Muscle Assisted Flights Before 1939, humanpoweredflying.propdesigner.co.uk (recovered 9 Nov 2015)
2. Rea, D.A.; "The History of Man-Powered Flight", Pergamon, 1977, Page 111