The 30 Most Important Airplanes of All Time

Wright Flyer

Supermarine Spitfire

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Boeing 787

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

Cirrus SR22

Learjet 23

Lockheed C-130

Douglas DC-3

Blériot XI

Cessna 172

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Gulfstream G500

Boeing 747

Bell X-1

Spirit of St. Louis

Rutan VariEze

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Airbus A320

Lockheed Constellation

General Atomics MQ-1 Predator

Scaled Composites Voyager

Piper J-3 Cub

Messerschmitt Me 262

RV-3

Gossamer Albatross

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Dassault Falcon 7X

Gulfstream I

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey