What is the most famous aircraft in aviation history?
Some aircraft are remembered for what they did, some for who flew them, and one for never being found. Rank the airframes the public actually knows by name.
1Wright FlyerFlew four times on 17 December 1903 and made every other entry on this list possible.1000pts
2Spirit of St. LouisCarried Lindbergh from New York to Paris in 1927 with no forward windscreen.493pts
3Supermarine SpitfireThe elliptical wing that became the shorthand for the Battle of Britain.403pts
4Bell X-1The bullet-shaped rocket plane in which Chuck Yeager passed Mach 1 in 1947.403pts
5Boeing 747The hump that made intercontinental flying affordable from 1970.349pts
6Enola GayThe B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on 6 August 1945.288pts
7ConcordeFlew passengers at twice the speed of sound from 1976 until 2003.288pts
8Lockheed Model 10 ElectraBought for Amelia Earhart by Purdue benefactors, and missing since 2 July 1937.134pts
9SR-71 BlackbirdStill holds the official air-breathing speed record it set in 1976.37pts
10Douglas DC-3Made scheduled airline travel profitable and is still flying eighty years on.37pts
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