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		<title>R.A.F. R.E.5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1910s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biplanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In-line Engine]]></category>
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Top Speed:  78 m.p.h.
Manufacturer:  Royal Aircraft Factory
Year:  1914
Engine: 120 h.p. Beardmore 6-cylinder inline
Wingspan:  44 feet 6 inches
Weight:  n.a.
Armament:  60 lbs. of bombs
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		<title>Nice Photo of B-26</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1940s]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With some neat nose art, plane named &#8220;Lilass.&#8221;
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		<title>Spad S.XIII</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1910s]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hispano-Suiza]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best fighters of World War One, widely used by French, American, and other Allied squadrons, 8,472 being produced.
In 1916 a new generation of German fighters threatened to win air superiority over the Western Front. The French aircraft company, SociÃ©tÃ© pour l&#8217;Aviation et ses DÃ©rives (SPAD), responded by developing a replacement for its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spad S.VII</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1910s]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hispano-Suiza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The famed American volunteers of the FrenchÂ Lafayette Escadrille were flying the SPAD VII in February 1918 at the time they transferred to the U.S. Army Air Service, becoming the 103rd Aero Squadron. Several other U.S. units also used the SPAD VII, although most American Expeditionary Force (AEF) fighter squadrons were equipped with the improved version, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supermarine Spitfire</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1940s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fighters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In-line Engine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low-wing Monoplanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rolls-Royce]]></category>

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Probably the most famous British aircraft of all time, the great fighter played a secondary role in the Battle of Britain to the less glamourous Hawker Hurricane. But the Spitfire&#8217;s elegant looks, excellent handling characteristics, and huge production give it a unique place in aviation history. There was a bit of happenstance in the Spitfire&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Henri Farman H.F.20</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1910s]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gnome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pusher]]></category>

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A woefully underpowered machine, the H.F. 20 Series planes could only be used on observation flights in France. It also served as a trainer, and in secondary theaters, notably in German East Africa where an H.F.22 variant participated in the hunt for the Konigsberg.
Top Speed:  65 m.p.h.
Manufacturer:  Farman Freres
Year:  1914
Engine: 80 h.p. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>F-86D</title>
		<link>http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/f-86d/</link>
		<comments>http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/f-86d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1950s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jet Engine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a photo of an F-86D, with pilot Frank Malone, submitted for identification by his niece.

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		<title>D.F.W. BI</title>
		<link>http://acepilots.com/airplanes/uncategorized/dfw-bi/</link>
		<comments>http://acepilots.com/airplanes/uncategorized/dfw-bi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1910s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biplanes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mercedes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Top Speed:  75 m.p.h.
Manufacturer:  Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke
Year:  1914
Engine: 100 h.p. Mercedes 6-cylinder
Wingspan:  45 feet 11 inches
Weight:  2,233 lb.
Armament:  none
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		<title>Loss of the C-5</title>
		<link>http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/loss-of-the-c-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 18:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1910s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zeppelin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Navy dirigible or blimp C-5 left Montauk Point on May 14, 1919 in an attempt to cross the Atlantic by way of Halifax, where  it arrived at 10 o&#8217;clock on the morning of May 16th, after being in the air almost 26 hours. A perfect landing was made at the Pleasantville base [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sopwith Atlantic</title>
		<link>http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/sopwith-atlantic/</link>
		<comments>http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/sopwith-atlantic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 15:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1910s]]></category>
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An attempt was made to cross the Atlantic in a Sopwith Atlantic biplane by Com. Mackenzie Grieve and Maj. Harry Hawker on 18 May 1919. This plane generally followed the design of Sopwith warplanes, and had a 46 feet wingspan and was 31 feet long, weighing 6000 pounds fully equipped for flight. It was supposed [...]]]></description>
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