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How 2 Boeing 747s Were Stripped Down To Build The Massive Stratolaunch

The Stratolaunch or Roc has been built from as many existing Boeing 747-400 and other aircraft components as possible.

Lockheed has used old jet trainers to demonstrate cutting-edge next-generation loyal wingman drone concepts for the CCA program.

The first US Army helicopter flew two decades before the first successful Army helicopter finally entered service.

These aircraft shaped the combat capabilities of modern fighters.

These planes laid the foundation for todays stealth technology.

The light pusher aircraft never achieved its potential.

NACA was the forerunner of NASA that led in aerospace innovations for four decades before focusing ever more on space.

With deliveries of a few of these aircraft expected in the next year, these are set to change the landscape of private aviation forever.

Each of these aircraft has a distinctive record to its name.

Many advanced and eye-catching experimental US fighter jets have flown, only to be discarded and fall by the wayside.