page_title: Airplane
hierarchical_section_title: Airplane
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das Bild zeigt eine North American P-51C Mustang, Seriennummer 103-26199, gebaut in Dallas/Texas, am 7. April 1944 ausgeliefert an das US Army Air Corps als 42-103645. Eingesetzt als Schulflugzeug in Florida, Georgia und Montana bis Oktober 1945, dann ausgemustert. In privater Hand seit 1970 mit verschiedenen zivilen Registrierungen (N9288, N215CA, seit 26. April 2001 als NL61429). Grundlegend restauriert von 1996 bis 2001, genannt Tuskegee Airmen, flog erstmals wieder am 10. Mai 2001. Die neue Bemalung und Markierung ist nicht authentisch, sondern ein Sammelsurium von Einheitskennzeichen, die mit den Tuskegees in Verbindung stehen: Gelbe Bänder an den Tragflächen für die 101. Jägerstaffel, gelbe Trimmruder (hier nicht sichtbar) und gelbrote Streifen vorne für die 302. Jägerstaffel. Auf den Seiten (nicht sichtbar) ein A für die 99. Jägerstaffel und die Zahl 42 für die 301. Jägerstaffel sowie Markierungen verschiedener Bomberstaffeln. Am 29. Mai 2004, acht Tage nachdem diese Aufnahme entstand, verünglückte diese Maschine bei einer Bruchlandung während einer Flugschau in Bay City, Wisconsin. Der Pilot David Hinz starb einen Tag später an seinen schweren Verletzungen, die Mustang wurde stark beschädigt und wird seither wieder aufgebaut. Weitere Informationen: http://www.redtail.org/airplane.html English: A P-51 Mustang in flight. Image taken during an air show at en:Langley Air Force Base, in en:Virginia (USA). Original caption from the American Air Force: "Over Virginia. Ed Shipley flies a en:P-51 Mustang in a heritage flight during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Va., on May 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker)" Français&#160;: Un North American P-51 Mustang en vol. Photo prise durant un show aérien dans la base de l'Air Force à Langley, en Virginie (États Unis d'Amérique).
context_page_description: An airplane or aeroplane is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation, transportation of goods and people, military, and research. Worldwide, commercial aviation transports more than four billion passengers annually on airliners and transports more than 200 billion tonne-kilometers of cargo annually, which is less than 1% of the world's cargo movement. Most airplanes are flown by a pilot on board the aircraft, but some are designed to be remotely or computer-controlled such as drones.
  The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in 1903, recognized as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight". They built on the works of George Cayley dating from 1799, when he set forth the concept of the modern airplane. Between 1867 and 1896, the German pioneer of human aviation Otto Lilienthal also studied heavier-than-air flight. Following its limited use in World War I, aircraft technology continued to develop.
context_section_description: An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation, transportation of goods and people, military, and research. Worldwide, commercial aviation transports more than four billion passengers annually on airliners and transports more than 200 billion tonne-kilometers of cargo annually, which is less than 1% of the world's cargo movement. Most airplanes are flown by a pilot on board the aircraft, but some are designed to be remotely or computer-controlled such as drones.
  The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in 1903, recognized as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight". They built on the works of George Cayley dating from 1799, when he set forth the concept of the modern airplane (and later built and flew models and successful passenger-carrying gliders). Between 1867 and 1896, the German pioneer of human aviation Otto Lilienthal also studied heavier-than-air flight. Following its limited use in World War I, aircraft technology continued to develop. Airplanes had a presence in all the major battles of World War II. The first jet aircraft was the German Heinkel He 178 in 1939. The first jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, was introduced in 1952. The Boeing 707, the first widely successful commercial jet, was in commercial service for more than 50 years, from 1958 to at least 2013.
caption: North American P-51 Mustang, a World War II fighter aircraft
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