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A piston airliner with three tail fins, a jet with engines tucked into its wing roots, and a double-decker built for long routes all tell different parts of the same story. These photographs show passenger aircraft that changed what airlines could do and what travelers could expect.

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Ford Trimotor
Ford Trimotor: The three engines and corrugated metal skin are visible on this preserved Ford 5-AT. In the late 1920s…
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Junkers Ju 52/3m
Junkers Ju 52/3m: The corrugated fuselage and three radial engines identify the Junkers Ju 52. The Lufthansa aircraft…
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Boeing 247D
Boeing 247D: City of Renton wears United Air Lines colors. Its all-metal construction, retractable landing gear, and low…
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Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-3: The Flagship Knoxville's polished fuselage lines up with the wing and radial engine. The DC-3 helped make…
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Douglas DC-6B
Douglas DC-6B: A Western Airlines DC-6B banks over a patchwork of fields, with all four piston engines in view. United…
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Vickers Viscount
Vickers Viscount: The circular cabin windows are easy to spot on the preserved British European Airways Viscount at…
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Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation: The long, curved fuselage and triple tail distinguish the Super Constellation at…
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Tupolev Tu-104A
Tupolev Tu-104A: An Aeroflot Tu-104A sits on the ramp at Stockholm Arlanda in July 1972. The jet's engines were set into…
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de Havilland Comet 4
de Havilland Comet 4: The engines are tucked into the wing roots of this restored BOAC Comet 4 at Duxford. This airframe…
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Boeing 707
Boeing 707: Qantas's first 707 survives at the Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach. Built as a shorter 707-138 for the…
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Sud Aviation Caravelle
Sud Aviation Caravelle: The engines sit beside the tail of this stretched Caravelle 12 in Air Provence colors, leaving the…
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Boeing 727
Boeing 727: An Iberia 727 flies above the cloud tops, with a high T-tail and three engines grouped around the rear…
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Boeing 737-200
Boeing 737-200: The engines sit close under the wing on this Lufthansa 737. The short-haul 737 first flew in 1967 and…
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Concorde
Concorde: British Airways' G-BOAF is preserved at Aerospace Bristol. Its slender delta wings helped it cruise at about…
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Boeing 747-100
Boeing 747-100: A Pan Am 747-121 approaches with its landing gear down. The hump behind the cockpit encloses the upper…
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Tupolev Tu-144
Tupolev Tu-144: A Tu-144 takes off in Aeroflot colors, lifting its long nose and broad delta wing against the sky. Aeroflot…
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30: A Swissair DC-10 climbs away with its landing gear still down. Two engines hang under the wing…
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Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: The Delta TriStar's third engine takes air through a curved duct in the tail, above its two…
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Airbus A300B2
Airbus A300B2: Air France's early A300 stands on the ramp, with its broad fuselage and wing-mounted engines in profile. The…
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Boeing 767-200
Boeing 767-200: United's early 767-200 carries two engines under a wide, twin-aisle cabin. The 767 entered airline service…
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Airbus A320
Airbus A320: Airbus's original A320 prototype is towed toward its museum display at Aeroscopia. The A320 brought digital…

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