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Designs That Changed The Way Aircraft Are Built

Nov 21, 2016

Graham Warwick | Aviation Week & Space Technology

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  1912 – Deperdussin Monocoque

  This racing aircraft built by France’s Aeroplanes Deperdussion, later to become famous as SPAD, pioneered the light, strong and streamlined monocoque fuselage, formed of thin plywood layers over a circular frame. The Monocoque won the Gordon Bennett Trophy for air racing in 1912 and 1913, raising the aircraft speed record to 130 mph.

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While aircraft design over the decades has narrowed in on a set of configurations that worked better than others, how aircraft are manufactured continues to evolve in a bid to lower cost as well as improve performance. Here are some of the landmark aircraft over those decades.

This gallery was originally published on March 25, 2016.