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Concorde roars overhead of the Shuttle orbiter

One of my absolute favorite things is early, pre-WWI aircraft where they were clearly still figuring out what worked for artificial flight and what didn't. My favorite example thereof is the Etrich Taube (Dove). Like... That's very clearly just a bird with an engine (though the wing shape was apparently based on the seeds of Alsomitra macrocarpa, otherwise known as the Javan Cucumber)

Ironically, and perhaps sadly for a plane named "Dove", it's main claim to fame is being the first aircraft to drop a bomb in anger, being used in the Battle of Ain Zara in 1911 to bomb a Turkish military camp, and was also widely used in the early stages of The Great War.

A Ford Tri-Motor airplane flies over the newly-built Los Angeles City Hall, 1928.

100 years of Avianca

Lockheed Super Constellation vs Airbus A320neo

Colombia’s flag carrier and the second oldest airline still operating in the world, which celebrated its centenary with a special retro livery from the 50’s.

Boeing 707 jet planes at the final stages of construction before delivery at a Boeing plant. In the background, a B-52 Stratofrotress nuclear bomber ready for USAF service.