SpaceTRC / Aviation
Aircraft encyclopedia
From the Wright brothers’ first aeroplane to KAAN, from the DC-3 to the A350: 52 landmark aircraft. Turkish aircraft, airliners, fighters, drones and experimental aircraft, with specifications, Türkiye connections and sources.
Each card gives maximum speed, range, dimensions, engines and year of first flight; Turkish aircraft have a red frame. Pick two or three aircraft to compare them side by side.
Catalogue
Aircraft
Filter by type, search, or sort by speed, range and size. Figures are those published by manufacturers and official bodies; values that are unpublished or lack a reliable source are left blank.
For airliners, speed is given as the maximum operating Mach number (Mmo). For Turkish aircraft still in development only officially announced figures are used (November 2026).
Chart
The history of speed: 1903 to today
Each dot shows an aircraft’s year of first flight and top speed. The vertical axis is logarithmic: each line is roughly a doubling of speed. Tap a dot to jump to its card.
Red: Turkish aircraft · Teal: airliners · Orange: combat aircraft · Purple: other.
Try the physics of flight in the Aerodynamics lab and watch what is flying over Türkiye now on the Live flight map.
- Manufacturer specification pages: Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, ATR, Baykar, TUSAŞ, Lockheed Martin, Dassault, Saab and others (listed on each card).
- US Air Force fact sheets; NASA history archives.
- Status of Turkish programmes: official announcements and 2025–2026 news.
Last updated: 2 November 2026