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The ten greatest aircraft ever to take to the sky — our pick, ranked.
SR-71 Blackbird
The fastest air-breathing aircraft ever built — it outran missiles at Mach 3 and was never shot down.
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F-22 Raptor
The first fifth-generation fighter — stealth, supercruise and thrust-vectoring nothing else can match.
Supermarine Spitfire
The elliptical-winged icon that won the Battle of Britain and became a symbol of a nation's defiance.
P-51 Mustang
The long-range escort that finally let Allied bombers reach Berlin — and make it home.
F-14 Tomcat
The swing-wing fleet defender immortalised by Top Gun — brute power and a 100-mile kill range.
B-2 Spirit
A flying wing that bends radar around itself — the stealth bomber that can reach any target on earth.
F-15 Eagle
Over 100 air-to-air kills, zero losses — the most successful fighter of the jet age.
A-10 Thunderbolt II
Built around a 30 mm cannon — the 'Warthog' the infantry loves and the enemy fears.
Messerschmitt Bf 109
The most-produced fighter in history and the backbone of the Luftwaffe.
Concorde
Mach 2 with a glass of champagne — the supersonic airliner that made the future arrive early.