On 27 Nov 2003 02:51:50 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

Which ones?

Lots of great candidates. A key discriminator is whether you wish to
base the choice on significance of the aircraft itself--i.e., the
aeronautical achievement of the airplane, or the historic significance
of what the particular aircraft did.

If based on the aircaft, then I'd list:
Wright Flyer
C-47
B-707
SR-71
X-1
X-15
Spirit of St. Louis
.....and some others.

If based on historic achievements, the list shifts toward military
aircraft. Then a few important candidates for the short list:

Spad
Nieuport
Fokker
Spitfire
Me-109
Mustang
B-17
B-24
B-29
B-36
B-52
F-86
F-105
F-4
F-15
MiG-17
MiG-21
F-117

Let's refine criteria and then we can refine the list.