AN INTERACTIVE AVIATION ARCHIVE
THE MACHINES
THAT RULED
THE SKY.
An independent interactive aviation archive spanning more than a century of engineering. Select an airframe, take control, and inspect it from every angle.
The Mustang paired long range with high-altitude performance, escorting Allied bombers deep into Europe and becoming one of World War II’s defining fighters. Its transformation with the Merlin engine produced an exceptional balance of speed, efficiency, and range, and the design later returned to combat as a ground-attack aircraft in Korea.
THE COLLECTION
SELECT AN AIRFRAME
Browse every airframe by its primary mission, with each class arranged chronologically for quick comparison.
AIRCRAFT CLASS
Fighters & Interceptors
Air-superiority, escort, fleet-defense, and multirole fighters built to contest the sky.
AIRCRAFT CLASS
Bombers & Attack
Strategic bombers, close-air-support aircraft, gunships, and stealth strike platforms.
AIRCRAFT CLASS
Helicopters & Tiltrotors
Attack, utility, assault-support, and heavy-lift aircraft with vertical-flight capability.
AIRCRAFT CLASS
Airlift & Mission Support
Strategic transports, carrier logistics aircraft, and airborne command-and-control platforms.
AIRCRAFT CLASS
Reconnaissance & Patrol
Intelligence, maritime patrol, surveillance, and remotely piloted reconnaissance aircraft.
AIRCRAFT CLASS
Training & General Aviation
Primary and advanced trainers alongside widely flown general-aviation aircraft.
AIRCRAFT CLASS
Pioneers & Experimental
Early flying machines, research aircraft, racing designs, prototypes, and historic airships.
AIRCRAFT CLASS
Spacecraft & Orbiters
Reusable orbital vehicles that extended the archive from atmospheric flight into human spaceflight.
CHRONOLOGY
1903 — 2020
The whole archive by defining milestone, decade by decade. Most dates mark service entry; prototypes and experimental craft use a documented first or notable flight. Pick any entry to load it in the viewer.
1900s
03 AIRFRAMES1910s
02 AIRFRAMES1930s
03 AIRFRAMES1940s
12 AIRFRAMES1950s
10 AIRFRAMES1960s
08 AIRFRAMES1970s
05 AIRFRAMES1980s
08 AIRFRAMES1990s
06 AIRFRAMES2000s
10 AIRFRAMES2010s
07 AIRFRAMES2020s
01 AIRFRAMES
CURATORIAL NOTE
WHAT THIS
ARCHIVE
COLLECTS.
WHY THESE 75
One practical constraint sets the boundary: an airframe appears here only when a detailed 3D model of it has been released under a licence that lets us show it, credit its maker, and keep it free to explore. Inside that boundary the picks lean towards types that changed how aircraft were built or used — the first operational jet fighter, the first design shaped around radar returns, the machines that defined carrier aviation.
WHAT IT COVERS
75 air and space vehicles introduced between 1903 and 2020, from 11 countries, sorted into 8 mission classes: fighters, bombers and attack aircraft, helicopters and tiltrotors, airlift and mission support, reconnaissance and patrol, trainers and general aviation, pioneering or experimental designs, and orbital spacecraft. It leans towards Western military aviation and towards types with well-documented public models. It is not a survey of everything that flew.
WILL IT GROW
Yes — the list is open rather than final. An airframe is added when a suitably licensed model exists and the type shows something the collection does not already show. There is no target count, and no schedule.
HELP SHAPE THE ARCHIVE
REQUEST AN
AIRFRAME.
Is an important aircraft missing? Tell us what you would like to explore next. Suggestions help guide future additions when a detailed, appropriately licensed 3D model is available.
MODEL ATTRIBUTION
THE DIGITAL AIRFRAMES
Every model in this archive was built by someone else and is displayed under the licence recorded for that individual model. The archive accepts commercially reusable models under documented CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) or GNU GPLv2 (opens in a new tab) terms when provenance and licence-specific obligations are recorded. The T-6B, T-34A, and T-45 use GPLv2 source released through helijah’s FlightGear hangar, with corresponding source and conversion notices supplied below. Models have been converted, compressed, reoriented, or otherwise adapted for web display. 75 displayed models by 39 creators; one temporarily unpublished model record remains preserved in the complete directory. The directory below records each source and licence; a machine-readable manifest is also available.
FULL ATTRIBUTION DIRECTORY75 DISPLAYED · 76 RECORDS · 39 CREATORS
- Curtiss P40 AirplaneJavier Martín HidalgoAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Mig-15VermishelAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Sukhoi SU-35 Fighter JetMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Chengdu J-10SMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Avrocar VZ-9-AVMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Dassault RafaleandertanAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- JASDF F-2A Low Poly modelYi Tsung LeeAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 ComancheMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Lockheed P-3 Orion VP-11Muhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Boeing KC-135R StratotankerMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- C-17 Globemaster IIIKOG_THORNSAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Douglas SBD-5KOG_THORNSAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- North American XB-70 ValkyrieMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Sukhoi S-70 OkhotnikMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F-15 STOL/MTD42manakoAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F4U-1 CorsairAlec HuxleyExtensively refined by Airframe Archive: Birdcage canopy and contours rebuilt, tail hook and landing-gear details corrected, rendering defects repaired, and materials reworked with embedded weathered textures.Source CC BY 4.0
- P-51 Mustangan.s055163Adapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Me 262Secret Weapons — Arma 3 ModAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F-86 Sabremanilov.apAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Cessna 172osmosikumAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- MiG-21 Fishbedkyu190aAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- North American X-15cmoreauAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F-4 Phantom IIandertanAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- SR-71 BlackbirdKOG_THORNSAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F-14 TomcatdwsdAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- CH-53E Super StallionMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F/A-18E/F Super HornetandertanAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- MH-60SKojfDiscordAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F-22 RaptorandertanAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- UH-60M Black HawkYi Tsung LeeAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- J-11BKojfDiscordAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- MQ-9 ReaperTyler V HowellAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- T-6B Texan IIEmmanuel Baranger (helijah)Exterior geometry and default texture converted to GLB for web display; separately credited pilot and simulator-only components excluded.Source GNU GPLv2 GPL source
- MV-22 OspreyMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- E-2D Advanced HawkeyeMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F-35 source modelthientrung2004prAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F-35A Lightning IIshangus930Adapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Discovery Space ShuttlersatenzaAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Supermarine SpitfireBohdan Lvov (paint); Renafox / kryik1023 (geometry)Adapted for web displaySource Geometry source CC BY 4.0
- F-104 StarfighterMikhail_ZelenovAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- AC-130Josh LasiaAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- YA-10B Warthog42manakoAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F-117 NighthawkJeyhun1985Adapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- MiG-29 (9-13)RifeorAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- AV-8B Harrier II42manakoAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- AH-1W Super CobraMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- AH-64D ApacheMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- P-8 PoseidonMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- C-5 GalaxyYo Boy / @jratanatharathorn (original mesh); Kitttyyuuuuuuuuhhh / @Sigii (derivative)Adapted for web displaySource Original mesh CC BY 4.0
- Su-57 FelonandertanAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- LZ 129 HindenburgMaritime History BuffAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Santos-Dumont 14-bishelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Farman IVhelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Curtiss JN-4 JennyhelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Caudron G.4helijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Gee Bee R-1helijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- B-25 MitchellhelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Horten Ho 229helijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Bell X-1helijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- T-28 TrojanhelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- T-34A MentorEmmanuel Baranger; Manuel ACEExterior geometry and Emmanuel Baranger’s default texture converted to GLB; separately credited pilot, Spanish liveries, and simulator-only components excluded.Source GNU GPLv2 GPL source
- B-52 StratofortressbohmerangAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- U-2 Dragon LadyhelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- S-64 SkycranehelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- C-2 GreyhoundhelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- T-45 GoshawkEmmanuel Baranger (helijah)Exterior geometry and Emmanuel Baranger’s default texture converted to GLB; separately credited pilot, OrbitalMartian liveries, and simulator-only components excluded.Source GNU GPLv2 GPL source
- B-2 SpiritCarlos.MacielAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- J-20 Mighty Dragon42manakoAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Wright FlyerjewelAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Hughes H-4 HerculeshelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- B-36 PeacemakerhelijahAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- CH-47 ChinookMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- F-111F AardvarkRhine_Lab_MuelsyseAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- B-1A LancerMuhamad Mirza ArrafiAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- MiG-23MLD FloggerTim SamedovAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0
- Airbus A400M AtlasCloudHubAdapted for web displaySource CC BY 4.0