The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation. There are two main models, the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter variants and the extensively updated F-5E and F-5F Tiger II variants. The design team wrapped a small, highly …
MoreThe M44 was an American-made self-propelled 155 mm howitzer based on the M41 Walker Bulldog tank chassis, first introduced in the early 1950s. Flaws in its design prevented it from seeing action in the Korean War, but the type went on to serve in the U.S., West German, Italian and British Armies into the 1960s, …
MoreThe CASA C-101 Aviojet is a low-wing single engine jet-powered advanced trainer and light attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Spanish aircraft company Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA).
The C-101 was developed in response to a Spanish Air Force requirement, which needed a replacement for the already outdated Hispano Saeta. During 1975, CASA commenced work on what …
MoreA truly unique exhibit from Marc Vidal Automobile Museum – a sturdy wheeled landing gear attached to the nose of the aircraft with an engine of the F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber.
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The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 is a light, twin-engine, multi-purpose helicopter developed by Bölkow of Ottobrunn, West Germany. It was the first light twin-engine helicopter in the world, and the first rotorcraft that could perform aerobatic maneuvers such as inverted loops. The Bo 105 features a revolutionary hingeless rotor system, a pioneering innovation in helicopters when …
MoreLa Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima (MTM) was a Barcelona metallurgical company. Since 1989 it has been integrated into the French multinational railway equipment Alstom.
A monument in Igualada.
MoreA French autogyro: Prototype RM 2 by Roger Marquion from 2004
An autogyro, also known as a gyroplane or gyrocopter, is a type of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift.
Max. speed: 170 km/h
Min speed: 45 km/h
Power: 65 HP
MoreTrimak was a Spanish commercial tricycle company, based in Madrid and later in Barcelona, operating between 1959 and 1974.
The company manufactured motorcycle-type tricycles, most with closed cabins and car controls. They were powered by a 250cc two-stroke engine called LEW 250. Actually the crankshaft, piston, connecting rod, cylinder and cylinder head were a copy of …
MoreThe luxury ZIL-118 “Youth” minibus, the original design (until 1971). The vehicle was exhibited at the Soviet Intourist exhibition in 1967 during the International Bus Week in Nice, where it attracted mass attention and found a good export potential. The vehicle got 12 awards, and even Henry Ford II tried to buy a license for …
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