Depicts four of the earliest prop-driven aircraft.
Although it was the darling of the jet-setters, the Concorde proved to be a commercially non-viable form of transportation. This Brilliant Uncirculated crown would be a nice addition to any collection of aeronautic or world coins.
Isle of Man – Man in Flight – Concorde – 1 Crown – 1994 – Prooflike – Descriptive Card
The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, are generally credited with making the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight on December 17, 1903. By 1905 they had developed their flying machine into the world’s first practical airplane, along with many other aviation milestones. Their feat is officially recognized by the F
Liberia – Attack on Pearl Harbor – Japanese Zero – Five Dollars – 2000 – BU – KM-651
Marshall Islands – To the Heroes of Pearl Harbor – $5 – 1991 – Brilliant Uncirculated – KM-35
Marshall Islands – Battle of Britain Commemorative – $5 – 1990 – Folder – BU
Netherlands Antilles – ALM Jetliner – 2 1/2 Gulden – 1970 – Pick 21a – Crisp Uncirculated
” What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.” Winston Churchill House of Commons, June18th 1940
Depicts Royal Air Force fighter in flight with larger than life British aviator behind.
Ukraine – Antonov An-124 Ruslan Cargo Airplane – 5 Hryven – 2004 – Mintage 50,000 – KM-337 – The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It is the world’s largest ever serially-manufactured cargo airplane and world’s second largest operating cargo aircraft. First flown in 1982, civil certification was issued on 30 December 1992. It has an on-board overhead crane capable of lifting up to 30 tons of cargo, and items up to 120 tons can be winched on board. Since the type was initially designed for only occasional military use, original An-124s were built with a projected service life of 7,500 flight hours with possibility for extension. However many airframes have flown more than 15,000 flight hours. In response to complaints by commercial users, the An-124-100 version has been built since 2000 with an improved service life of 24,000 hours. Older airframes are being upgraded to this standard. Additional retrofitting is being performed to extend its service life to 40,000 flight hours.
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